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SASHA VS. SACHA: A VIEWER'S GUIDE TO KEEPING YOUR COHENS STRAIGHT U.S. figure skater SASHA COHEN and British comic SACHA BARON COHEN share more than a moniker...
SASHA COHEN - Will have to fend off Russian skater Irina Slutskaya for Olympic medal SACHA BARON COHEN - Has to fend off libel-suit threats from the government of Kazakhstan...
...gasping solitary climb up a snowy hillside or in the sharp swoosh of a perilous slide down a bobsled track. Sometimes there's no sound but the wind as the ski jumper silently soars above the trees. Even inside the arenas, spectators will hold their breaths as a figure skater winds up for her triple-triple jump. Still, the winter silences are made to be broken: by the downhiller cracking out of the gate, the grunting speed skater leaning into the finish line, the crowd erupting when the ice princess sticks her triple-triple. All that winter music is about...
...protect their longtime hold on Nordic events from the Russian, Ukrainian and Czech skiers hot on their heels. Austrian ski great Hermann Maier will attempt to complete his miraculous comeback from a near fatal motorcycle crash in 2001 by adding to his two Olympic gold medals. German speed skater Anni Friesinger will face a strong field of U.S. and Canadian racers. Japanese ski jumpers, Korean short-track speedsters and even the British curling team are vying for a medal or two. As for that final gold-medal match in hockey, North Americans would like to see a U.S.-Canada showdown...
That focus doesn't always apply, of course, to practice sessions. During her first warm-up at a major international event a few years ago at the junior level, where skaters like Slutskaya were competing as seniors, Meissner was so starstruck, "she couldn't land a jump for two days," says Gregory. After the skater pulled herself together, she realized that if she wanted a ticket to Torino, she needed to master some mighty moves. "She got to see some of the Japanese skaters doing quad jumps and triple Axels, and it got her motivated," Gregory says...