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...there were a prize for Most Unlikely to Succeed in Sport at Salt Lake, Isaac Menyoli would be a front-runner. The 29-year-old cross-country skier from Cameroon is his nation's first-ever Winter Games representative. He hits the trails in Salt Lake with a mission in mind: to draw attention to the need for AIDS education in his homeland. He spoke with TIME's Jeff Chu last week from his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Excerpts...
TIME: At the last Winter Games, [Kenyan cross-country skier] Philip Boit got all the attention. Now it's you. Menyoli: He's still there. He's doing well. He's now like a veteran and nobody wants to talk to him anymore. If I go to Turin [for the Winter Games in 2006], they won't want to talk to me. they'll want to talk to the next...
Every Harvard woman skier finished the 5k course in the 30-degree cold. Damon took 41st place, good for 10 team points, and senior co-captain Julia Silvis was close on her heals in 44th place (nine team points...
Baizer was the top finisher for the women in the slalom events, picking up ten team points with a 42nd place finish. Every Harvard skier managed to complete both runs of the slalom event, leading the team to 21 points despite the slickness of the course...
...also turned out a strong performance, with only one skier not completing both trials. Senior Bryan Bellmare led the Crimson alpine men with a 40th place finish and 11 team points. Two other Harvard skiers completed the course, which saw 16 different competitors disqualified...