Show C6 The Salt Lake Tribune WINTER SPORTS Sunday March 15 1998 End of Paralympics Marks Start of Naganos Uncertain Future There are 1453 davs until the 2002 Paralympics begin in Salt Lake City The Olympics start in 1428 The Paralympics came to a close Saturday culminating two months in which previously secluded Nagano was a focal point of world attention With the end of the Olympics and Paralympics comes sadness for many Nagano residents according to a Kyodo News account Im a bit sad that this town will become quiet again said e Nakamura who told the Japanese wire service that she attended several medal ceremonies in Naganos Central Square Added Etsuko Matsuki 57 who lives near Olympic Stadium: I look at the stadium with a bit of remorse because it is not full of hfe any longer Although Nagano City Halls tourist office has not yet compiled its statistics on the number of visitors since January officials at Zenkoji Temple said that reli Ma-tsu- I gious shrine was visited by 500000 people during the Olympics alone For the whole mouth of February in 1987 the temple attracted 370000 visitors n and forHaving so many eign tourists in town appealed greatly to Hisashi Takai a university student in Nagano who spent the Games period selling Japanese pickled foods at a shop along Chuo Dori the street leading to Zenkoji Temple A lot of people stopped in the shop so I had many chances to meet people from different countries said Takai I wish it all could last a little longer So do hotel owners who now face the challenge of filling all those extra rooms that were built to accommodate Olympic crowds We will have to start marketing aggressively said Eiichi Fueki executive assistant manager of the Hotel Kokusai 21 headquarters hotel for International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Paralympic Committee (IPC) leaders Salt Lake Organizing Committee President Frank will all work they hosted a successful Olympics and Paralympics but its the residents of Nagano who will have to pay any costs left over Everyone will go home with a good feeling and leave us to make ends meet OLYMPIC NOTES T ft ifi UNVEILING A few hours before the closing ceremo- ny of Naganos Paralympics Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini was scheduled to reveal the new Salt Lake Paralympics logo (unveiled Thursday) to competitors and the news media in a ceremony at the Athletes Village SLOC is giving w: MIKEGORRELL Joklik with the logo to every Paralympic athlete in Nagano also stayed We will use there during the the fact that we provided accommodations for many Games UTAH PARALYMPIANS Maggie Behle the Rowland Hall-S- t Marks student who won a bronze medal dignitaries The possibility of an economic downturn now that the Games are over also was a concern for one taxi driver quoted by Kyodo News While his business flourished during the last two months he added that what I worry about now is how the economics in one of the downhill skiing categories US Olympic Committees daily Paralympics report as the US Disabled Ski Teams main attraction Spectators couldnt get enough of her was described in the BY ERICA BULMAN Thorodd Bakken Thursdays PRESS NULATO Alaska Dee Dee Jonrowe was first out of this old Russian trading post Saturday as leaders in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race continued their swift d run down the sur- Claudio ScaccmiThe Maier Caps Storybook Year With World Cup Giant Slalom Crown tory at Val Dlsere France earlier this BY ERICA BULMAN CRANS MONTANA Switzerland Once a bricklayer Hermann Maier nows works with crystal In his first full season on the World Cup circuit Maier left Saturdays final giant slalom race with a third crystal globe in his collection assuring Austrias claim to all five mens Alpine titles Swedens Ylva Nowen 28 won the womens World Cup slalom title Maier a former mason and a relative unknown burst onto the World Cup scene early this season posting five consecutive World Cup victories He has since stunned rivals and fans alike winning two Olympic gold medals in Nagano and crowning his season with the overall super-- and giant slalom titles Leading the giant slalom standings going into Saturdays race Maiers third-plac- e finish was enough to lock up the title Winning the giant slalom title was one of my biggest goals of the season especially since I was disqualified once Maier said Now Im really happy Maier was stripped of a giant slalom vic he not been disqualified Maier would have clinched the title two weeks ago Maiers teammate Andreas Schifferer owns the downhill title and Austrians Thomas Stangassinger and Thomas Sykora hold an unbeatable edge in slalom standings Theyll decide the champion today The Austrians also swept the top three spots in Saturdays race with Stephan Eberharter capping a comeback season by getting his first career victory in a combined time of 2 minutes 2297 seconds Nowen claimed the seasons World Cup slalom title as Slovenias Urska Hrovat who won the last race of the year Leading the World Cup slalom rankings ahead of Kristina Koznick of Burnsville Minn Nowens eighth-plac- e finish Saturday locked up the title Reigning slalom world champion Deborah Compagnoni of Italy silver medalist in slalom in Nagano was disqualified when it was discovered the skis she used were too narrow in the middle KNOW BEFORE YOU GOt a complete line of maps A guides for your souther n Utah SPRING BREAK adventure We carry snow-packe- O DeLorme Utah & Gazetteer 801-339-15- 5 Glass Act 533-884- Ogden Area 373-872- 392-107- 2 scheduled at Sunday River) Maine tom ttanUnp ifter Fhal pools 2 Utah 6515 Middlebury 481 9 Bates Utah Idaho SupplyMap World Mt II5IS htfwoodlM Salt Lake City 104 4542 Stan Hurray 242 0222 SL 2M5 Waihingtoa Ofdeo 205 10 THE ASSOCIATED