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Show The Salt Lake Tribune 20 Ss % OLYMPIC 02 o19 Wednesday, February20, 2002 WINTER GAMES Cross Country Olympian Takes Diabetes in Stride Skier learned howto adjustto disease in pursuit of his goals BY TROY GOODMAN THE TLAKE TRIBUNE HEBER CITY — When doctors told Kris Freeman he was diabetic, the competitive cross country skier was clueless about the impact it would haveonhis life or his racing “| actually started to feel better even though I didn’t feel like anything was wrong to begin with,” Freeman said Tuesday during a post-race reception and autograph session. The event was sponsored by keeping count of his carbohy: drates and monitoring his blood his three meals. KRIS FREEMAN Diabetic cross country skier But the 21-year-old New Hamp- races. man learned to manage his disease better even though I sugar. He also takes insulin shots didn’tfeel like anything using a special injection “pen” ” made byLilly that requires Freewas wrong to begin with. man to stick himself during each of career. shire native studied up, talked to his U.S. Ski Team coaches and realized that with diet control, medication andtraining, he could continue to compete, even in distance Working with his doctor, Free- “7 actually startedto feel More than 90 percent of the world’s diabetics must deal with whichis by far the more common form of the disease.It is linked to risk factors like obesity, poor diet andlackofexercise. Type 1 is not associated with these risk factors. tion and drug companyEli Lilly. People whohave insulin-dependent “They decided to check myglucose, and it came back high to everyone'stotal surprise,”he said. About 700,000 Americans suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes, also known as Type 1 diabetes. diabetes musttake insulin, either by injecting themselves with a needleatleast twice a day or by using a battery-powered insulin “pump” nearby, should Freeman feel his Type 2, or adult onset diabetes, Freeman’s diagnosis of Type 1 came unusuallylatein life duringa by the American Diabetes Associa- Olympic and ski team doping rules allow competitors to use insulin with a written diagnosis from an endocrinologist. Onthe cross country course, the team coach keeps energy drinks glucose level going into a flux. Since his success earlier this year as a second-place skier in the national cross country champion ships, and a solid performance in the past few days’ Olympicevents, Freeman said heis glad to take ona role of spokesman for the diabetes routine ski team blood test in 2000. association. Karmeen Kulkarni, an author and diabetes educator, said role models like Freeman help broad. cast the message that diabetes patients can lead normal lives if they He and team members usually train to the point ofexhaustion and drink a lot of water, so when the occasional bouts of blurry vision and frequent urination came on, ~ Al Hartmann/TheSalt Lake Tribune that fits on a belt or in the pocket Cross country skier Kris Freeman, seen here in Olympic competition at Soldier and delivers insulin through a sub- Freeman just chalked rigors ofhis sport. Hollow, has sey managed his diabetes while pulhisOres sport. cutaneous tube. follow medical guidelines. and dietetic “They pull it all together, take the information and do greatjob,” it up to the Kulkarni said. Stars Give Greenhouse Emissions Campaign Seductive Push BY MIKE GORRELL rai ofamenare mn Cann in here ‘Spirit of LandAward’ Honors Education Efforts THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Hollywood came out Mondayin support ofthe PARK CITY Salt Lake Organizing Committee's effort to use the 2002 Winter Games to increase public In a cere- mony held Tuesday on Park City’s Main Street, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee awareness of global warming. Actors Esai Morales and Sharon Lawrence (of “NYPDBlue’), Mimi Rogers (“Austin Powers”) honored 15 individuals and organizations with the “Spirit of the Land Award” for their efforts in educating the public about the environment. and Michael Weiss (“The Pretender”) joined SLOC ‘environmental director Diane Gleason andothergreenactivists to launch a free exhibit exploring ways in whichindividuals and communities can reduce emissions of greenhouse gases thatare raising temperaturesglobally. The exhibitis on displayat the Salt Lake City Visitor | The awards were pre- sented to: Sarah Cahill, National 4-H Information Center, 125 S. Main St. Council, Maryland; Chris- The actors are part of Los Angeles-based tine