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...cross-country skiing, where crashes aren't the ever-present danger they are in alpine skiing, there are few things worse than losing or breaking a pole. So when Sara Renner's pole snapped midway through the Olympic women's cross country skiing team sprint race, the reaction was pretty near unanimous. "Oh no!" thought her relay partner, Beckie Scott, in the transition area below. "Not now, not here." "Oh my God, they've worked so hard for 12 years together and now, a stupid pole breaks!" recalled Sara's father Sepp Renner, watching in horror from the stands...
...Luckily, cross country skiing is known for good sportsmanship, and this was no exception. A Norwegian coach nearby saved the day, handing Renner immediately a man's pole that, though some 10-12 cm longer than her other pole, allowed Renner to stay with the front pack, and ultimately earn the Canadian team a silver medal...
...sprint relay - a new Olympic event - one skier does a 1.1-kilometre loop and then tags her partner, who skis the same loop. Each skier completes three legs. After finishing second in the semifinal to advance, Renner started the first leg of the final. The Canadian tandem led after each of the first two exchanges and Renner was in the midst of an uphill section on her second loop when the pole broke. "I don't even know what happened, I just know that all of a sudden I was kind of flapping with one arm," she said, laughing...
...competitors in almost every field. Speedskater Cindy Klassen has a shot at three or four medals, and the skating team overall could win seven. Among other favorites: skeleton riders Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards and Jeff Pain have dominated World Cup circuits this season; cross-country skiers Beckie Scott and Sara Renner have won seven World Cup medals; and the men's and women's curling and hockey teams are all but shoo-ins for medals, each a favorite for gold. The only question is whether the public and press can shift their attention away from Gretzky and over to the Games...
...correct term for what used to be called quackery. Any alternative therapy that can be proved valid will swiftly be incorporated into mainstream medicine. Any "medicine" that is based on myth, irrationality and deception will eventually be rejected. "Once the public finds out what homeopathy is," predicts Dr. John Renner, head of the National Council for Reliable Health Information, "once they find out that chlorophyll is necessary for plant life but not human life, they're going to turn on these alternative groups...