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...Conference was able to attract dynamic talent to the conference because of increased funding, according to AAA Co-Business Director Jeremy L. Kwan...
...Kwan helped increase funding for the conference by soliciting funds from national corporations...
TARA LIPINSKI was so at ease last week in Nagano, Japan, that a number of insiders were marking her as the favorite for the Ladies Figure Skating gold medal, even though MICHELLE KWAN has bragging rights as U.S. National champion. The two rivals, together with another former American champ, NICOLE BOBEK, are part of the team that has the Olympics murmuring, "U.S. medals sweep." That kind of talk isn't, of course, going down well with other competitors. Russia's MARIA BUTYRSKAYA settled on her target a month ago, sniffing, "Lipinski made mistakes in many competitions this season...
...Kwan does know how good she has become, and she is already looking beyond the Olympics. "I want to keep going," she says. "I know I'm capable of a lot more in skating, and I want to accomplish more. I want to be a legend. I want people to remember me after 1,000 years." Every so often, however, the rigors of perfection and the sting of memory give her pause. Backstage, as she waited before her long program last month, Kwan turned to her coach and asked, "Do you think people know what it's like to compete...
...FRIDAY The Games will crown a new queen of the ice. Michelle Kwan was perfection at the U.S. nationals. Tara Lipinski is the world champion. No one else can beat them...