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There were no fireworks, no arrows arching toward the torch. Just children, scores of them, scattering like snowflakes, and the strangled cries of some costumed chanters. Innocent and esoteric by turn, the first Olympic opening ceremonies to have their very own 15th century landscape poster introduced the world to what might be seen as Japan's latest brand of high-tech traditionalism: a sumo wrestler and a schoolgirl walking hand in hand...
...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...
...site of many of the snowy events) is the practiced charmer that grabs you instantly. This is in part, no doubt, because Nagano is a city with 360,000 people--more populous than Iceland--while Hakuba is a village of just 9,400 residents, a picture-perfect poster site for the Japan Alps with its Chalet Heidihof pensions and white birch forests encircled by snowcaps reflected in the Princess River...
...time wrestler myself (I spent the better part of two middle school winters trying not to get pinned), I can't help but be intrigued. The poster reawakens long-suppressed memories, a whole host of sensations and smells I hadn't thought about in years. For me, wrestling was the ultimate athletic challenge. It was an opportunity to learn about myself and my limits, an unparalleled test of strength, stamina and mental agility. In short, I hated...
Sensing a possible Title IX angle, I get in touch with Lauralee Summer '98, a woman whose name is listed as a contact on the poster. Lauralee confirms that she and Danielle A. Hobeika '01 are in fact trying to pull together a club for women wrestlers. But right away she makes it clear that her commitment to wrestling is nothing if not earnest...