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Norwegian-born Audun Endestad, the newest U.S. citizen, barely made it. Leaving the Nordic ski team in Zurich, on a Monday morning, he paused in New York City en route to Salt Lake City, where he was sworn in thanks to a hurriedly signed special Senate bill in the works for about a year. Next, Endestad flew to San Francisco in quest of a passport, and from there he headed to Sarajevo, where he rushed directly from the airport to the stadium and dressed just in time for Tuesday's overture. Whew...
...snow, fog and high winds that twice knocked out the men's downhill ski race eliminated any realistic chance of a U.S. medal to savor during the first four days. ABC concentrated on two successive losses by the U.S. hockey team, and the second game was temporarily and perhaps mercifully blacked out by a power shortage. The six-hour time difference meant that the American setbacks were reported on newscasts well in advance of ABC's programs. And somber news from Moscow and Beirut overshadowed the celebratory glow in Sarajevo...
...most of what they had. Eric Heiden's commentary enabled viewers to appreciate subtle differences in style among the competitors in the women's speed skating. ABC compressed Finnish Gold Medalist Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen's 10-km cross-country ski race into a montage of snow-hazed spurts of ardent labor that made her final collapse seem an inevitable part of the effort. Hockey Commentator Al Michaels could probably inject excitement into a pinochle game, although he shared in ABC's unrealistic buildup of the young, inexperienced U.S. team...
...Harvard hopeful, Bonnie St. John '86, recently returned from competing in the Handicapped Olympics at Innsbruck. Austria, where she collected a silver and two bronze medals in slalom. St. John says she hopes to ski for Harvard next year, despite the disadvantages she may face skiing on one leg against skiers on two. "I'll have to ski a lot better than someone else to make the same time," she adds...
...ski team can catch fire this weekend at Syracuse, it stands a chance of going to the Eastern Championships at Middlebury the following weekend. But even if the entire team, men's and women's combined, does not get as far as the Easterns, "the women's teams have a very good chance of going." Allen says, adding that Deehr and Hale could go on to the championships individually...