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...taking her first medal, a gold in the 1,500 m. In the first week she came in a disappointing fourth in the 3,000 m and fifth in the 1,000 m behind fellow Germans like bitter rival Claudia Pechstein and teammate Sabine Voel-ker, a triple medal winner...
...when some non-German star unexpectedly soars, like America's women bobsledders Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers, German teams graciously smile at the winner and happily collect silver and bronze. "A medal is a medal," says Sandra Prokoff, who won the silver in the bobsled...
Equally contentious were the Russians, who threatened to boycott the closing ceremony. Russian Olympic Committee president Leonid Tyagachev claimed that Olympic officials had treated Larissa Lazutina, a nine-time Olympic medal winner, unfairly when they disqualified her from the 4x5-km cross-country relay after she failed a blood test administered just prior to competition. The Russians, who have had a poor showing at the Games, also complained that their hockey team was heavily penalized and that their skaters, including silver medalist Irina Slutskaya, were harshly judged. In Moscow, politicians, reflecting public anger, expressed outrage. Sports Minister Pavel Rozhkov demanded...
...with four laps to go while Yang Yang (A) proved to be all Yin and never threatened. Instead, the race was won by the only athletes so far to truly claim an event for Asia, Koreans Ko Gi-Hyun, who took gold and at 15 became the youngest ever winner, and Choi Eun-Kyung, who smashed the Olympic record by six seconds in the semis. "Olympic athletes used to be role models," seethes Yosuke Yamaguchi, a former physical education instructor in Tokyo. "Now they're part athletes, part comedians...
...basket from Cornell junior Lynell Davis brought the Big Red within one, and a rebound from a Peljto shot gave Cornell a shot at the win. Sophomore Karen Force was fouled and stood on the charity line with three seconds left and the potential game-winner before her. Force missed the first shot, but tied the game at 69 with the second. Force stole the ball back and made it to the foul line, but couldn’t put the ball back up before the period ended...