Show -- C2 1 -- WIllbNitkaoqor-vinIFerqirkgiprqiomowoeNF The Salt Lake Tribune LILLEHAMMER '94 THE Tuesday GAMES it g01Ww-4alqp- emili0114401060110141100-1014010010Nrtioatom00ktee0-- Ittnary 15 19:44 111!!4- - Like- - - U Cross Country Skiers Find Warmth in Fans' Enthusiasm :e 09 D "' -- - i V4441 '' N t II° By Lex Hemphill -- i 1 THE SALT LAKE t k: 4 NOTEBOOK Me21GMMMO2MMni TRIBUNE SEWS SERVICES An International Olympic Committee delegation left here Mony day on a trip that will include a visit to Sarajevo in order to pay tribute to the city that hosted the Olympic Winter Games in two-da- 1984 Juan Antonio Saraaranch the feels the trip can IOC president help renew- the call for an "Olympic TruceIn addition to Samaranch the delegation included Mario Vasquez Rana of Mexico Jacques Rogge of Belgium Francois Car rard administrative director of the IOC and Fekrou Kidane an IOC consultant In the Samaranclfs absence from Lilleharnmer First Vice President of the IOC Kevan Gosper who is an IOC member from Australia will serve in the presidents place 0 Joining at the Middle: The late Norwegian foreign minister and peace negotiator John Jorgen Hoist wanted to bring together young people from both sides of the Middle East in connection with these Games Toward that end 10 teenagers — ages 16 and 17 — from Palestine and Israel arrived Monday in Lillehammer They were selected by the sister organization of the Red Cross in the Middle East the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Red Shield of David in Israel During their stay in Lillehammei the teenagers will have the chance to watch the alpine and freestyle skiing events and they also have been invited to spend the night in a tent camp organized by the Scouts of Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee where between 200 and 300 young people from 19 countries are staying Hope it warms up The participating countries did not turn in lists of the types of medication their athletes would bring to the Olympic Winter Games This makes the search for doping substances much harder than necessary for the police All participating countries were requested to provide such lists and the countries that have not done so wilrreceive a second notice even though the Games are under way 00 O Ring Ring: The mobile tele- phone network registered nearly 14000 calls during a peak period following Saturday's Opening Ceremonies "This is extremely high and people must simply expect to wait a bit during these periods" said Tor Hammer° information office in response to for criticisms leveled at the company Hey Hammer° just tell them to hang up Tele-mob- il 0 - 7 Slip Sliding: These are environmentally conscious folks That is part of the reason they don't throw rock salt on the sidewalk What's the big deal? When you have of snow temperatures that seldom rise about 20 and black ice every where Norway becomes a good place to fall and break you neck As you walk the streets 10 min utes doesn't pass before you see someone taking a tumble Good thing they have free medical care Actually it cost $12 every time you visit the doctor but hospital stays and procedures usually are covered by this country's universal health plan Dentists charge for adults but the government hires dentists to take care of children for free 0 Moose on the Loose: First media moose spotting A writer from Minnesota said he saw two of the big boys near a ski slope "They were up to their moose pits in snow" said the scribe DD O day there were the Norwegians and the Finns and the Swedes of course And then there were the Utes Of course the Utes weren't close to the Scandinavians at the end of Mondays frigid freestyle race at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium But they were all even at the beginning — four entrants apiece Three of the four American entrants in the race were current or former members of the Universitv of Utah ski team — John Aalberg Luke i3odenneiner and Marcus Nash And as Bodensteiner noted the in three of them ran into a fourth e the race — Australia's Mark Gray Whatever camaraderie they generated wasn't enough to coax a top-3- 0 finish out of any of them (that's the cutoff for gaining World Cup points) But this was a day for survival as much as