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...however, are like Nagvajara and his American wife Gina - they pay for everything themselves. The Nagvajaras estimate it has cost them about $10,000 to pay for travel to races in Switzerland, around the U.S. and Salt Lake. His Olympic uniform - a plain blue ski jacket with "Thailand" in silver thread on the back - was embroidered for free by a Salt Lake company two days before the Games began. He skis on equipment he bought three years ago, and the Bulgarian biathlon team waxes his skis as a favor...
...First, he lunged for the line, and grabbed the silver. Then, he had no complaints. "That's short track." Third, he congratulated Bradbury as the rightful winner. Fourth, he taped up his stitched-up leg - treated in the interim by none other than Eric Heiden, living speed skate legend and this year's team doctor - and proved that even this slacker generation can spit nails and get back on the track. Fifth, he smiled and kept smiling. Sixth, he was - very evidently and very consistently - completely genuine. This guy is Favre, he's Agassi, he's Tiger, he's Namath...
Both teams have put in years of training and made personal sacrifices to prepare for the Olympics, both knew that the difference between golden glory and silver sadness would likely come down to one U.S.-Canada game, and both are thrilled that game has at last arrived...
...medal has been my dream forever," Ross Powers was saying after leading an American sweep of the Olympic halfpipe competition. Forever is a pretty short interval for snowboarders, since the event was only run once before. To 19- and 20-year-olds like Danny Kass and J.J. Thomas, the silver and bronze medalists, forever is the time it takes before your Big Mac arrives...
...Dinner Roll was superb but the judges felt Moseley's main course was lacking. Instead, winner Janne Lahtela of Finland and silver medalist Travis Mayer, of the U.S. ripped through the moguls, nailed their more traditional jumps and trumped Moseley with their speed. "Jonny was a little bit of his own program today," noted Mayer, indicating that Moseley played to the crowd and for himself, neglecting some of the basics. That's the judges' loss, said Moseley, who threw himself into the crowd after the first serving. "I'm very satisfied with my Olympic games, I'm walking away from...