Word: slalomed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been cheering for the Mahre twins for years and know which one is which. You ran a picture of Steve when you meant to run one of Phil in the slalom race that brought him gold. The conventional wisdom for telling the twins apart is that Phil wears blue goggles (both Phil and blue have four letters) and Steve wears white goggles (both name and color have five letters). The Mahre twin in your picture is wearing white goggles; therefore, he must be Steve...
Phil Mahre, 26, was fast at the Olympics, but not quite fast enough. He had wanted to win the men's slalom in time to get home for the birth of his second child. But Alexander Ryan Mahre slipped across the starting line of his life in Scottsdale, Ariz., half an hour before Dad streaked across the finish line. Barely stopping to collect his gold medal, Mahre hastened home last week to hug his wife Holly, 22, and hold his son for the first time. Reconfirming that he would soon be "hangin' 'em up" (his skis...
...talented newcomers, the ski world seemed almost to forget about the 26-year-old twins from Yakima, Wash., whose careers had proved that U.S. men skiers could beat the world. Phil had won the World Cup three years in a row, and he had taken a silver in slalom at Lake Placid. Steve had won the G.S. world championship in 1982. But in the Sarajevo G.S., these anchors of the U.S. team could do no better than eighth and 17th. They were quitting after this season, they said, and they seemed tired of skiing. Poor old men. But there...
...proud to represent my country," said Chinese Alpine Skier Wang Guizhen, 23. "Our level is not high, but I took part in the Lake Placid Games and I feel we've made some progress." Well, some ... She placed 18th in the 1980 giant slalom, but tangled with a gate in the first run at Sarajevo and was disqualified. Said Jin Xuefei, 20, also on the Chinese women's team (her name means "flying golden snow"): "Our aim at the Olympics is to study athletes from other countries, especially the American women." What of the future? The young women...
Speaking as the only Egyptian entrant, Jamil el Reedy said, "I was a little bummed out that I fell in the giant slalom, but that's O.K." Born in Cairo, raised in Plattsburgh, N.Y., El Reedy, 18, prepared mentally for the Games by following his father's wishes and holing up in a desert cave for 40 days. No one on Bjelašnica had a more intimate knowledge of scorpions. "When I got here, I expected a lot more 'Look at him' stuff from the others. But instead they've all been helping...