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...French ski team, still recovering from the tragic death in a training accident last October of super-G world champion Régine Cavagnoud. Carole Montillet, a close friend of Cavagnoud's, said that it had been very difficult to come to Salt Lake City without their outstanding skier. "As a team," she said, "we wanted to dedicate this Olympics to Régine." And she did it in the best way possible, by taking the downhill gold...
...Andrea Henkel, 24, part of a strong German team in Salt Lake City that has been bedeviling Sweden and Norway, the other traditional powers in cross-country and biathlon. A four-time junior champion, Henkel was surprised at her success. When her sister, Olympic cross-country skier Manuela Henkel, congratulated Andrea at the finish line, she didn't know she was in first place. She broke down in tears. "So you see," says Henkel, "I'm not always cool, calm and collected...
...French ski team, still recovering from the tragic death in a training accident last October of super-G world champion Régine Cavagnoud. Carole Montillet, a close friend of Cavagnoud's, said that it had been very difficult to come to Salt Lake City without their outstanding skier. "As a team," she said, "we wanted to dedicate this Olympics to Régine." And she did it in the best way possible, by taking the downhill gold...
...Justin Timberlake is still more than a week away. Tuesday's paparazzi-style performance was for Picabo Street, the American skier who took 16th place in the women?s downhill skiing event...
...cameras, save for those operated by Europeans, were trained firmly on Street and her all-American appeal. Bronze medal winner Renate Goetschl, of Austria, said she wasn't at all surprised by the attention given to a skier who finished 1.61 seconds off gold medal pace. "It was her last Olympic Games and her last race, and she is one of the big favorites here," she said. "Everybody wants to help her and to cheer...