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Friday, February 13, 1998
WINTER OLYMPICS 1998
Players wish Stojko luck
Japan takes 13th place in hockey
The Associated Press
NAGANO, Japan — Figure skater Elvis Stojko received a good-luck visit from a couple other pretty good Canadian skaters, Eric Lindros and Chris Pronger.
“It's incredible what Elvis can do,” said Lindros, captain of the Canadian Olympic hockey team. “His skating is great. He's a great showman.”
Stoiko did not do much at his workout while Lindros and Pronger watched. He skipped his jumps, but completed his spins and footwork.
"I can't believe the way he spins." Pronger said. "That's really unbelievable skating, and he didn't even do any jumps."
WE'RE No. 131! After Japan's hockey team defeated Austria in a shootout, the hometown fans went into a flag-waving, chanting frenzy. They did the wave while players raced onto the ice and then took a victory lap.
Imagine if Japan had finished better than 13th.
The victory yesterday was significant because it was Japan's first Olympic hockey victory since 1976. The Japanese had lost their first three games of this tournament.
OLYMPIC FOOT SOLDIERS:
Olympic ski spectators soon might qualify for an honorary medal—in hiking.
The winning goal came on a backhander by Shin Yahata in the eighth round of the shootout. The teams had tied 3-3 in regulation.
Spectators take shuttle buses to Alpine ski events will be let out at parking lots slightly more than a mile from the course. Previously, they were dropped off much closer to the slopes.
The change was made after bus foul-ups caused an undetermined number of spectators to miss Tuesday's women's super-G race. The delays came as thousands of spectators tried to reach the course on a Japanese national holiday.
Olympic organizers at a news conference apologized a half-dozen times not only for the bus foul-ups, but for the continued bad weather that has caused almost daily alterations in the Alpine schedule.
UNHAPPY DRIVER: With drugs in the Olympic spotlight, American bobsledder Jim Herberich had some harsh words for international officials involved in the Michael Dionneaffair.
Herberich, driver for USA-2, called the whole scenario ridiculous.
Dionne, a pusher on the No. 3 fourman sled, was removed from the Olympic team after the International Council for Arbitration in Sports declined to overturn a drug suspension. Dionne said he had taken the drug as part of a cold medicine, but was banned for three months for using ephedrine.
"The international organizations need to do a lot better job," he said. "This doping test took place in November. It's absolutely absurd that this should go on this long. It should have been completely resolved by the beginning of January, when we were having our trials. There's no excuse for it taking that long."
Although the urine sample was collected at a World Cup meet in Calgary last November, Dionne's suspension was not announced until last week.
Snowboarder gets back gold
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TORONTO — From the halls of Parliament to boisterous ski-resort pubs, Canadians rejoiced at news that snowboarder Ross Rebagliati could keep his Olympic gold medal despite testing positive for marijuana.
Youthful patrons at Garfinkels, a nightclub in Rebagliati's hometown of Whistler, British Columbia, jumped up and down on the dance floor yesterday when the manager softened the music to announce: "Ross has his gold back."
"It's awesome," said snowboarder Douglas Epp.
in Nagano, Japan.
Whistler is Canada's biggest ski-resort town, and a base for many snowboarders who were outraged when the International Olympic Committee announced its intention to strip Rebagliati of his medal because traces of marijuana were found in his system during testing
The disqualification was overturned by an appeals panel 24 hours later, to the delight of Canadians who had rallied behind Rebagliati.
"My reaction, like a lot of Canadians, was very positive," said Heritage Minister Sheila Copps. "He won the gold medal because he was the best and I think for that we have to say 'Bravo!'
Brebagliati said in a statement in Nagano he hadn't smoked marijuana since last April, but was at a party in Whistler with marijuana-smokers on Jan. 31 and must have inhaled second-hand smoke.
Hugh O'Reilly, Whistler's mayor, said plans would proceed for a welcome celebration for Rebagliati and the rest of the Olympic snowboard team in the village square next week.
"Right now our concern would be how do we accommodate all the people?" he said. "I think people will come from all over now.
"We're ecstatic," he said. "We were proud of Ross before. We're really proud now. This is about what we'd hoped would happen."
