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...goes to Salt Lake City, where he will line up for the 15-km classical race alongside some of his skiing heroes. He's looking forward to meeting World Cup leader Per Elofsson of Sweden, who is a gold-medal threat at every distance. And he wants to talk to the Italians; one of Menyoli's favorite cross-country moments was the finish of the Lillehammer men's relay, when Italy shocked the Norwegians at the line, winning by no more than...
...skier," he says. "It's tough." But the sport isn't really the point. Menyoli's Olympic-sized ambition is. "I want to ski for a reason," he says. "I want to tell people that they really have to watch out, that AIDS is serious." He'll deserve a medal if he gets that message across...
...either of them wins a medal at Salt Lake City officials shouldn't have to ask them to provide their own flags. The Kostelics have put Croatia on the skiing map for the first time and look set to keep it there...
...that barrier. With a "frog concept" technique that has him squatting low on the inrun and then exploding high at takeoff, he can now soar more than 200 m. With the home crowd pumping him up-a big factor for jumpers-he could bring home the team's first medal in 78 years...
...Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Bill Demong, 21, of Vermontville, N.Y., are part-timers. The U.S. has traditionally stunk in their event, the Nordic combined; Lodwick finished 20th at Nagano. This Olympiad, the U.S. co-opted the competition, poaching head coach Jan-Erik Aalbu from Norway, a perennial medal winner. Lodwick, now ranked fourth in the world, has a gold and a silver this World Cup season. Demong won an event in the Czech Republic two weeks ago. "I was hoping we could be strong," says Aalbu. "I was not expecting to be as strong as we are looking...