Word: kwan
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Renee J. Raphael, Joshua L. Kwan, Eran K. Mukamel and Amita Mi. Shukla contributed to the reporting of this story...
TARA LIPINSKI The tiny sprite won it the hard way, coming from behind to top the accomplished Michelle Kwan...
...Kwan, in contrast, watched the opening ceremonies the same way 56 million other Americans did, on the tube at home. Instead of sharing cramped quarters with Lipinski and the flu that took Germany's Tanja Szewczenko out of the running, she bunked with Mom and Dad at a hotel. (Its location was kept secret.) "I'm going to spend as much time as I can in the Olympic village," she declared firmly. "But I've got to focus on my own thing right now and do what's good for me." Conventional wisdom says that Kwan should have played...
...semblance of fun disappeared Friday. "Right now I'm thinking, What can I do to be better for the next Olympics?" said a teary Kwan at a press conference. "I'll add a triple-triple and add more difficulty on the technical side, and hopefully I'll be really ready next time." It was a painful statement coming from the teen marvel widely considered the best of this decade--no matter the hue of her medal...
...presumably less happy with the proceedings. The millionaire-filled hockey "Dream Team" won just one of its four games, and, pining perhaps for the days of being an amateur underdog, trashed parts of the Olympic Village before departing. A sparkly Tara Lipinski ("Occupation: pupil") and an obviously disappointed Michelle Kwan ("Hobby: corresponding with pen pals") claimed gold and silver, but Nicole Bobek, who'd hoped to join them on the medal stand, ended up a disappointing 17th. It generally fell to women to lift America's spirits: Nikki Stone, told she could never ski again after a back injury...