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Most Demeaning Performance by a Journalist (Not Including Rather-Chung Promos): CBS's Al Trautwig, to Italian cross-country skier Manuela di Centa after her victory in the 15-km race: "Was it the skis, the wax or your heart...
...slalom on Saturday brought the most surprising result of the weekend as UMass skier Tom Schaefer finished first, Dartmouth's Andy Martin finished second and Bryan took third...
...French were despondent when their favorites failed to garner medals, and L'Equipe, the national sports daily, struck back by calling Moe -- who had been expelled from teams as an adolescent for smoking marijuana -- a "little truant" and describing Roffe-Steinrotter as looking like "an insomniac squirrel." But French skier Florence Masnada was more gracious. "The Americans have no complexes," she said admiringly. "They just throw themselves down the slope without asking any questions...
...Aamodt, whose ski-coach father used to blindfold him on skis to teach him the feel of the snow, he is fast succeeding the Austrian Marc Girardelli, who competes for Luxembourg, as the world's best all-around skier. Leading in World Cup points, the charismatic Norwegian skis both downhill and slalom and could well rack up more medals this week. "In Norway we used to have the attitude that you should not do something special -- or at least you should not think you are special," Aamodt said. "But now we are developing a winner's attitude...
...action were deemed intentional, then the skier would be disqualified, and subject to arrest...