Imoff, TreePeople Inc., Earth Communications Office (ECO), which Beverly Hills, Stephanie Darst, Kentucky State Fair, Louisville; Ronald Warken, Edmonds, Utah Power. International recipients were Elizabeth Odera, Sadili Chattahoochee Nature Cenae Roswell, Ga.; Charles Eastman Kodak Co.;edward Dalton, National Oval Sports Center, Nairobi, Energy Foundation, Salt Lake City; Liz Cook, World Resources Institute; Kathy McGlauflin, American Forest Foundation; Amy O’Conner, Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, San Juan County, Utah; and Bill Kenya; Sebastian Chuwa, African Blackwood Conservation Project; Mathan Lal, World Wildife Fund, MalayYelena Sedletskaya, sia; Moscow Children’s Ecological Center, Moscow; and the Regional Environment Edu- cation Center, Krakow, Poland. — Brent Israelsen employs famous entertainers “to inspire people to get involved [because] we do have a problem ae warm in here?” The answer: “Unfortunat The Scientific underpinnings ofthe campaign ing the environment and have to do something to stop it,” said ECO chairman Larry Kopald. were provided by World Resources Institute, He has overseen developmentof a series of public service announcements. about global whose president Jonathan Lash warned that global warming already is melting mountain glaciers and producing extreme dry spells that could impair winter recreation and the Winter Games. He and French oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau, who represented the environmental warming featuring film stars Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick and Olympicgold medalists Picabo Street and Eric Bergoust. One print an- nouncement features an undressed Sedgwick and Baconprovocatively posed and asking,“Isit community in the Feb. 8 Opening© Ceremony of the Games, praised SLOC for minimizing the Olympic impact on global warmingbyretiring corporate emissions credits, planting 18 million trees worldwide (100,000 in Utah), building an energy-efficient speedskating oval and raising public consciousness ofthe issue. To ensure SLOC puts on a “zero emissions” Games, Gleason said SLOC had to acquire and retire credits that allow companies to release 330,000 pounds of carbon dioxide and other : _ a Actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick pose to promote a reduction in greenhouse gases. pollutants into the atmosphere. She said SLOC was able to obtain enough credits to remove 500,000 poundsofpollutants from the air. IrishPut MedalHopes,|Bets on Skeleton Racer Games-Related Wrottesley is called ¢ 7 ? a wake up call for 7 7 Irish winter sports BY BRIAN MAC INTYRE WOEGALT ge eaves ent Officials from the Irish Olympic team are hopeful an Irish athlete may medal in skeleton tomy. Soundlike a bad Irish j Try that to the enc “Have you heard the big Irish Maybe they are talking about toa Tondest applause ofthe day for downhill racer Pauli Schwarzacher from spectators at Snowbasin on Sunday, despite his lastplace Or was it the fact that Fruit Heights threw the bi party ever when the Irish team visited theDavis County hamlet last ne is, they are excited because Irish skeleton racerClifton Wrottesley placed fourth in his first heatin training runs at Utah Olympic Park on Mondayandjust 28/100ths of a second behind the top finisher. Call it “O’Cool Runnings.” for winter sports Roche's 1987 victory in cycling’s premierevent. But what abouttraining facili- ties? Tracey and McDonagh point out that Ireland's legendary middle-distance There's little snow in Ireland — andlittle in the way of funding for Winter Olympic dreams. Wi ley is largely financing his own Winter Olympic experience. Says his manager Pat McDonagh: His run is “a wake-up call think it was realistic for an Irishman to win the Tour de France?” he asks, referring to Stephen [in Ireland].” But what chance does a country where bookmakers take bets on a white Christmas have at being a medal possibility this year? “Whynot?” asks chef d'equipe Larry Tracey. “When did people runners have trained mainlyin Britain and the British team. As McDonagh says, “he was keen to try and develop the sport in Ireland.” Wrottesley contacted the Olympic Council of Ireland in early 2001 to inquire about trying outfor the Irish team and was one of three Irish contenders in the pre-Games qualifiers and the only one to makethecut. Tracey places his slider’s odds United States, respectively. Wrottesley “trains on bob runs of winning a medal today at 10-1 Ksoe and Austria,” Tracey place in the top 10. seWrottesley himself has quite high rankings