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...nightmare real? Last Thursday evening, Japan was facing a shutout in Torino?zero medals, compared to China's nine and South Korea's eight?after predicting at least a five-medal harvest. It was shaping up to be the country's worst Winter Olympics since 1976's Innsbruck Games. Heavily hyped athletes like speedskater Joji Kato and snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo had fizzled early, forcing the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) to field dozens of calls each day from irate Japanese decrying the nation's disgraceful performance. "We tell the callers that we will reflect on the results and that we must...
...with each successive day without medals, Japanese newspapers were showing little confidence in the nation's winter athletes. Articles on Arakawa's medal chase battled for prime space in the sports pages with stories on baseball spring training. None of that, however, seemed to bother Arakawa during her free skate. After Cohen's spill-filled routine dashed the American's hopes for gold, the elegant Japanese scored five clean triples and a signature back-bend to notch a personal-best score of 125.32 in the long program. Slutskaya, who skated last, was no match and came in third behind Cohen...
...Getting cast in a school play as] Santa Claus in the second grade was here,” he commented, placing his hand low above the table. “Winning a gymnastics sectional medal was up here,” he said, moving his hand up a level...
...teams combined. The Crimson men began the meet by totaling 71 wins, good enough for 156 points. The closest opponent was Penn, which finished with 125 points. Columbia, Princeton, and Brandeis composed the rest of the top five, in that order. Senior David Jackus took home the gold medal in the indivdual saber by beating teammate and junior Tim Hagamen 15-11 in the championship bout. It was in the team saber events, in fact, that Harvard dealt the most devastating damage to its opponents, winning a near-perfect 27-of-30 matches in this category. Junior Dan Sachs...
...THAILAND: Siam Winery (www.siamwinery.com) began life producing blended wine-juice coolers, but lifted its game in recent years with the help of French winemaker Laurent Metge-Toppin. Siam's Chatemp label took a bronze medal at the International Wine & Spirits competition...