anything The temperature at race time was minus22 degrees Celsius which was below the (minus-- 4 Fahrenheit) at limit of minus-2which a race may not be started for safety reasons But the race jury considered that the temperature was rising gradually — and of course that there were 30000 people in the stadium — and allowed the race to start on time The cold weather may have affected a couple of nordic stars World Cup points leader Vladimir Smirnov of Kazakhstan finished 10th and former World Cup champ Torgny Nlogren of Sweden was 24th The Norwegians wound up with the gold and silver medals with upstart Thomas Alsgaard upsetting Bjorn Daehlie a triple gold medalist in Albertville For the Americans though the cold wasn't any more extreme than the conditions they faced at the US championships last month in Anchorage So they weren't about to use it as an excuse In fact they finished just about where American cross country skiers are expected to finish in the Olympics — out of the running Bodensteiner who thought he might have "skated" well enough to make the top 15 wound up 36th the best of the Americans His time of 1 hour 20 minutes 13 seconds was eight minutes behind Als Today's TV: am Ch 5: Freestyle skiing — moguls pairs figure skating long program women's Super-report women's cross country skiing 11 4 pm TNT: US vs Slovakia ey pairs figure skating long pro gram luge cross country skiing women's Super-moguls 10:30 pm Ch 5: Pairs figure skating long program freestyle skiing — moguls women's singles luge hockey highlights 12:05 am Ch 5: Today's wrapup 6-- 8 G -- 7- Il''''''iT - ' 's- 4 a - oI"'''It I - 'i i Al'7 '' C' ti 7° t ' '' ' I -- 1 - t 411elm ak ' : e "'y ' ''''''ar W'''''''t I 1 crowd support Thousands lined the course which the skiers traversed twice "It's definitely a good moLvator to go hard" said Nash who beard Lis name being called by the knowledgable Norwegian Ians It really charges you up" said Bodensteiner -- I was exhausted with three or four kilometers to go but the crowd fills you with energy" Bodensteiner who won the NCAA cross country classical championship for the Utes in 1990 and 1993 was pleased with the improvement he showed in his skating technique Monday He hopes this race builds a good foundation for him in the pursuit races Thursday (a 10K classical) and Saturday (a 15K freestyle) "I'm pretty excited for the second day in pursuit" he said "If I can be in the top 25 the first day I can move up in the skate" Bodensteiner is officialThe ly listed from his parents' hometown of West Bend Wis which is only fitting since the townspeople there have supported him e financially But he says he's really a Utah he and Ben Husaby the captain of the US cross country team rent a house in Oakley Their sometime training partner Nash was philosophical about his low finish It was after all his first World Cup race and be figured he skied to his current level He aims to raise that level over the next four years however "Getting here is the first step" said Nash "Getting a medal is the next step And that will take four more years" While Aalberg and Bodensteiner will likely be entered in the pursuit races and the relay later in this Olympic fortnight Nash expects that Monday's race will be it for him here That means that his next race will be next month's NCAA championships Nash who had a second and a fourth in last year's NCAAs for the Utes plans to return to his home in Fryeburg Maine for a few days after the Olympics He'll meet his Ute teammates in Sugarloaf Maine the site of this year's NCAAs March 2 Of course that won't seem so different for him from what he was doing at the Olympics on Monday He was skiing for a Ute team here too ' 1 4 0 ' el - 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I- - hri 11e1! t L: r ' St: 1 Nitkr:' "- -- - 36 ex-Ut- 11 -- 40-- - v - ' '- 0 I It ' 4- 40 -' :449" ' it - S14 A ld tA4 - - - 415"-- ' N - - 4 full-tim- 0 US Hopefuls Slip and Skid To Heartbreak II Continued From y cross-countr- y - 7 t ' - : 'T ' - t' ' ' r - i EZEIMIll than torment Dan Jansen Such as trying to get Alberto Tomba's autograph Instead Mrs Jansen might take into account Dan's Olympic history including a couple of spinouts in Calgary in '88 The guy is fabulous