Word: hakkinen
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...Emblem, of a heart attack; in Riyadh. Prince Ahmed's death was the first of two blows to the Saudi royal family. His cousin Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah, 41, died in a car accident on his way to Prince Ahmed's funeral. RETIRED. MIKA HAKKINEN, 33, two-time Formula One champion; announced in Hockenheim, Germany. Born in Vantaa, Finland, the 'Flying Finn' recovered from a near-fatal crash at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix to go on to win both the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Championships. DIED. SALAH SHEHADEH, 48, founder and leader...
...Biathlon is another yin-yang event, as it combines cross-country skiing-which gets the heart rate roaring-and riflery, which requires a calm, relaxed touch. Europeans are still the best, but American Jay Hakkinen, 24, has placed as high as fifth in a World Cup event. Hakkinen, who has been blasting since 1994, says that despite America's habitual futility in biathlon, he has heard only support, never ridicule: "You just don't joke around about the guy with the gun, I guess...
Sport is so unfair. it is the lot of some very talented athletes to emerge just when an exceptional individual dominates their sport. In any other era two-time Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen would be fêted as a brilliant driver, but he happens to be around at the same time as Michael Schumacher. Trinidadian sprinter Ato Boldon would likely have won more than a single World title had it not been for a certain Maurice Greene...
...Williams car has not been consistent enough this season to see many head-to-head battles between the two, but next year could be different. Willi Weber, manager of both Schumachers, looks forward to that prospect. "It's not important if Michael is fighting against [McLaren driver] Mika Hakkinen or his brother," he says. "No one is going to say, please go ahead and pass me." If anything dented Schumacher's sense of invincibility it was the 1999 British Grand Prix. Then he made a poor start from second on the grid and was overtaken by Coulthard and teammate Irvine...
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