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...world knows what to make of Tomba, not least because Tomba has told us what he makes of Tomba. He came to "Alberto-ville," he expounded, on a training program even more attractive than Jane Fonda's (pasta and sleep and plenty of female company); he predicted success, and for a while he transcended his predictions. By the time he accelerated through the final five gates of his second run in the giant slalom to ease past archrival Marc Girardelli and became the first Olympian skier to defend a championship, Tomba had left his signature in capital letters...
...days later, exactly 100 places behind Tomba, Teruel takes off. As he glides down the course, the announcer welcomes "our first Philippinian ((sic)) racer" and changes his name to something unintelligible. Thousands of Italians waved flags for Tomba; when Teruel completes his run, he looks around for cheers and finds none. One French volunteer gives him a thumbs-up sign and two others clap. Spectators in the stands by now are as rare as daisies in the snow. The photographers have gone off for lunch, and the TV crews are preparing their Tomba stories. Still, the man now in 85th...
...little later, at a Tomba press conference, the second -- and most successful -- Filipino athlete in Winter Games history giggles with unstoppable delight at everything the champion says. Teruel is thinking now, he says, of trying for the Summer Games. "I know it's unrealistic," he adds with a sheepish smile, "but when something's unrealistic, I really...
...ITALY'S ALBERTO TOMBA...
...brittle sunshine or in driving snow, the Games weren't mere games for those who competed. Tomba could joke about how he plans to star in Hollywood, courtesy of his new acquaintance, Sylvester Stallone. But his stalwart fans know there's more to his success than glitz, having followed Tomba's post- Calgary blues, his faltering in two world championships and his reconstruction under the severe tutelage of former Olympian Gustavo Thoeni. "I fought to win," said the husky Bolognese. "I gave the best of myself." Whether for giants like Tomba, upstarts like Aamodt or veterans like Fernandez Ochoa...