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  • Was It Worth It?
    Despite the loutish behavior of the U.S. hockey team and the favorites' early ouster, the answer is, Yes, this was a dream of a tournament

    Golden Girls
    A talented U.S. women's hockey team showed its mettle by defeating favored Canada

    A Holy Tara
    While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake

     
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    Nordic nirvana in Nagano

    Daehlie, Lazutina made tracks, while Japan soared

    No one has dominated the Olympic Winter Games like Bjorn Daehlie. Certainly, no one ruled Nagano the way the Norwegian cross-country mega star did.
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    Daehlie hints at retirement after latest Olympic triumph
    It was the hardest race of his career, perhaps his greatest victory and perhaps his last.
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    Norway rules Nordic Combined as Japanese reign ends
    Perfect timing and some very strong skiing brought Norway another gold medal, and reduced the roars of Japanese fans to polite applause.
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    Father of U.S. skier flown home after stroke
    The father of a member of the U.S. cross country ski team was airlifted from the Olympics after suffering a stroke, officials said. Dr. Terry Weaver, the father of skier Patrick Weaver, was taken from Nagano back to Boston Saturday for continuing treatmen t at Massachusetts General Hospital, the U.S. Olympic Committee said.
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    New ski jumping rules proposed
    An international ski official said Friday that a proposal is in the works to change rules governing the length of ski jumping skis so that normal-sized athletes have a chance against the shorter, thinner jumpers who dominate the sport.
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    Russia's Tchepalova takes gold in 30K
    Italy's hopes for a third straight gold medal in the women's 30-kilometer cross-country race were wiped out by Russia. No one should have been surprised.
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    Finland first in Nordic combined after Japan falters
    The Olympic ski-jumping venue, site of one of Japan's great moments at the Nagano Games, was mostly silent this time. There wasn't much cause for horn-blowing or wild cheering.
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    Ailing Finn drops out of 50K race
    Ten days after winning the first men's cross-country race of the Nagano Olympics, Finland's Mika Myllyla on Thursday pulled out of the last one, Sunday's 50K, because of illness.
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    From Sports Illustrated
    Spotlight: Masahiko Harada

    SI's Nordic Skiing medal picks

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    MORE STORIES

    FEBRUARY 15
      Russians win women's cross country relay gold

    FEBRUARY 14
      Norway's Vik wins gold in Nordic combined

    FEBRUARY 13
      Norway's Vik silences the Japanese
    Alsgaard denies Daehlie in 15K freestyle pursuit

    FEBRUARY 12
      Daehlie wins record sixth gold medal
    Lazutina is first double gold medalist at Nagano
    Ski jumpers brave? Let 'em board media bus
    Norway's Vik silences the Japanese

    FEBRUARY 11
      Finland's Soininen soars as Japan's Harada flops again
    Kenyan skier predicts better days ahead
    Harada falls short as nation watches in disappointment

    FEBRUARY 10
      Norwegians, Finns in waxing war
    Japanese hope weather, home-hill advantage help in ski jumping

    FEBRUARY 9
      Myllylae wins 30K classical cross country gold
    Russian wins women's 5K cross country

    FEBRUARY 8
      Ski jumpers hope Hida's ill winds will blow some good
    Russian skier out sick

    FEBRUARY 7
      Danilova wins Nagano's first gold



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