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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1998
Page
11
The piece faults Team USA for weak finishing and porous defense after a loss, noting forwards Hull LeClair and Cherkakhuk struggling for goals while their defenses fail to sprint back. It cites comments from Hull and Weight and questions player effort and team unity amid 1996 World Cup context.
A chaotic summary notes Finland earning bronze, a women's gold effort, and various Olympic ice and track moments amid weather delays. It references athletes such as Gretchen Fraser and Andy Gabet, plus Russia, Sweden, and Belarus in hockey results and a cross country relay, with broadcast ratings.
Masahiko Harada leads Japan to gold in team ski jumping at Hakuba as Kazuyoshi Funaki lands a 125 meter final jump. The victory adds Japan’s total to eight medals from its home Games, amid a 50,000 strong crowd. Harada sobs with emotion, recalling four years ago’s poor showing at Lillehammer.
In blizzard like conditions at Hakuba the U S ski jumping team finished 12th of 13. Mike Keuler 19 of Bloomington Minn calls it a stepping stone toward Salt Lake City. Harada of Japan delivered a record 137 meter jump as Japan widened its lead before Funaki's turn.
A broadcast overview lists tonight events across men and women freestyle skiing, women's combined, short track speedskating, alpine skiing and ice hockey. It notes previews and reviews including ladies figure skating, men's giant slalom, cross country and a men’s ice hockey report, with late night wrap coverage.
final results show the K120 team ski jumping medal event with Japan led by Takanobu Okabe Hiroya Sato Masahiko Harada Kazuyoshi Funaki achieving gold Germany with Sven Hannawald Maron Schmitt Han sperg Jaskle Dieter Thoma took silver Austra Reinhard Schwarzenberger Martin Haell warth Stefan Hosngacher Andresa Widhoeizh placed bronze Norway team featured Henning Stensund Lassa Ottesen Roar joskelseag Kristian Brendon while Finland's Ari-Pekka Nukkela Mika Laitinen Janne Ahonen and Jani Soininen followed. spacing and parade of other events listed with times rounded to quarter hours across alpine, cross country, ice hockey and figure skating events.
A fragmented OCR list shows a speed skating event with multiple skaters and times from various countries. Names include Bob de dong Netherlands Kjell Storalid Norway Bart Veldkamp Germany Lasse Saetre Norway KC Boutelle USA Roberto Sighel Italy and Dawid Tamburino USA. The men 1 000 Medal Final features Dong-aung South Korea Lidiaun China Enc Bedard Canada and Andy Gabel USA with times around 132.9 to 133.9 seconds.
Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, America's best known ice dancers, finished sixth at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. They spoke of savoring every moment, handling private tragedy while continuing with ice shows after Worlds. They vowed to tour Champions on Ice for at least two years.
In a listed final from the Winter Olympics, athletes from Germany, Japan, France, Russia, Norway, Czech Republic and others posted times and splits for the women’s 3000 meter relay with teams led by Kata Serzinger and Martina Ertz and podium contenders from Germany and beyond, showing a dense field and varied national representations.
Canada and United States faced off with United States edging Canada 3 to 1. Panalties, goals, and penalties listed show US players Mounsey Looney and Whyte contributing while Canadian players Coyne Movsessian and Govetts also feature. Referees Manna Zenk Isabelle Giguere Debra Parecs oversee the game.
The game ended 4-4 with Finland and China exchanging periods and penalties. Scorers include Finland S Fisk J Ikonen H Nieminen and S Lankosaar, while China features X Yang and G Yang with multiple penalties. Referees were Joune Taylor Golton.
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