Word: skiers
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...pleasures of the day, the greatest perhaps were the unchoreographed wonders: the members of the Unified Team, from the famously ununified former Soviet Union, marching under the five-ring Olympic banner; the groups of athletes gleefully waving under the unfamiliar flags of Croatia, Lithuania and Latvia; the lonely skier from Senegal; and the ski-capped twosome from Bermuda, shuffling behind a man in blazer and (c-c-c-could it be?) eponymous shorts. Three days earlier, the show's dancers and clowns had been kids in duffel coats and anoraks, many of them threatening to strike on the grounds that...
...Winter Games are to that extent the eccentrics' Games, where athletes jump when they skate, and skate when they ski, and ski when they jump. Apart from the epochal Witt-Thomas confrontation in Calgary in 1988, what many people remember about recent Games are the Jamaican bobsled team, the skier from Senegal, the Taiwanese brothers who formed a bobsled crew and a 24-year- old English plasterer who put on his uniform and became "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards, an almost world-class ski jumper. This year the captain of the U.S. curling team is 55, and his teammates...
...what counts in most Alpine contests. But for a new medal event, moguls skiing, competitors must show plenty of creativity and flair as they snake their way down a 920-ft. course bristling with hip-deep moguls, also known as the Bumps. Judges choose a winner based on a skier's speed and the quality and technique of the competitor's aerials and turns. The debut of moguls skiing at Albertville is likely to ignite an instantaneous star: Donna Weinbrecht of New Jersey. A two-time World Cup moguls champion, Weinbrecht, 26, is heavily favored to capture the gold. Weinbrecht...
...says French speedster Nicolas Bollon. Officially recognized by the International Ski Federation only in 1988, the sport has had an understandably hard time shaking its kamikaze reputation. Still, aficionados contend that it is reasonably sane and safe, at least relatively speaking. France's Michael Prufer, the world's fastest skier, blanches at the thought of pastimes like bungee jumping. "Too dangerous," he declares...
...slopes themselves are excellent. Sunday River makes a lot of snow, so the only time a skier will encounter icy trails is maybe the first ten or so feet of a black diamond or double black diamond slope. On a windy day, the snow on top of the mountain gets blown off. The trails are always very well covered past that. For a little excitement, many of the trails are only half groomed, leaving moguls for the adventurous skier. White Heat, the double black diamond trail, is a must ski. For the experienced skier. Sunday River also offers some very...