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...parent of young speed skaters, I was angered by your comment that speed skating is an obscure sport and "Heiden, the greatest speed skater in history-and an American-has flashed through without leaving a trace." Eric Heiden chose to excel in a sport that demands grace and strength, instead of one like hockey, which can be brutal and violent. I am proud that my children chose to emulate...
...weekend the XIV Winter Games had a heroine: Enke, whose 5 ft. 9¼ in., most of it legs, qualifies her as towering. She is an overgrown figure skater who may have forgotten how to do a triple jump, but has retained delicateness and grace. Out of her wetsuit, she puts no one in mind of a frogman. Her light-brown hair falls past her shoulders. "Where do you put it?" someone asked. She laughed. "Part in the cap, part in the suit...
...kind of sloppy at the end," said the Crimson's Arne Duncan, the current Ivy Rookie of the Week who deposited a career high himself this particular night. Coupled with Carrabino's 32, Duncan's 20 points were the saving grace in an otherwise dismal day that began with Ferry's mishap...
...perilous adventure with the shorter (6 ft. 2 in.) but broader Conan, portrayed again with brutish authority by Celebrity Iron Pumper Arnold Schwarzenegger, 36. Also along for the fun and grunts in the film, now shooting in Mexico, is the Amazonian Zula, played by Model-Disco Star Grace Jones, 30. How does Wilt the Stilt feel about trading his hoop spiking for a spiked club? "I figure if I'm going to be a baddie, I better have something serious to back me up," he says. "I designed it myself. I might take it with me the next time...
...Kate Wiley's and Grace deFries fleetfooted running (Wiley won the 1500 meter run in 4:33.82 and deFries took the 800 meter race in 2:14.0) and Marie Acacia's forceful throwing (Acacia shot-putted 42-ft., 2 1/2-in.) to Patterson's and Neuhauser's all-around efforts, you've got all the ingredients...