Whistler and other communities in southern British Columbia are repudiated to have some of the world's most potent marijuana
Andrew Pipe, chairman of the Canadian Center for Ethics in Sport, said the region's marijuana had a level of THC, the main active ingredient, of 22 percent to 30 percent, four to five times normal levels.
Pipe said Rebagliati was exposed to hundreds of people smoking this kind of marijuana within days of leaving for Nagano.
Among those expressing support for Rebagliati was British Columbia's outskened premier. Glen Clark
Regarding the trace level of marijuana found in Rebagliati's urine, Clark said, "You can register a higher rating by watching a Cheech and Chong movie."
Sweden's Olympic hockey star challenges Gretzky for the gold
Olympic Games
The Associated Press
NAGANO, Japan — Feathery passes. Bullet shots into the net. Bone-rattling body checks. They are all part of Peter Forsberg's on ice arsenal.
He already possesses the prizes,including one that Gretzky hopes to take from the Nagano Olympics — a gold medal.
Forsberg, a 24-year-old center for the Colorado Avalanche, led Sweden to its first Olympic hockey gold in 1994.
That was just the beginning. He was NHL rookie of the year in 1995, and he won the Stanley Cup, making the All-Star team in 1996.
Forsberg is known for his excellent skating and puck-handling skills. Like Gretzky, he possesses an uncanny vision of the ice, sensing every player's location and hitting teammates with pinpoint passes.
"You're going to see how dominating he can be on this bigger ice surface," U.S. hockey player Mike Modano said.
Sweden opens defense of its gold medal against the United States today in the first Olympic tournament predominantly stocked with NHL players.
Forsberg is equally talented on offense and defense. Unlike the
prototypical European, he is willing to punish opponents.
Modano said, "If you want to run and gun, he can score on you. He can put it between your legs, go in on net and make your goalie look like a fool."
Kent Forsberg, who first coached his son 11 years ago, is realistic about Forsberg being called the world's best.
"I'm proud as a father, but I know there's so many players over there (in the NHL)," he said. "Maybe he's the best today. Tomorrow, it'll be someone else."
Forsberg's father is in Nagano coaching the Swedes and their roster of 18 NHL players. Despite their family ties, Kent Forsberg treats his son the same as every other player in a Three Crowns jersey.
"I don't need to talk to him," he said. "I only look at him on the bench and he says, 'OK, OK.'"
"At the rink, he's my coach," Peter said. "We don't talk about that he's my dad. He knows my moves. I'm glad he's on cur team."
The shy kid from small-town Sweden proved his idol right. Forsberg scored the winning goal against Canada in a thrilling shootout that culminated the most dramatic gold medal game in Olympic history.
Before the 1994 Lillehammer Games, Gretzky called Forsberg the best young player in the world, a heady praise from the man regarded as the greatest ever. Forsberg had yet to play in the NHL.
Teammate Tomas Sandstrom said, "I don't think he thinks about pressure. He believes in himself and goes out and does it. That's what makes him so good."
Forsberg assisted on two power-play goals that left the
"If you want to run and gun, he can score on you. He can put it between your legs, go in on net and make your goalie look like a fool"
Mike Modano U.S. hockey player
game tied 2-2 after three periods. It was still even after 10 minutes of overtime, setting up the first championship shootout.
Each team scored twice, and another round was necessary. It came down to two of the best young players in hockey with one shot each — Forsberg and Paul Kariya.
Forsberg lured goalie Corey Hirsch to the right, slipped the puck back to the other side and nudged it past Hirsch's glove into the goal. This was the defining moment of Forsberg's career so far.
"He tried it in a league game at home and it hit the post," Kent Forssberg said. "I never expected him to take that shot."
Forsberg said that it was not an everyday move and does not think it will work again, so he needs to think of a new shot.
When Kariya, who is out of the Nagano Olympics because of a concussion, tried to tie the score, Swedish goalie Tommy Salo kicked up his leg and made the save.
Four years later, Forsberg is ready for another victory.
"This is more important. All the best players are here," Forsberg said. "I don't know if it's worth more to win this one, but it's going to be really fun to try to defend the gold."
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