Show Y" j" E6 The Salt Lake Tribune ULLEHA!!?AER n h THE 94 Friday February 25 1S94 GAMES Bv Lex Hemphill THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE LILLEHAMMER Norway They handed out the first Oh mpic medals to ski aerialists Thursday and American Trace Worthington acknowledged there w as something strange about it "That's what's almost weird about being a sport now in the Olympics" said Worthington "We're show men on skis When we travel on the World Cup tour there are 14 World Cups and you jump and have a fourth or fifth place it s OK because w e have so much fun And then you come here and everything rides on one event and that's difficult for us to deal with So Worthington didnt have as much fun with his e Olympic finish Thursday as he might have at a World Cup event But that's what happens when you merge daredevil stunts with competitive sports The aerialists had to be both showmen and competitors here and they seem to have succeeded judging by the reaction of the crowd at Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena From the showman's standpoint Worthington who moved to Park City last year could be pleased Thursday He successfully landed the second of his two jumps and then tried to get the crowd to do the wave just as he had done in Monday's elimination He had fun On the other hand he also failed to get a medal losing his chance after mislanding his first jump the quad twisting triple that he has worked so hard to perfect But with the Utah Winter Sports Park facilities available m his adopted hometown Worthington vowed to keep competmg until the next Olympics in Nagano "I'm only 24 he reasoned and with the facilities full-med- OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES These 2010 Winter Olympics they just don't want to go away Or least the Norwegians won't let them Lillehammer mayor Audun Tron confirmed Thursday that the matter was discussed informally at a council meeting And International Olympic Council president Juan Antonio Samaranch said that he is all for the idea I hope that Lillehammer will apply again said Samaranch It isn't possible to organize a more perfect Olympics than the one Lillehammer has shown the world" said IOC press spokesman Andrew Napier Todays TV: am Ch 5: ski jumping men's combined (sla6-- 8 lom) 11 am-- 4 pm TNT: hockey semifinals women's figure skating speedskating biathlon pm Ch 5: women's figure skating finals ski jumping men's combined (slalom) 12:05-1:0am Ch 5: Friday's wrapup 3 Medals Table Gld Silv Brz fifth-plac- al that we have now that are built for summertime training theres no reason w hy I cant last until 98 and be world champion and hopefully Olympic champion It would seem that if age is a teacher it would teach ski aerialists that flying out of a kicker to a height of about 50 feet and then doing all sorts of flips and twists before hoping to land upright on the slope is an enterprise better left to fearless youth But Worthington says experience counts in this sport and that he'll be better at 28 For proof of his theory he pointed to the three men's medalists Andreas Schcer baechler the surprise winner from Switzerland is 27 The silver and bronze medalists from Canada Fhibppe Laroche and Lloyd Lang'oic are 27 and 31 respectively So this apparently is not a sport that the good ones quit early even after watching landings like the one France s Bacq'nn had on his second jump back thud that staitled the crowd a Worthington didnt have a landing that jarring but when he fell back on his quad twisting triple it was enough to keep him out of medal contention He stood seventh after the first round and he knew he was out of it As is his custom Worthington did his more difficult jump first Langlois and Laroche did so too and so he knew he could not make up the difference in the second round even with a perfect jump As it was he did hit his second one a triple flip with three twists and got the third best score of the round On the womens side Lina Tcherjazova the World Cup points leader w ho was the last woman to qualify in Monday's eliminations went into Thursday with a clean slate and won the gold medal Jean-Mar- c flat-on-h- is Hockev Total Continued From E-- l said Thursday Only two Super Bowls and three entertainment programs got higher ratings The three highest-rateprograms are the final episode of on Feb 28 1983 (602) the episode of Dallas on Nov 21 1980 (533) and an episode of the miniseries Roots on Jan 30 1977 (511) d Who-Shot-JR- ? 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She is dedicating the program to the people of Sarajevo where she won her first Olympic gold Qrr Hix Heckman and Todd Locwick Steamboat Spongs Colo) 602J7 60764 120964a in first place after the technical program at the 1993 world championships but fell to fifth after a disastrous performance in which she fell three times She left the ice in tears and asked her coach whether she could go out and do the program again But she is determined not to let that happen tonight Kerrigan worked with a sports psychologist after the 1993 world championships and learned to relax backstage before a performance She now carries around a comedy tape which she quietly laughs to in the minutes before she steps on the ice I used to get real nervous back there waiting around but now I know how to pass the time and stay focused Kerrigan said I have never been more confident going into a long program With the condition of Baiul and Szewczenko uncertain there is a chance Katarina Witt might m ii i - 7 UnlferJ Skaters Wreck Kerrigan Not Slowing Down US Speedskater OLY MPIC RESULTS Showmen on Skis Find Competing Tough first-eve- Cross-Countr- y ManoetaDiCenta seconds Italy noul 26 3 tov Norway 125578 KuvesniemL Hnlancl MarpUtsa Top 111 finishers 27 Nina KemooeT Anchorage Alaska 13255 3 40 Dorcas Wonsavooe Sugarlca Maine Vt 13634 1 49 Laura Wilsoa Ntoitpelter 138 52ft 51 Suzanne King St Paul Mm 145279 3-- 3-- Short Track Hiflcn Speedskating N GOLD Turner 45 08 teammate Tanja Szewczenko off the ice after crashing Thursday Cathy Ofytpic Record (old record: Al 04 Turner AtberivWe Feb 22 1992) SiLVa Zhang Yonmei China 46 44 BRONZE Mina Amy Peterson Maplewood 4676 6-- 2 1 5 See-ger- anti-wa- 1 HARBCORP3 MENS CRATER INS WIND PANTS RET ATOMIC $39" HARDCORFS FISCHER $170 i MENS SATURN WSUSPENDERS RET $200 DYNAMIC HEAD VOLKL $4099 S7-8- SERAC MENS WIND PANTS S $24" CIMA MENS INS PANTS RET $140 34m & csH it ? 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