NAGANO PRESS Japan US hew IM 4l7Wot ISOO Layton North 654 556 5 5 Ala 565 8 - women skiers closed out the Winter Paralympics on Saturday by adding two gold medals in slalom races Mono-skie- r Sarah Will of Vail Colo scored her third victory of the games and 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is completed Atlas Gists Act win waive up of your Insurance Deductible Free Mobile Service A Free State Safety Inspection Call for Details -- e The cross country team did i good job It was a good charge said Utah Director of Skiing Pat Miller They skied well They skied smart No hat trick but a consistant and bal-- j good try anced all the way through Two and a half points We are still j shaking our heads It is not that we lost the gold we won the silver and that is j something Miller said The Utes will drive home today Some team skiers will participate in the US Alpine Championships at Jackson Hole Wyo then the Spring Series Before quitting for the season there is also the annual Snow Cup giant slaloms and Last Chance Slaloms at Snowbird Utah will lose Mike Elvidge and Marianne Winge from this NCAA squad for next season Next years NCAA ski championship is PRESENT THIS AD AND WE WILL Trails Illustrated Latitude 40 GTR Fish N Map Bicycle Vacation Guides AAA Save u will travel to your location winner of classic-techniqu- ' ular snow sea- son when he took off a ski to show the label in a forbidden zone in the finish area Had THE ASSOCIATED PRESS face of the Yukon River Jonrowe left the checkpoint after giving her nine remaining dogs about three hours of rest Barely half an hour behind Jonrowe was John Barron The veter CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER VALERY CARULE Associated Press Stephan Eberharter of Austria speeds down the hill en route to winning the men's giant slalom race on Saturday in the final World Cup event of the year an musher left Nulato with a dozen dogs His team got very little rest at the checkpoint as Barron left just eight minutes after he arrived A fOPjKAlNERdfir JHg COtflTRY The warmth of the Japanese volunteers and fans was noted again throughout the Paralympics this time by Sun Valley 0b pine skier Muffy Davis: They have 0 whole army out there helping at the venue Were getting spoiled For the first time in my life I know how it feels to be a celebrity Im never going back 2-- Iditarod Leader Jonrowe Gets Early Start THE ASSOCIATED a two-tim- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A lot will depend on Streets state of mind and Guerriero described her as being in good spirits She was smiling today said Guerriero cross-countr- BOZEMAN Mont There is no hat trick for the University of Utah ski team e The defending NCAA ski champion Utes fought back from fifth place after the opening days giant slalom In the end the charging Utes came within 2 Vfe points of their goal and a third straight crown University of Vermont skier The Status of American Skiers Career Should Be Clearer in a Few Months ly mates have deemed her the official photo y Behle skier magnet Steve Cook and Brent Benroth a Special Olympics athlete from Tooele received gifts during the week from students at Kokobuki and Kaichi elementary schools in Matsumoto Salt Lake Citys sister city After finishing fifth in the mens lfl km free technique race Cook said Im really happy with it I skied as well as I think I could have Its amazing all the people out here yelling at you screaming and cheering Its really inspirational and you just want to go faster for them Rallying U Skiers Fall 2Vi Points Shy of Title To Begin Recovery i Crowds were constantly swarming Behle for photos and autographs and team FINAL PLAUDIT high-lev- Injured Street Gets OK To Fly Home CRANS MONTANA Switzerland Picabo Street her future as a world class skier in doubt because of a badly broken left leg has been told she can fly home today A day after a three-hou- r operation in which a metal plate was attached to a fragmented bone in the leg Americas best downhill skier was given permission by doctors Saturday to return to the United States Our plan is to fly her home Sunday said Nadia Guerriero a member of Streets management team We are trying to make the special arrangements needed to get her out of Sion tomorrow but its not easy Guerriero said Street will fly to Colorado Street broke her left femur in a spill in the closing downhill of the season at the World Cup finals Orthopedic surgeons called the operation a success and estimate recovery should take about six months Recovery however does not necessarily mean a successful return to skiing Well know in a few months said Patrick Ravus-si- n chief anesthesiologist at the Hospital de Champ-se- c in Sion A simple break is easier to recover from than something like her ligament injury However a complex fracture in this case a multiple fracture is hard to put back together Her bone was fragmented in several places However doctors said the left knee ligaments Street tore in a spill at Vail Colo at the start of the 1996 season appear intact That injury sidelined her until earlier this season but she came back to win a gold medal at the Nagano Olympics We can easily imagine that she will overcome this as she overcame her last ligament injury said But to know when or how she will make her return to skiing is difficult at this point Streets teammate Kristina Koznick runner-u- p in the World Cup slalom standings did not seem optimistic about a second comeback for the Street She is a fighter so I cant imagine her giving up and saying it is over said Koznick But sometimes it is enough I would say it is going to be 50-5- 0 real- oiit Its great for Japan that j lTHAftS&n:jSSlOl EXPtflES 40 3218 wA 4667552! 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