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Show The Sait Lake Tribune WINTER SPORTS Jiajun Porter, the second strongest skater amor injured her of her opening heat when she Gets the Win In 500 Meters B Co! clipped skates with Bulgaria's Marina Georgieva. ued from B-1 twice before, may keep hercut of today’s 1,000-meter event. Sarah quarter-finalrace. By random drawing, Peterson Williamswill race if Porter is sidelined. was assigned the dreaded outside lane. Fromthis starting position “We don't want to push an inJury,” Ellis said. “She has a long in a sprint race, the skater has to seasoninfrontofher.” work harderte beat her opponents Also on Saturday, the U.S. men’s relay squad raced an excit- into the first turn, less than 20 meters from thestartingline. Off the start in the quarters, ing semifinal 5,000 meters involv- tight pack led by Korea’s Choi Min-Kyung andItaly’s Katia Zini, skaterswereina position to qual- ingrepeated lead changes withri- Peterson foundherself locked in a vals Canada and China. TheU.S. ify for the finals when Tommy ere she remained tothefinish. O'Hare fell deep in the race. O'Hare was takinga push off from Four and half laps isn't a wholelot of time to makepasses,” Peterson said, “I was waiting for a teammate Mike Kooreman when his right skateclipped the outside mistake and they weren’t making any ‘The women’s £00-meter finals waswonin 45:305 by China’s Yang wall, sending him sprawling across the ice. Kooremancontin. ued skating, but the U.S. skaters were then an insurmountable half-lap back. Yang (S), who claimed silver the day betore in the 1,500 meters hind her teammate, whobears the same name. Annie Perreault of _ Ohno saved the team from finishing last by overtaking the Canada finished on Yang's heels, an explosiveburst. The World Cup event resumes today at 11 a.m. with the 1,000- Dutch anchormanatthefinish in followed by Chikage Tanaka of Japan. Perreaultspentthe entire race meter and 3,000-meter races and chasing Yang, looking for an opening around the Chinese relay finals, in which the Koreans, Japanese, Canadians and Chinese skater that never came. “If the skaters in front of me squareoff, Men's 500-meter Final Li Jiqjun, CHN, (2.772 2. Kim Dong Sung, don’t make a mistake, it’s very hardto pass,” the Canadianskater . “It’s a very fast race for ing on the outside andinside there is no room.” Peterson's U.S. teammate Car- 1. Canada, T1074 Nel i Ko oline Hallisey didn’t makeit into the semifinals after an impressive victory in the opening heat. Erin AnalePerreault SPN, 465204 1y Semifinals hits, 204.495, 4. UnitedStates, ad Heat2 Japan, 7.04562. 8. aly, 719.618. 4 GoebelNails Trio of Quads, But Yagudin a Little More Seasoned R Jim Shealeads the way again this year as track recordsfall for men, women in new Olympic event BY SKIP KNOWLES THI LT LAKETRIBL BEAR HOLLOW — No bones about it, Jim Shea owns USA skeleton. The national and world champion dominated all three days of the national selections races this week at Utah Winter making history. face with his handsfor a long time and seemedto havetrouble catch- place to second, he covered his So when Goebel became the first figure skater to hit three quadruple jumps in one program ing his breath. The rest of the audience was breathless, too, at what it had witnessed. Saturday night, there was no roomfor disappointment in being runner-up to two-time world champion Alexei Yagudin at “It’s like hitting three grand slams in one game,” said Goebel, 19, of Rolling Meadows, Ill. ‘Oneis Skate Americ: Goebel, the first American to been sudden. land, a 17-year national teamvet whoagonized as “skelly” ssed over for inclusion in t four Winter Games. “We even topped in a few heats, point- The USA is fielding the world’s strongest men's team of said Terry Hol- Last year, would-be athletes have the world’s strongest wom showedup in jeans trying to make the national team in this head: en’s team ever and now a program that is the best in the world,” he first versionof the luge. This time, heats held Th said. Texas skeleton racer and team had a great push program but is Gale lined up to race and looked techniqueto match. iow