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...sometimes seems, to the sun-splashed dazzle of the Summer Games. Barcelona this year has Gaudi, Miro, Isozaki; Albertville has mostly an industrial town that sounds as if it were named after the Crown Prince of Monaco (a member of the Monegasque bobsled team). The Winter Games are chill, Nordic, taciturn -- redolent of Ingmar Bergman and dark Decembers. Instead of sprints and dives, they offer double Axels (not what you find on the bottom of your Peugeot) and luges (which one American Congressman took to be something...
Since its Olympic debut in 1952, the Soviet Union -- or more precisely, athletes from the 15 republics of the U.S.S.R. -- has won 1,212 medals, far more than any other nation. They wrapped up 29 of them at Calgary four years ago, including 11 golds, mostly in Nordic skiing and figure skating. And of course, there was the phenomenal hockey team; it took seven golds between...
...Only the name has changed," claims former biathlon world champion Viktor Mamatov, now a sports official in Moscow. "The spirit, the team, the trainers and the coaches are the same." They will be going for gold in Nordic skiing, the biathlon, skating and hockey, he insists. Others are not so sure. Alexei Bykov, a Russian speed-skating hopeful, thinks the country's uncertain future will have a negative effect on athletes who, he says, "need comfortable conditions and psychological security...
There are four divisions within the ski team: a men's and women's nordic and a men's and women's alpine contingency. The nordic team, lovingly called "nordies" by their downhill compatriots, perform the cross- country distance events including diagonal and skating style. Known for their outrageous lung capacity and fine charm, the nordic team is captained by Wendy Svatek '92 and Paul Dufays '93. Sergei Vinogradov comes from the Soviet Union to coach, and several strong skiers round out the team, including Yardlings Molly Vale and Greg McCormick...
...alpine team competes in the slalom and giant slalom at races (the famous downhill, sensationalized by national television, is not run due to unkind insurance premiums. Nordic jumping has fallen to the same fate). Seniors Rana Dershowitz and Andrew "The Alien" Holleman captain a strong alpine contingency. John Laserte returns from Vermont to coach for yet another year (the fella just won't go away) and Johnathan L. Shefftz KSG '92 stands close by his side, serving as assistant coach...