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...women's nordic team, led by Olympian Judy Rabinowitz, took first, second and fourth in the individual 10 kilometer race and finished second in the 3-by-5 K relay, after a controversial new waxing strategy it employed failed...
...Scandinavian countries fought off the Soviets and East Germans pretty well in the Nordic sports. Long and lean...
Eight years ago, when he was an anonymous young man of 20, who after racing could chip the ice out of his eyebrows without being bothered, Koch happened to win an Olympic silver medal at Innsbruck. No American had ever won a Nordic medal before, and none has done it since, though only Koch has been blamed for that. When during the 30-km in 1980 he quit and walked off the course, he said he was conserving his energy for the 15-km and 50-km races ahead. But public reaction was harsh. This time, though 21st, he reached...
...more than a snowstorm. The day of the opening ceremony, snow was abundant only in the mountains, and a welcome dusting that morning brought a happy blush to those streaming to Kosevo soccer stadium by bus or on foot. At a staging area outside the park, the U.S. Nordic skiers arrived early, including Kelly Milligan of Moose, Wyo. ("Twelve miles," as she explained, "from Jackson Hole"). Four years ago, Milligan was watching on television. "Now it's me," she sang. "I wear the white hat." Pretty soon, cowboy hats were popping up all around. "Look, here comes the cavalry...
Norwegian-born Audun Endestad, the newest U.S. citizen, barely made it. Leaving the Nordic ski team in Zurich, on a Monday morning, he paused in New York City en route to Salt Lake City, where he was sworn in thanks to a hurriedly signed special Senate bill in the works for about a year. Next, Endestad flew to San Francisco in quest of a passport, and from there he headed to Sarajevo, where he rushed directly from the airport to the stadium and dressed just in time for Tuesday's overture. Whew...