| OCR Text |
Show naa The SaltLakeTribune SPORTS Friday, October 8, 1999 Youthful U.S. Luge Squad Can’t Wait to Hit Track for 2002 Olympic Games LAKE’ SALT LAKE TRIBUNE he giant mutant crocodile did got get everyone. e Placid’s fastest athletes, . luge team, touched down Lake City on Thursday with plans to open the ice sliding ason at Utah Winter Sports toMay ‘The youthful lineup looked less jike Olympic hard-core athletes ‘and morelike a groupadfor baggy khakis and Doe Martens as they jgsembled in sponsor Team Air Express’s warehouse for a news conference. The team is heavy ne in on this track when the Euypeans can’t,” he said. time off for school (Thorpe) and with young talent, but there are rimefirst World Cupraces are at women’s team is young and “realistically probably won't medal for a year,” said team r Fred Zimny. Women do net race dou- plentyofveterans, including Nagano doubles medalist Brian Martin, who looked like he escaped a B imovie monsterlast summerafter crashing a mountain bike at the viviagls Athlete Summit at Deer alley. Heis healed andeagerto hit the 2002 track with Nagano partner Mark Grimmetteforthefirst time since February after a tough summeroftraining at Lake Placid. “It'sa great chance to get a lotof Lillehammerin November, where Grimmette and Martinfirst won a race. It has beena longoffseason,full of gains and losses. The team has experienced: @The addition of Duncan Kennedy, but the retirement’ of Erin Warren, the top women’s athlete. Nagano silver medalists Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer will start racing this season at Calgary in Decemberafter taking love (Sheer got engaged). The bles. BA newtrack in Lake Placid, meaning s two World Cup tracks in the US and half of the World Cup tour will be in America.“It used to be on the hometurf for the Europeans ali year,” said Zimny. The new track will be like Utah Winter Sports Park's facility: big and fast with sweeping turns, a combination bobsled and luge track. It should open in January. M Theloss of four-time junior Lake world champion Christian Nic- gles. Adam Heidt madea “huge” breakthrough at Winterberg, Ger- cum (Woodland, Wash.) to USA Luge’s first drug problem, a posi- live test at National Championships in Park City in February. Niceum took a gold medal early last season with Matt McClain in Europe,then struggled. B Thelossof popular pubiic relations director Sandy Caligore, who“couldn't pass up an opportunity with Olympic Regional De- velopment Authority, which runs Placid’s venues,” many, last year when he placed behind legends George Hacki of Germany and Marcus Prock of Austria, and coaches have high hopes for him, Zimny said. With Canadian Clay Ives (the U.S. national singles champion) and Duncan Kennedy's return, the lugers have higher hopes for sin- gles events, said Zimny. Luger Enjoying The Ride 9 Continued from B{n underfunded, disorganized Ca- nadian team. He was in the same situation Kennedy is now: qualifed, but needing to earn a spot. Jiding for Canada, he placed lth in the ‘94 Olympics. hing nations made for a dressful season physically and fiyuicially for Canada’s top luge re he made the U.S. team Introducing AT&? Family Plan ecember at Park City by win Upto five wireless phones, plus home. ying the national meet. Suddenly the U.S. national champion was a Canadian. This y. he is gunning for top 10 world Cup finishes. Was it a yuart move? acknow<CUAa a Last year Canada’s World Cup went bankruptand wehad to the Canadian National Champion Tyler Seitz [Ives’ best rvicnd|, He was stranded. We c him around, he stayed with i we coached him,” hesaid. This vear, I don’t have to wove myself with my own money, about aSdent in just relax and go fast,” he I hot is Kennedy’s plan. The | of sliding sports is all about and slowing it down in y to makeit it heen’ t,”” Kennedysaid. | relax and just enjoy wn : the sled, that’s whenthings ppen. And nowthat is impor- for ne health-wise, too.” Unlimited local wireless cails between family at no extra charge. Unlimited problems solved. ccrorism hreat Looms hor NASCAR Now you can call each other all you want to arrange rides, find out what's for dinner, even talk about affordable auto body shops. With the AT&T Family Plan, HE ASSOCIATED PRESS you'll get unlimited local wireless calls between up to five family members CORD, N.C. NASCAR in October is usually all high speeds andthe chase unpionship. This week it’s | 2 plus your home phone, in your family calling area. You'll also receive special it the threat of terrorism. irity has been beefed upat Motor Speedway in re to recent bombings at owned by the companythat pricing on AT&T residential long distance. And it's all on onebill. Plus for a ee limited time, when you sign up for the AT&T Family Plan and buy an Ericsson 5 Talk all you want. You're family. PY t the track's namingrights, LX788 and LX677, you'll get a $69 mail-in rebate. The AT&T Family Plan. Home Improvement Ware- In thorities are inve dice soy. id sibility that bombs ATa&t Wireless Services Lowe's stores were planted smeone who feels the company {10 do enough to helpthe vic fa May 1 crash at the speed. Three spectators werekilled eight others injured when de- wis from a wreck flewinto the during an Indy Racing sue event \ bomb threat was called into fie speedway last week, and even Hough no explosives were found, t od federal, state and jes to increase their ut the track this ¥ 250,000 people areexp it the speedway AT&T ted for Sunday's 69, | 400 he various activities ig up to the event The added security is most noJceable in the 1%mile super peedway'’s sprawling infield ‘here all incoming vehicles are topped joints, at At east well-staffed check Inside the garage area, here are plenty of police officers, ome toting guns. Speedway offi aid the U.S. Bureauof Alcool. Tobacco and Firearms is us jw plainclothes agents to patrol be area Perhaps the most visible thange, however, involves the irivers, who appear to be walking juickly to and from their cars luring practice sessions, wasting ji ttle time to stop and chat or sign FAMILY ore ATNTFay Pa i ee hater and wacrbe to ATET retsential long de * WOLLADAY It would be a shame if we pletely lost that, and it could wppen,” nd it said Kevin Triplett operations director goes back to what your grandmother told you and you je that one first polls the YOR COPY barrel.” www.att.com/familyplan/ WORTH OREM OGDEN 4025Rare Ri onem *PROVO 203 + SALT LAKE CITY 2 £3300 South Oar: 7pen Sat 1Camn- pn gained muchof its ingle freely with fans, 1 888-OUR FAMILY oie Now you can purchase AT&T Digital Cable and @Homeinternet services at selected AT&T Stores. Comein to find out about details and special offers. nts a stark contrast ina port that has 600 PHONES BY ERICSSON nutographs jopulavity over the decades be use of the drivers willingness to PLAN UNLIMITED local wireless calls between family member plu W-GM Quality 500 Winston *ATET Diy eee 977" vemPomty Caling Are ceasehen both ATAT Fr w $49 99,Untirwted caing only walle when cling the mrttun on eligible ATAT dignal ube citained in the ATRT Welc me Guide, Race theat x Coling Pan brochure, Offer ay tet be combined wih say other said Zimny. @ improvements in men’s sin- "SANDY 10845 S. State St aor srit719 M+ 0am Pp Sat 10 60m |
