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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1992
Page
16
TV schedule lists events across the 92 Winter Games including women 18 km and speed skating 3000 meters. Highlights include alpine skiing men down, figure skating pairs short program, and hockey related items with times ranging from morning to night.
Sunday schedule lists Alpine Skiing at 6:15 am in cownhil, Cross Country Women 15 km at 4 mm, Ice Hockey matches Sweden versus Poland at 7 am and Finland versus Germany at 10:30 am, United States versus Italy at 2:15 pm, Figure Skating Pass original program at 1:30 pm, and Freestyle Skiing and Women’s events led by Sam, Luge first a.
Highlights from the XVI Winter Games opening in Albertville include the USA entering with 64 teams amid Snow filled pageantry. France lost to Canada in a dramatic display while local officials denounced mob scenes at the Olympic village as medal events loom including men and women speed skating, ski jumping, cross-country, and hockey matchups.
Fragmentary scoreboard text shows multiple teams and times with names like Sean Burke and Yona A, including numbers such as 8400 and 1207 38. The readable items hint at a sports meet, likely track or team scores, but many words are garbled.
CBS opens Winter Games with a live hockey mismatch featuring the former Soviet team and Lasorda on NBC. CBS later airs Canada France on tape delay as viewers endure teases and promos while Lindros, sidelined by injury, garners camera time.
The Olympic men's downhill at La Face de Bellevarde, Val d Isere, features a brutal 22 turn 4 jump course designed by Bernhard Russi. U S racer Billy Kitt and rivals like Markus Wasmeier and Franz Heinzer chase a medal in a tough, technical race noted for its high speed start and decisive finish.
Albertville hosts Olympic opening ceremonies with Francois Mitterrand and about 2000 athletes from 64 nations. Residents observe from grandparents’ driveway as tourists and security traffic stream toward the stadium.
Olympian Parisien from Auburn Maine discusses training injuries and eating limits after a setback in Austria aiming for a top five finish. Payne to undergo neck surgery next week for a long-term football injury as part of the 1996 Atlanta Games preparation. Nelson Carmichael voices hope more spectators notice American mogul skiers as France prepares for future Olympic ambitions. Francois Cyrille, a young torch bearer from Valloire, eyes future Olympics for France while pursuing soccer and ice hockey.
In Meribel France nearly toppled Canada 3 to 2 as Burke starred for the hosts and Lindros was kept quiet by a focused French effort. France, inspired by Kjell Larsson, pressed for two periods and drew within one in the final frame before Canada held on for a hard fought group opener.
VIPs from Mitterrand to Antonio Antonio join the U S team as flags rise and Estonia joins the stadium crowd. Steinbrenner leads in front of Bill Koch as discussions on national pride and winter sports excellence echo amid criticism of a fractured speedskating track slowing times before 4 p.m. sun mints one side.
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