Word: speeded
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When the Winter Olympics open in Calgary this week, TIME's own team will be on hand, reporting at the speed of a downhill racer, snapping pictures with the derring-do of a bobsledder and enduring late deadlines with the stamina of a cross-country skier. Our coach is Senior Editor Jose M. Ferrer III, who will be supervising his third set of Olympics competitions from New York City. Ferrer demonstrated his gold-medal mettle as Sport editor during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and the Summer Games in Los Angeles. Now, as then, his aim is to present...
...Speed Skating...
...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...
...Speed Skating...
...Games, it's Calgary vs. Cosby & Co., with ABC tossing a formidable array against NBC's stronghold lineup. -- A speed-skating battle royal as the U.S.'s Thometz and Jansen sprint against a passel of contenders, including Canada's Gaetan Boucher, winner of the gold in 1984. -- The U.S.'s Brian Boitano and Canada's Brian Orser each skate electrifying, near perfect two- minute programs. Even Cliff Huxtable wouldn't miss tonight's head-to-head: 6.0s could be in the air. -- On tape: Swiss Downhillers Michela Figini and Maria Walliser (one-two at Sarajevo) renew their pell-mell...