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...extraordinary finishes," he said. "We have a saying in Colorado, If anyone can do it, John Elway can do it.'" But even channeling Elway couldn't help Lodwick overcome a 2:15 handicap. Two of the top three jumpers, compatriots Samppa Lajunen and Jaako Tallus, skied to gold and silver medals in a double Finnish finish. And a tremendous ski leg catapulted Austrian Felix Gottwald from 11th place to the bronze. When Gottwald passed him in the second lap, Lodwick said, it took the wind out of his sails. His legs felt sluggish. And he was only able to hold...
They say it's lonely at the top, but U.S. figure skater and gold medal contender Michelle Kwan never knew it would be this lonely. At 10:20 Saturday morning, just 12 hours after marching in the Opening Ceremonies, Kwan was the only skater on the rink at her first official Olympic practice session in Salt Lake City. This being Utah, and these being figure skaters, the empty rink had less to do with Opening Ceremony hangovers and more to do with competitive strategizing - the remaining ladies in her group, Americans Sarah Hughes and Sasha Cohen, have decamped for more...
...Kwan, who is taking a decidedly different tack at this Games. The last time around, in Nagano, she skipped Opening Ceremonies and shunned the Olympic Village in favor of a private hotel. That wouldn't have been a big deal, but Tara Lipinski, who would trump her for the gold, did the exact opposite - marching in Opening ceremonies, living in the athlete dorms, taking in every bit of the Olympic experience. And it worked for Lipinski. All of this may or may not have played in Kwan's mind on Thursday when she decided to stay in Salt Lake City...
...downside of staying in Salt Lake is that Kwan will be dogged by the one question she doesn't want to answer - "So, are you going to win the gold?" Lance Armstrong, one of the torch relay bearers in the Opening Ceremony stadium, has already asked. Kwan's only answer - "No comment...
...left hand. Above the cake an upside-down face (also ostensibly Hauptman’s) hangs in profile, creating a somewhat schizophrenic effect for the viewer, simultaneously startling and intriguing. The scalloped, fancy plate and the elaborately detailed icing on the cake, rimmed with pink and edged with gold leaf, seem almost garish when compared to the gray charcoal blurriness of Hauptman’s dress and the gritty realistic nature of the two faces...