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...completely different schedules at Nagano, setting off rampant speculation about whose off-ice routine would triumph. Journalists handicapped the event in favor of Lipinski because she was so carefree and relaxed. She was all over the Olympic village, taking to dorm life faster than a pre-frosh. She celebrated Picabo Street's super-G win ("Isn't it neat!"), updated her Website at Surf Shack (one entry of Tara's Diary had six exclamation points in 11 sentences) and made stickers on the day of the finals. "I know when to relax," she said. "You don't just come here...
That same day--such is the cunning magic that sometimes hides out in the Olympics--America had its turn. Picabo Street, the supercharged performance artist from the Idaho hamlet of Triumph, streaked through the super-G course in 1:18:02. A few months ago, Street too was a spectator, having torn a ligament in her knee; in only her fourth race back, 11 days before, she had knocked herself out while whizzing through a course at 75 m.p.h. Now, like Satoya, she stood at the bottom of the course and, unlike Satoya, delivered an irrepressible commentary...
...Nagano will feature a kickboxing figure skater called Elvis and an American skier called Picabo with her own line of "Air Max Electrify" shoes, but they are nothing new here--nor is the Italian skier who may become the daughter-in-law of Luciano ("United Colors of") Benetton. The poster girl of Nagano will almost certainly be a teenage figure skater not noted for her nose rings. Mike Moran, an assistant executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, recalls that a renegade stance is as old as skiers Billy Kidd and Spider Sabich: "Those guys had every...
...TUESDAY Picabo Street will begin her comeback in the super-G. Pairs figure skating will conclude. Hiroyasu Shimizu of Japan is a favorite to win the 500-m speed skate...
...SATURDAY Picabo will have to beat out defending champ Katja Seizinger for downhill gold. In women's hockey, it will be U.S. vs. Canada (a preview of the finals?). Men's free skate...