Word: tomba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Teruel, of course, is as integral a part of the Olympics as his hero and the hero of the Albertville Games, Alberto Tomba. But no one asks the student from New York State what he ate for breakfast, and the difference between 71st and 72nd does not register on many TV screens. Teruel is, in his way, an embodiment of the little man's Games. The little man reads his results not in the newspapers but in other people's eyes, and he hears applause mostly when alone...
...ultimate role model, both on and off the slopes, is Tomba. "He's so energizing," says the Philippine team. "Every time he races, I know he's going to win or fall. Romantic to the end!" At one point, Teruel pointed out to Tomba that they were wearing the same kind of gloves, and Tomba offered to trade. But the banter never got to barter, and Teruel did not obtain a relic from his hero. "I think he didn't know what to make of me," Teruel says cheerfully...