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...Alpine skiing blasts off with the sheer fun and sheer craziness of the downhill. The mighty Swiss, led by Pirmin Zurbriggen, are the ones to watch for. -- Ski Jumper Matti Nykanen, Finland's bad boy, takes off for the first of two hoped-for golds. -- U.S. speed skaters came up empty-handed at Sarajevo, but at this distance Americans Nick Thometz and Dan Jansen are both good bets...
...Ski Jumping...
Another blockbuster day. -- Josh Thompson could be the first U.S. medal winner in the ski-and-shoot sport of biathlon. -- Nykanen jumps for gold again, possibly achieving the unprecedented double. -- Weekend high: triple jumps galore from Boitano and Orser in the men's final...
...Games. Some 80,000 visitors will jam the hotels, and every event should be close to a sellout. The Canadian organizers expect to turn a $23 million profit. In addition, Calgary will inherit state-of-the-art facilities, such as the $31 million indoor speed- skating oval and the ski jumps and bobsled and luge runs at nearby Canada Olympic Park...
...bobsled run for $20. Before the ride ! was closed to tourists last month, the same 60 seconds of terror cost $39. A simulated bobsled run at the Olympic Center downtown is free but is a pale imitation of the real thing. The equally free simulation of the 90-meter ski jump, however, is realistic enough to discourage all but the most demented from thinking about attempting the actual hill. Fortunately, that is a thrill forbidden to foolish amateurs...