Word: skiers
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There were curlers here and a Kenyan skier there, female hockey players and an Indian luger. Now and then, perhaps, a few niceties got lost in translation ("Oh, we beseech you. Heave-ho, heave-ho," was one of the first lines to greet spectators on the scoreboard), but for the most part the ceremonies so conformed to the textbook that even their "image director" was a man whose first name is Man. Elegiacally minded Japanese may have been calling these the last Games of the 20th century, but the efflorescence of young faces suggested they are really the first...
...SUNDAY Women's hockey will make its debut. And the man to watch will be Austrian Alpine skier Hermann ("Monster") Maier, who has had eight monstrous wins this season...
...THURSDAY Speed skaters Chris Witty of the U.S. and Catriona LeMay Doan of Canada will duel in the 1,000 m. Kristina Koznick, a young slalom skier, could be a surprise medalist...
...SATURDAY The great Alberto Tomba has won three Olympic golds. No Alpine skier has ever won four, and this is La Bomba's last chance at glory in his best discipline, slalom...
Even in his final years, Holman's advancing illness did not prevent him from leading an active life. His friends describe him as an accomplished digital photographer as well as an avid skier and golfer...