Word: nagano
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...addition to Miller, Schlopy will have to contend with Hermann (the Herminator) Maier, the coolly intimidating Austrian who won two golds in Nagano. Maier is recovering from a broken leg suffered in an August motorcycle crash, but he's notoriously tough, and, at least in the world's eyes, he's the favorite until proved otherwise. Schlopy is hardly quaking in fear. "Skiing was difficult before Herman was there, and it'll be difficult after he leaves," he says. "And you can quote me on that." Done...
...Americans are the heavy favorites to advance to the gold medal game, and both sides want to win badly. Though the Canadians have won all seven World Championship hockey tournaments, they have yet to win a gold medal after falling to the U.S. at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. The U.S. is eager to defend its title and take advantage of a rare opportunity to win a gold medal on its own soil...
...Harvard to try out for the team but she was cut from the final roster by Coach Shannon Miller. Shewchuk has been a national-team mainstay since Miller, who coached Minnesota-Duluth to the first NCAA women’s hockey title last season, was fired shortly after the Nagano loss...
Canada and the U.S. have finished one-two respectively at each of the previous seven world championships, but the U.S. won the sport’s inaugural Olympic Gold at Nagano in 1998. Ruggiero and Mleczko both earned gold medals as members of that 1998 U.S. team, while Botterill earned a silver medal with the Canadians...
...These games will be highly stylized. You?re going to get packed houses, but packed with subdued crowds, just as they were in Nagano and Seoul. Asian crowds are just different?there?s not going to be the spontaneity that makes the Olympics special. And that?s a real problem, not only for the spectators but for the athletes as well...