we're going to add equip. ment anddriving to go with the 360-degree spin, just like Gale did in her debut last year on the same working on the equipment and huge advantageof having a 2002 track that was completed five years before the Games,” Vaughn said. Former bobsledder Trevor Christie knocked secondsoff his. best-evertimesto make the World Cup team asanalternate, and he attributes it to Davenport's arrival “The iave dropped. I'm riding onone of hissleds and we'reclose,” he said. intense, and track records fell in both men’s and women's events, sponsor Robbie Vaughn took over this year as programdirector, relinquishing his spot on the na- pointing to a new level of depth. “Last year, I was almost twoseconds away from everybody. this year. And in what mayprove to escort me out,” hesaid Notes: Salt Lake City’s Steven day, Friday and Saturday were This year, the track is faster and now everybody is pushing me,” Shea said. Park City’s Lin: coln Dewitt laid down a scorcher time in the final heat, and Shea brokethe track record(50.59 seconds)to beat him. Tricia Stumpfset out to sweep all three women’s races and break thetrack record Saturday and did so. The former giant slalom ski racer from Park City is now the top U.S. woman, though sheis only entering her second season. She is faster, stronger and has better equipmentfor a sport that is muchlike ski racing, she said. “The ability to see the correct tional team. He workedto get ath letes on the ice two weekssooner to be the skeleton coupofthe century, he hired Canadian multiworld-champion Ryan Davenport as coach. “We'vegot the best coachin the world and also the best sled builder in the world,” Vaughn said. “Seventy-five percent ofall World Cupvictories have come on Davenport sieds.” Vaughn’s full-speed approach to the program appealed to Davenport “and Robbie did not wait “dabbler” and U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation executive director Mait Roysaid he’s excited about the drastic change in the competitive level he’s seeing in skeleton “The USAhasa habit of coming out strong when sports are added {for Olympicinclusion], thenfalling behind by the Games,” he said. “There is great potential for us to notlet that happen.” who holds the track record push-start for skele- ton, placed 12th in skeletonselections. He wasstiff and sore after crashing in a four-man bobsled Friday night during a practice race with driver Mike Dionne. “Steve was yelling at a new guy, Mark Ganeck [Stanford University], ‘Get on your head, get on your head,’ to avoid getting a burn,” like everyone else, and thatis ineae of hisvision,” Davenport said his father, also named Steve. National four man bobsled selections finish todayat 6 p.m. Meanwhile, at Saturday’s skele- anne United States has always tonselections, Park City’s Tristan for the Olympic announcement sled. That earned her the nick name “Twister.” Both women madethe national team. @ Former bobsled Olympian get left in the dust, we need to. Holcombe, a bobsledder andskel- eton up to see Katie Kozcynski out of control at the top of thetrack ina andhopes it continues. hing has pushed ev- eryonecloser to Jimmy, the measure. Everyonehere, their times Hollandis over 40 now and was thrilled to makethenational team again. “I'vetold everyoneI'm goingto march into the Olympics with the nationalteam, evenifsecurity has Jim Shea* Lincoln Dewitt* Terry Holland” Chri Trevor Christie* RalphMi belli id :llis (replaced Robbie Vaughn) WOMEN Tricia Stump Lea AnnParsley* Babs Isak Fallon Vaughn Janet tvers ski ‘recovering fromcrash) *will competeinworldcup, n Natural. Gas Equipment | $1350 $1490 * 80% HighEfficiency Natural Gas Furnace Installed-Model 58 WAV090-90,000 BTU * 80% High Efficiency 2-Stage Heat Furnace Installed-Mode! 58 TUA 080-80,000 BTU $21 50° Up to 95% Ultra HighEfficiency Natural Gas Condensing Furnace Installed-Model 1 5B MXA 080 $2990 which moved him from third othy Goebel. He was too busy program has coach. The improvement have ing to high U.S. medal hopesfor this little-known sport recently addedto the 2002 Winter Games solo quad salchow. 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