Word: luge
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...Chicago. He gets a standing ovation as he walks onstage. When people stop applauding, he thanks them for coming out in Iditarod weather, makes a few cracks about Enron and Arthur Andersen (the latter has its headquarters in Chicago), and the audience is his. He segues into the Olympic luge competition--"invented by a drunken German gynecologist; you steer with Kegels"--and then it is on to anthrax and botox, and then he jumps straight into Sept. 11. He gets cheers for a bit on a flight attendant telling passengers that in the event of a hijacking, a Louisville Slugger...
...favorites in most events difficult if not impossible. At Salt Lake City even the old stereotypes--nobody can cork a curling stone like a Canadian, the Swiss have a lock on clock slowing, don't even try outfoxing the French when it comes to slipping small animals into the luge run--promise to be severely tested. Blame escalating commercialism and its henchman, dollar power. Item: tiny Hindu Kush hires away the legendary snowshoe-warping coach of a major European cheating team for an estimated $1 million, cash--a staggering sum, even if the bills were counterfeit. Nor should the astonishing...
...entering the Olympic Games, he has joined an elite club: he is one of 11 athletes who are the sole representatives of their countries at these Salt Lake City Games. From 20-year-old Shiva Keshavan, who carried the hopes of 1.1 billion Indians with him down the icy luge track (he came in a surprising 33rd out of 50), to slalom skier Gian Matteo Giordani, who will represent the tiny European enclave of San Marino today, none of them entered believing they had a chance to end up on the podium. Some, like South African Alpine skier Alex Heath...
...Philip Boit, Kenya, Cross Country Theodoros Christodoulou, Cyprus, Alpine skiing Andrei Drygin, Tajikistan, Alpine skiing Gian Matteo Giordani, San Marino, Alpine skiing Alexander Heath, South Africa, Alpine skiing Shiva Keshavan, India, Luge Jayaram Khadka, Nepal, Cross country Arturo Kinch, Costa Rica, Cross country Isaac Menyoli, Cameroon, Cross country Prawat Nagvajara, Thailand, Cross country Patrick Singleton, Bermuda, Luge...
Favorite Winter Olympic sport: I’d guess her favorite Winter Olympic sport is skating. It’s mine, and I doubt that she’s too into luge...