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...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...
...Impressed by the luge security, I wanted to see how intense it would be around the Governor of Utah. So I set up an appointment and arrived at the Capitol, where I learned you can get into the parking lot with nothing more than the statement, "I'm here to see the Governor." Luckily for me, this doesn't require memorizing his name. Also lucky for me is that Michael Leavitt's name is on his office door. There were no National Guardsmen in the building, no Secret Service, no bomb-sniffing dogs, none of the things that had made...