| Salt Lake City |
 |
 |
| GER |
12 |
16 |
7 |
35 |
 |
| USA |
10 |
13 |
11 |
34 |
|
| NOR |
11 |
7 |
6 |
24 |
|
| CAN |
6 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
|
| RUS |
6 |
6 |
4 |
16 |
|
| AUT |
2 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
|
| ITA |
4 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
|
| FRA |
4 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
|
| SUI |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
|
| NED |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
Reporters' notebook
A collection of items from our reporters' notebooks:
To make sure no one goes hungry at events, Olympic organizers are allowing spectators to bring their own food and water.
The decision announced Wednesday will also allow spectators to avoid the long lines at costly concession stands. Visitors can only bring in items in clear plastic bags and bottles with no labels so security can quickly see what's inside. No thermoses, cans or glass will be permitted.
And you're out of luck for now if you want a quarter-pound hot dog at an Olympic venue. Organizers thought 400,000 hot dogs would be enough to last through the Games. They were proved wrong in just five days. A truckload of the huge hot dogs is on its way from Milwaukee, Wis., officials say.
Controversy from the figure skating pairs competition spilled across the street from the Delta Center Wednesday night to the Olympic Medals Plaza. Barenaked Ladies, which calls Canada home, drew a loud roar of approval from the plaza crowd when a band member said to the audience, "I gotta tell you guys, we were robbed. And you know what I mean." During the concert, Canadian pairs figure skating silver medalists Jamie Sale and David Pelletier joined the band on stage, where Pelletier yelled, "I've always wanted to be a rock star."
The U.S. Olympic women's hockey team might not be invincible after all, especially after being outwitted by a bunch of snowboarders at the opening ceremonies. Seems the hockey gals and the U.S. snowboard team engaged in a staredown about who would bring up the rear of the procession into Rice-Eccles Stadium. For whatever reason, both teams wanted to march in last. So as U.S. Olympians were lining up in a campus gym, the shredders lost themselves behind some curtains and bleachers. The snowboard team fell in line — at the rear — as the athletes made their way to the stadium, too late for the hockey players to do anything about it. "They were so mad," said snowboarder Lisa Odynski.
No snowboarding contest is complete without head-banging music. Most often it's a mixture of rap and heavy metal. But whatever the genre, it's played at ear-splitting volumes.
Riders were allowed to select the tunes for their runs at the Olympic halfpipe meet. The most popular choices for both American and international competitors were AC/DC, Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Event organizers, for the most part, matched the correct song to the rider. But U.S. team member J.J. Thomas was left scratching his head over what he heard on his final run. "I requested Busta Rhymes, and I think I got Madonna at the end," said the bronze medalist.
Among all the cheerful volunteers who greet visitors at Olympic venues, there is one woman at the luge track who seems to have a thankless job. She stands at a bridge with a bullhorn urging people, "Don't stop on the bridge. Please move along." Of course, standing on the bridge is the only way to get a good view of the luge track. So, she has to nag constantly. When a Deseret News reporter commented to her, "You have a hard job," she responded, "Oh no. I've had lots harder jobs than this. I'm a mom."
A conversation overheard Monday on TRAX between a SLOC volunteer and an out-of-state Olympic visitor:
Visitor: "I just love all the volunteers they have around."
Volunteer: "I think it's too crowded. There are too many of us that we keep bumping into one another."
Visitor: "Oh, no! I love it that when I have a question about something I turn around and there's four people there to help me."
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar is still the place to dine during the Games. On Tuesday, figure skating great Scott Hamilton dined with former baseball player Steve Garvey and his wife at the restaurant in The Gateway. And Wednesday night, former Vice President Dan Quayle had dinner there.
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February 14, 2002
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