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...indeed. Weekend skiers could see the astonishing downward and outward force that his thighs exerted in turns, just as he shifted weight from ski to ski. La Bomba calls himself the "greatest" and resembles a pair of young lovers holding hands, except that there is just one of him. It is impossible to take offense. The new phenom announced happily that his rich father would buy him a Ferrari for his win, and no one seemed to mind...
...slipped away the night after opening ceremonies, before any of them competed. A few days later two Chinese speed skaters and a coach flew home, again before racing. Injuries, explained Chinese officials. Then there was the emigration of Soviets en masse from Calgary: 55 left prematurely, some of them ski jumpers returned to sender because, a Soviet official said, "as the competition was postponed, they could not participate anymore." Canadian immigration authorities ran a phone line for athletes who "needed help," but no applications for asylum were announced...
...events -- a job only American medals would do. But fans in other countries had cause to rejoice in some non-prime- time, though historic, performances. East German Frank-Peter Roetsch was the first ever to capture both the 10-km and 20-km biathlons, a daunting standard for future ski shooters. Even more notably, Soviet Cross-Country Skier Raisa Smetanina tied for the most decorated competitor in the history of the Winter Games as she took a bronze in the 20 km, the record ninth medal of her four- Olympiad career. Even Britons, whose team failed to win a single...
Alberto Tomba, 21, Italy's self-proclaimed beast and "La Bomba," buried his ski boots in what little snow remained at Nakiska on the day of the giant slalom in the second week of the great chinook. He feared they might soften halfway down the mountain under the weight of his incredible confidence. Immediately posting the best time for the first run, Tomba waited only long enough to see that Pirmin Zurbriggen was slower before telephoning home to Bologna (collect). "You have seen Tomba once," he advised his parents. "But now, for the second run, you must turn...
...less generous spirit, America's patchy playground directors were so dismayed by their meager share of the plunder (two gold, one silver and three bronze, in contrast to three gold medals for Finnish Ski Jumper Matti Nykanen alone) that they brought in New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner to help them harrumph. Promising importantly to look into it, he made noises about cost-effectiveness, dropped a few cold war phrases, filled a lot of newspaper columns and went home. Meanwhile, in front of the Village, one of the enemies of capitalism, G.D.R. Figure Skater Alexander Koenig, 21, politely priced...