Word: sweep
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...insiders were marking her as the favorite for the Ladies Figure Skating gold medal, even though MICHELLE KWAN has bragging rights as U.S. National champion. The two rivals, together with another former American champ, NICOLE BOBEK, are part of the team that has the Olympics murmuring, "U.S. medals sweep." That kind of talk isn't, of course, going down well with other competitors. Russia's MARIA BUTYRSKAYA settled on her target a month ago, sniffing, "Lipinski made mistakes in many competitions this season. I am a good skater too." Last week at practice, Butyrskaya looked impressive. Among the Americans, however...
Harvard seemed to have its goal of a doubleheader sweep half-accomplished after taking a 2-0 lead against New Paltz. But the Crimson inexplicably lost the next three games and lost a great deal of confidence in doing...
...great strides in her 100 Breaststroke to take the victory, as sophomore Alexis Todor finished strong to out-touch a shaved Tiger for second place. And senior Keiko Iwahara showed her mind-boggling speed, winning both the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly, with junior Jocelyn Ludwick completing the sweep...
Still, she has not dominated competitions this year. She won one event but lost the nationals to Kwan and Trophy Lalique to the relatively unknown French skater Laetitia Hubert. Lipinski points out, however, that she had not won anything before her sweep at the end of last season. She tells TIME, "I feel so much less pressure now that I've made the Olympic team. The Olympics is going to be a little easier, because you've already made it, and you can just have fun with...
...Mount Bachelor event and picked up a rare win over Canada's Fawcett to secure a spot on the U.S. team. Klug, a former high school All-Star quarterback, has the brightest chance for a win over the Canadians. Europeans, who have long dominated the Alpine events, still could sweep the giant slalom. "I wouldn't be surprised if the podium was one-two-three for Austria," says Fawcett. On the women's race course, Lisa Kosglow, 24, of Boise, Ind., overcame a rough early-season start to win the Mount Bachelor giant slalom and rise to medal contention...