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...either of them wins a medal at Salt Lake City officials shouldn't have to ask them to provide their own flags. The Kostelics have put Croatia on the skiing map for the first time and look set to keep it there...
They can take their fighting words to Salt Lake City, where Friesinger reckons that Pechstein will be one of her toughest opponents, especially at the longer distances. Another obstacle will be the intense pressure from others to win. "Everybody is expecting the gold," she says. "It's crazy." Or maybe they've just figured out that gold is her color...
That dry spell may end in Salt Lake City, if either Irina Slutskaya, 22, or Maria Butyrskaya, 29, performs to her potential. Their skating at last month's European champion-ships was shaky, but Slutskaya has defeated U.S. champion Michelle Kwan each time they have competed this season, while Butyrskaya grabbed gold from Kwan at the 1999 Worlds...
...spending more than $300 million to turn this year's Winter Olympics into a terror-free zone: the world is watching, and we have only one chance to get it right. With 70,000 visitors a day mingling with 2,500 athletes from 80 countries in Salt Lake City, Utah, where concealed weapons are allowed even in day-care centers, security will be no easy task. These Olympics will definitely not be all fun and games...
...pedestrian zone known as Olympic Square will be searched. Sensors will monitor the local food, air and water supplies for chemical and biological toxins. And the FAA has created a no-fly zone called the "Olympic Ring" for commercial and private planes that encompasses a 45-mile radius from Salt Lake International Airport. Even so, insists Salt Lake Olympic Committee president Mitt Romney, "once you're inside the secure perimeter, it will feel and look just like prior Games...