everywhere but at the Games where he continually comes unglued "Right now I feel a little bit worse for Robin and my mom and dad than I do for myself" Jansen said "They're the ones that have to watch I have a family that is behind me and I really wanted to win for them Obviously they don't care one way or another whether I win But at the moment I feel real bad for Robin" Actually Robin did seem to care and chirped about the quality of the ice and the official start ' ' I ' r 1 i - :: i - "414 ' "'4 4 P:--- v r The Associated Press Luke Bodensteiner of West Bend Wis leads the Americans Monday in the 30K y event in Lillehammer crossing the finish line 36th freestyle cross-countr- gaard's time and three minutes slower than the time the e posted in winning the nationals Salt Lake City's Aalberg the homecoming Norwegian native who was an NCAA s finished champ for Utah in the 43rd in an unsatisfying performance he said "My legs were heavy the whole way" Nash currently a member of the Ute team finished 65th of the 75 who started the race Gray the only Aussie entered was 61st Although Aalberg was familiar with the Norwegians' enthusiasm for the sport the ex-Ut- mid-'80- Hackl of Germany and Prock o of Austria repeated their finish of Albertville as the German became the first man ever to repeat as luge winner Armin Zoggeler of Italy finished third while Kennedy's teammate Wendel Suckow was fifth after an impres- sive second day — the highest Olympic finish ever for a US men's luger Kennedy said his sled turned "light and squirrelly" on a turn near the end of his run But he was already filing the crash with his 14th place in Calgary and his 10th place in Albertville focusing instead on the 1998 Nagano Games: "Life goes on I still want to go to Japan" At least Kennedy didn't wipe out under the watchful eye of Hillary Clinton The first lady who missed Moe's medal winning downhill run on Sunday took in Jansen's loss with daughter Chelsea and former Olympian Florence Joyner Moe winner of America's first Alpine gold medal in 10 years was in position for a second medal after finishing third Monday in the downhill portion of the men's combined US teammate Rasmussen of Angels Camp Calif was in second place behind Lasse Kjus of Norway The combined medals are based on aggregate results of a downhill race and a slalom set for Feb 25 doubtful that the conditions are ever going to be "I really can't sum it up" he said "I worked hard Everybody knows that I am the best But I wasn't today There's not really any more chances for me I'll have to live my life without an Olympic gold medal" Well Dan gets to come back in the 1000 on Friday It's not his best event And there really is no reason to suspect that his Olympic fortunes will change "I'm not a quitter" he said "I don't give up When anything gets in my way I work hard to get better and I did that this year I think I've proven time and time again this year that I'm the best For some strange reason today it wasn't happening "I'm skating great technically so I'll just skate the 1000 I'm hoping the ice will grip a little bit more I'll Just go out and skate If it happens it does If not I'll go on Same old thing" Same old thing Jansen-friendl- 1 i - c''' --- -- 1 t t''' ' r- ' - 4- Lk1 I 4 - ' - r-- 42r4a 1 But what are you going to do? This is Dan's fourth and probably last Olympics and it appears Olympics Aren't Jansen's Thing C-- ? I ' P- i f 4 1 er who fired off one false start It's Real Clear: Continued From t one-tw- ld t ' Prock" Cl law - - beat Georg Hackl and Markus 3633 seconds was stunned by The the defeat which came six years to the day after the Calgary crash that followed his sister's death He skated aimlessly through the rink running his hands through his hair then turning his open palms skyward "It's a bit of a shock to me" said Jansen who has never imfinish in proved on a fourth-plac- e his first Olympic race Tempering the torture was good news from the slopes: The US ski team was in fine shape for Moe medals courtesy of Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe and teammate Kyle Rasmussen The crowd and the athletes braved a bitterly cold day with temperatures dropping to single digits Biathletes say their guns are freezing