in practice runs have already sparked the interest and gives evens for Wrottesley to But no matter how hedoes, his the résumé. Hewas ranked 18 in the world coming into the Games and was even Cresta World Cup champion. Cresta is a prestigious course in St. Moritz, Switzerland,the birthplace of skeleton. Wrottesley was born in Ireland and moved to England when he was 3 but never competed for the of media back home. SaysTracey:“It’s putting down a marker. It’s the beginning of a race. Just because they [Irish people] never thought of it [winning a Winter Olympic medal, it doesn't mean they don’t have the talentto doit.” bmacasitrib.com Parra Returns to Medals Plaza, ClaimingHis First Gold BY BRANDON GRIGGS ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE By his own admission, American speedskater Derek Parra wears his heart on his sleeve. “T’'m very emotional,” said Parra, moments after tearing up Tuesday night on the Olympic Medals Plaza stage, where he received his second medalbut first gold ofthe Games.“I cry at 4 i ‘The diminutive Parra bounced onto the Ten days earlier, Parra visited the plaza to receive silver medal in the 5,000 meters. This one, which he won for the 1,500 meters, was sweeter, “It's such an honor to have the anthem played in honor of you,” said the Florida resident, 31, who worked last year at the Home Depot store in Kearns while training at the nearby Utah OlympicOval. Parra received his medal from Ottavio Cinquanta, the International Skating Union president who was in the spotlight last week for his role in the pairs figure skating controversy. It also was a great night for hometown favorite Joe Pack, 23, who took silver in the men's aerials. Like many American Olympians, Pack lives and trains in Park City; unlike most American Olympians, he grew upthere, Clad in the black leather Team USA jacket that has become standard wear for American medalists, the square-jawed Pack pumped his fist in the air to acknowledge the cheering “It was crazy walking out on thestage and seeing all the Park City signs, all the people yelling and screaming,” he told reporters moments later. Asked whathe was thinking on the medals stand, Pack said, “I had flashes of family members who have always been there for me.” Also honored with gold Tuesday were Tor Arne Hetland of Norway and Julija Tehepal. ova ofRussia, who won the men’s and women's 1.5 km cross country sprint; and Ales Valenta of the Czech Republic, who landed an auda | cious, five-twist, three-somersai ult jump to | Se nn on Tee es eS ae Crime Seems To Take a Holiday BY STEPHEN HUNT ‘THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE, There was a spate of drunk driving arrests in Park City over the weekend, and in Ogden an alleg. edly drunken woman ignored an Olympic venue roadblock and injured four police officers in afight before they hog-tied her. Otherwise, Olympic-related crime has been virtually nonexistent. And in Salt Lake City, crime in general is down 13 percent from last year at this time. “Weareso a)for, ‘The skyis falling, Thesky is falling,” id § Sraig Gleason. “But | keeplooking up ‘and che's happening.” In particular, the expected scourge ofpiclkpockets andprostitutes never descended on thecity. at's not to Lake City police sayit isn’t happeni Sgt. Fred Louis. “But there are no cases. Noonehas reportedit.” Salt Lake City prosecutor Simarjit Gill said ‘Tuesday hehas identified only 40 to 50 crimes com. mitted by nonresidents since Feb. 8 the majority being ticket scalpers andothers selling merchandise withoutobtainingacity business license. In Park City, about 40 defendants, including 11 people charged with driving under the influence, and several drug possession cases, appeared before Olympic court Judge Robert Hilder. In Ogden, Linda Lee Docherty, 42, of Weber County was charged Tuesday with driving underthe influence of alcohol and two counts of assault by a prisoner, all third-degree felonies, and a class B misdemeanorfor driving on alicense previouslyre- voked for an alcohol-related offense. According to court documents, Docherty drove past a roadblock set up near the Ogden IceSheet. An officer stopped her and noticed an odor of alcohol and slurred speech, When asked to perform a field sobriety test, Docherty became violent and was handcuffed. But she continued to fight, assaulting four police officers and inflicting bruises, abrasions and an in jured shoulder and finger before she was subdued, Docherty's preliminary hearing is set for Thursday before 2nd District Judge Parley Baldwin. |