Word: olympicsized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mleczko does not emphasize this aspect of the Olympics as much, but during U.S. Olympic Committee processing, she got a lot of free clothes: jeans, hats, t-shirts, and jackets.
Mleczko was even a media favorite at the Olympics, or at least Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon's favorite. He described her as "the first left winger I've ever had a crush on."
Mleczko says the Olympics became a dream only in 1992, when she found out that women's hockey would be an Olympic sport.
Now she is preparing for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Taking the two years off gave Mleczko an added bonus besides preparing her for the Olympics. Now she has a year of eligibility left and can use college games to keep her skills sharp. Training will be more difficult when she doesn't have the college schedule to help her...