to their faces and the race was nearly called on account of cold The Norwegians enjoying the home snow advantage picked up two more medals before a crowd of 60000 on the ski course Norway holding its first Games in 40 years has collected five of the first 18 medals awarded two gold and three silver the most of any country American luger Kennedy can't help thinking he should have won SI !! "I'm still in shock" Kennedy of Lake Placid NY said after his sled wiped out near the bottom of the Hunderfossen track "I was going for the track record I knew it was going to be tough to Olympic record cross-countr- 1 bronze 111- - lehammer Olympic News Agency reported Monday that 50 of the 66 other Americans were exhilaratel by the IL e h E LILLEHAMMER Norway — In the featured Olympic cross country ski race Mon- OLYMPIC Who's the Dope: TICK-N- y 500-met- Finns Knock Off Russians Make Run for Gold Medal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LILLEHAMMER Norway — It wasn't just a loss It wasn't just a rout The Russians — heirs to the dominant Soviet hockey machine — didn't even score Finland stunned top-seede- d Russia Monday night and emerged as a legitimate Olympic contender after being seeded seventh Russia remains in the running but no longer is the team to beat In Monday's other games Gerand the many edged Norway Czech Republic beat Austria The Soviet Union won seven of nine gold medals through 1988 Playing as the Unified Team after the Soviet breakup it won again in 1992 In their 69 Olympic hockey games before Monday the with just one squads were to loss by more than one goal Canada in 1960 They were never shut out 5-- 0 gold-med- 2-- 1 7-- 61-6-- 2 8-- 5 A smiling Mikko Make la couldn't wait to talk about the game calling it the most significant in Finnish hockey history "We're really happy about it" said Make la who spent most of his NHL career with the New York Islanders "I don't think you have many chances to beat the Russians 0 in the Olympics" But he said Russia was suffering now what other European 5-- Men's 500 Speedskating — Aieksonat Go Ittev Russa 3633 seconds iDernat record lot risoomt Doe-Jen- s Mei Bast Geencry 36A5 Cagoy Feb 44 19681 5ILVER — Keecsevta Russia 3630 Sage BRONZE — Hort Japcn 1 Other US Finishers El Daniel Jansen Greersleia We 3608 19 David Onskshank Mitivattkee 7 20 Ivatharted Nitie Evanston IL 3741 27 Dowd &Woman Milwaukee 3768 GOLD GAME SUMMARIES Finland 5 Russia 0 Russia Finiond 4 4 0- -6 First FerSod — 1 Preand Jere tehtirert 1459 — 2 Arland Saw Komi (VI PeiSecond Period lonen larre Lauldranen) 859 3 Firedid hew 11:32 4 Arland Jane Omen Mato Marsial 1903 5 Finland Marko Kiplusos (Ramo Hommel) 1913 Third Perkid — None Shots on Odd — RIJSkl Fricrid 4 0000 5-- 28 Goalies — Russia Andrei ZueY (23 shots 18 saves) Sergeo Atararnor Rod 5-- Fniand Judo Tann (11- 111 Referee — KeNbl Wench Canada A — 8751 Gerrmary 2 Norway 1 I I SlIVER saves) Norway Jim Marthnsen Adore —Pelf Borina Czech Republic A —924 endured — to the NHL the Unified 19 left for (50300 4 arm Naway Modal TOM (Through Monday Feb14) S G 2 3 Rtssto &Sy Geffnany tinned States 1 Atistfla 0 0 0 0 Foniond 21 321-58- — Amin Zoggeler Sciy 321833 (50A41 50601 50365 50A26) Other US RnIshers 5 Wendel Suckow Marquene Peck 327 474 50819 50359 (50498 16 Robert Pipers Staten Island NY 324380 (51248 5133250885 51115) Cuncan Kerne Lake Placid PtV DNF (50387 50433 DNF) 0- 6-- 22 — Markus Rock Austria BRONZE Canada Goalies — Germany Helmut De Roat (22 shots two —Georg Komi Germany 3 mimesis 21571 50566 50166 50552) 0- -2 0 4 -4 Norway First Period — I Germany Dieter Hegen (Jan Benda Rtalard Amami) 1218 Second Period Z Germany Leo Stefan (Andreas Nieaerberger) 449 3 Norway Ole Eskiid Dahlstrom (poor Saisien Espen Knuisen) 17:22 Third FerSod — None Shot3 on Goal — Germarry 844-- 21 Noma' teams already have the loss of top players Of the 22 players on Team's 1992 squad Meres GOLD seconds (50296 50550 50224 50A91) Czech Republic 7 Austria 3 Czech Republic 2 4 4- -7 Austria 2 1 0- -3 Nal Period — 1 Czech Peptic Ari Kucera 307 544 (pp) 3 Austria 2 Czech Recubbc Roman H thanin Ulndt (Marty Dolman) 750 4 kWh° Werner Keth 1525 Second Period— 5 Czech Republie Richard Zemlieci (Petr Htlek Becinch Scerton) 223 6 Czech