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...suffocating security, the Games remain a unique human experience. Sums up Zhenghua Bao, 14, a figure skater from mainland China, which is attending its first Olympics since 1936: "We have been away from the Olympics for so many years. This is a wonderful opportunity to come and meet all the other young people from around the world...
...will never be a classically elegant skater: her body is too small for the sculptured reach that accents the intricacies of the tricks she performs. But she will always be lightning fast and agile. Says she of what will be her last Olympic meeting with Poetzsch: "I'm glad it's in the States. I'll feel more comfortable. But it's hard going in as the favorite. The underdog has it easier, nothing to lose and a lot to gain. If I can just realize that the world doesn't end if I have a silver...
...sacrifice more than the joy. Says Pitou, now a travel agent: "The kids aren't having fun any more. They're training to death." The real winners may not be the ones who leave Lake Placid with gold but the ones who take away golden memories. Speed Skater Bill Disney won only a silver at Squaw Valley, but no matter. "It was beautiful," he says. "There will never be another Olympics like...
Name the U.S. skater who won the men's 1000 meter event the first time it was held...
First-year Coach Rita Harder, a former star skater for Brown, said she thought the team looked "basically good, but we have to clean up a few details...