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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...
...misty moments next day it seemed that the lead of Sweden's 31- year-old Ingemar Stenmark, greatest male skier of his time, would hold up in the snow-blurred second run of the men's slalom. Then the astonishing Tomba, third after the first run, swiveled down the course to first place and his second gold, ahead of West Germany's Frank Woerndl and another elderly gent, Liechtenstein's 30-year-old Paul Frommelt. Stenmark slipped to fifth. What now for La Bomba, two Ferraris? How do you say vroom-vroom in Italian...
...Alberto Tomba, 21, Italy's self-proclaimed beast and "La Bomba," buried his ski boots in what little snow remained at Nakiska on the day of the giant slalom in the second week of the great chinook. He feared they might soften halfway down the mountain under the weight of his incredible confidence. Immediately posting the best time for the first run, Tomba waited only long enough to see that Pirmin Zurbriggen was slower before telephoning home to Bologna (collect). "You have seen Tomba once," he advised his parents. "But now, for the second run, you must turn...
...finale, Debi Thomas bobbled to third as Katarina Witt held her figure- skating title and a plucky Canadian, Elizabeth Manley, sparkled her way to silver. Tomba la Bomba and a quiet Swiss, Vreni Schneider, each zigzagged to double skiing gold. And Bonnie the Blur cheered frequently downcast Americans with a speed- skating world record plus a bronze for good measure...