Republic Roam Hord 328 7 Czech Repubbc Jan Nam 1148 8 Czech Republic Joh Dolezal (Jirl cm° Orcear JanscSA 1219 9 Austria Mdly (Werner Keen) 15:30 (sh) 10 Czech Repubbc Martin HosSak Third Pedod (Tomas Scsen) 17135 (sh) SW on God — Czech Republic Ammo 12154-- 25 Goalies —Czedl Republic Roman Turd( (25 shots 22 saves) Austria Oats Dalciaz Austria (40-3Referee — Tor Hansen Norway A — 4340 Germany Merle SOK cress Country GOLD—Morro Alward Nomay 1 hour 42 rrinLees 264 seconds 54LVER — Bpom Wile Norway 1:13:138 BRONZE — Mike PArevia Fin iond 1:14:14 0 Other US Finishers 36 Lee tiodensteinet We Bend VAL 12O130 43thrt Aaterg Wit lake Cy Doh 421451 45 Carl Swensork North Cortex Ni( 122084 Marcus No Fryeburg MOM 127:181 Japan Netheriands I I I B To 0 5 2 0 4 4 2 0 o o 4 o I I 1 0 0 0 0 00 I 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 NHL Pool B teams play their second games today The United States which tied France in its opener will switch goalies from Mike Dunham lo Garth Snow against Slovakia The other games are Sweden against Italy and Canada against France 4-- 4 Win for 'You and Me' Harding Tells Fans ME ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND Ore — Tonya Harding waved goodbye to her supporters Monday and promised them she would win the Olympic gold medal "for you and for me" After her final skating workout before leaving for Lillehammer Norway on Tuesday Harding gathered up a stuffed animal and two bouquets of flowers that were thrown on the ice for her She smiled and waved to the crowd of more than 2000 that watched her practice at the suburban shopping mall then grabbed the rink's public address microphone "I want to say thank you for all your support" Harding said "It means the world to me Believe in me because I'm going to go over there and I'm going to win for you and for me I love you" Many in the crowd wore pink "I Believe In Tonya" buttons which Harding fan club president Elaine Stamm said "have been badges of courage" in the face of the allegations leveled at the skater Meanwhile Sen Bob Packwood the Oregon Republican accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward more than two dozen women weighed In on the Harding issue "The press has convicted her and that isn't fair" he said during a visit to his home state Also Monday Harding's former fiance tistified about her character and her relationship with her Jeff Gillooly before a grand jury invesshe played a role in the attack on whether tigating Nancy Kerrigan Mike Pliska who knew Harding for about two years and was engaged to her for 212 months in 1991 said that he was asked "a few pointed questions" Ab ) 3 OLY3IPIC RESULTS about her character including whether she was capable of lying "I had to give a qualified yes on that one" Pliska said However he said he didn't believe she could lie about anything as big as the Kerrigan plot Pliska also said he was asked what he knew about Harding's relationship with Gil looly who has accused Harding of having OK'ed the plot Pliska has said in the past that he saw evident z that Gillooly abused Harding "They kind of steered things toward the effect on her to see what kind of mindset she had on that whether Jeff was controlling enough to get her to do things" Pliska said KGW-Treported that Stephanie Quintero HarAing's best friend also testified before the grand jury for a second time Monday's skate was Harding's first since she cut a deal with the US Olympic Committee in which she agreed to drop her $25 million lawsuit against the USOC and the USOC agreed to let her skate at the Winter Games "There's a real excitement here today" Stamm said "It's almost as if it's a new beginning" On behalf of the fan club Stamm presented Harding with a $1000 check for expense money six pairs of leotards and a coffee cup that read "Don't Dream It Be Wearing a It" Harding worked out for about 20 minutes with other skaters before practicing both her short and long programs She had trouble with her asthma and had to stop halfway through her short program because of coughing She fell twice once when she went from successinto a double jump ful triple-axe- i V ‘ ) 141 gok4oVrfhtrAPPOStiooapkflovAwroolt4rIrk't"1- - 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