European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse , 1 Kerry Lynch of Denver from Competition Al least through the end om9b8 Lor blood doping. Like Thompson Lynch became the first american to win a modal Al an olympics or world championship last year with a Silver in the world Competition. Later however Lynch admitted to blood doping and this month was stripped of the medal and suspended. Blood doping involves removing one s blood infusing it with oxygen and Reinje cling in to increase endurance. Ice hockey although the . Ice hockey team is hopeful of finishing a Strong fourth at Calgary with an extreme outside shot at a Bronze they re really pointing toward 1992. What weve seeing is that All of a sudden we re Able to compete internationally on the Junior level which is 16 to 20 " said Waller Bush president of the Amateur hockey association of the us. We won a medal two years ago in Canada to the Junior worlds and we beat the russians in a Gams last year in the world juniors. We had never done thai the americans Are led by goaltender Mike Richter and a Strong defense but they Don t appear to have the scoring line they had in 1984 with pal Lafontaine de Olczyk and David Jensen. The . Team finished seventh at Sarajevo where the soviets won Geld. Bobsled for the first time . Bobs edders Are producing their own sleds or the olympics a Liiri generation prototype that could be the fastest they be Ever had Brent Hus Law. A 36-year-old Veteran Driver from Saranac Lake. . Probably will be the United slates Best Chance for a medal. Although some considered him wait cd up. Rushlaw was the fables qualifier Lor the team. This year Tho americans arc going for lop Quality athletes to help push at the Start. Wide receiver Willie Gaull of the Chicago bears has been pushing or Rushlaw and Driver malt Roy has been using Tournor Harvard sprinter Jim Herberich As his brakeman. The 1934 olympics were dominated by East Germany which won four of 1ha six medals and both Gold. Cross country sk1inq Dan Simoneau is resuming lot his third olympics in a sport that promises Lillie Hope Lor the United Stales. On the women s team both Leslie Krichko and Nancy fiddler returned to action in 1986 actor several seasons away from the sport. Trails at the Canmore nordic Center West of Calgary Are considered some of the toughest in the world with a i lot of Hills and not much hat. Ski juhp1ho Mike Holland who made the . Team As a walk on is America s top 90-Meler jumper while Chris Hastings tops Tho 70-meter Crew. In a sport Domina Lod by the Eastern europeans and scandinavians Iho United states is not expected to do very Well. Holland could finish in the top 10. Winter Cleant of from Clamp Fott olympic perk where luge. Boto Toa Mil lumping at Witt of Brtio. Calgary poised for olympics a Merton prepare the Chute for Ilia games. Druary 8,1988 by Jeff Bradley associated press dog sleds and snowmobiles Are carrying the olympic flame across Canada s far Northly Calgary where preparations Are Almos Complete for the most expensive and longest Winter olympics in history. I fears that the 1988 Winter games could be spoiled by warm Waal her have disappeared in a Cloud of Man made now and a new year s cold snap. Officials have accumulated piles of pully while flakes irom computerized Snow making machines adding a touch of yeast like bacteria to make the ice crystals larger and sturdier. Even Calgary s occasional warm Chinook winds should not be Able to melt ii for the feb 13-2b games. Three Leet of artificial Snow will allow us to survive anything Alp no chairman All Fischer said. About 400.000 tickets Are available to various Oyens from a record of nearly two million Nickels that originally went on Sale and corporate cancellations have opened up hotel space in Calgary and nearby Banff where 600 rooms were available last week. You be got a belter Chance of gelling a room today 1 than you did a year ago olympic housing Bureau manager John Varga said. The Bureau has also Lound places Lor 4,500 people a night in Calgary Homes either in $33 per couple bed and breakfast style accommodations or by renting entire j houses for up to 11,770 a Day at u .8. Exchange Rales. With hotel rooms ranging from $70 to $170 a night Many of the anticipated 75,000 Oul of owners will find it cheaper to stay in youth hostels. The Calgary illness i club is offering its floor to sleepy backpackers for $7.75 a night. Opening and closing ceremonies figure skating and i major Alpine events Are sold out. But organizers said there Are still thousands of tickets Tell for hockey nordic combined Cross country and luge Nickels. Prices Range rom$7.7slos23. I think we re ready said Bob Fleming president of the Calgary tourist and convention Bureau. Visitors to the Winter olympics will experience services and activities never seen at the Winter games before. Venues Lor most events were built for the olympics which win Cost about $775 million and will reach a worldwide television audience of 1,5 billion. Abc paid a record j309 million Lor exclusive . Television rights from the horseback shaped saddled me Lor ice hockey to the Alpine resort of Lakiska Lor downhill and slalom racing a record too Tel uletes from 58 countries Are expected Lor Iho first Winter olympics in Canada. Organizers already have sold 1.5 million tickets three times the previous record for the Winter games we re offering As Many Nickels for hockey alone As were offered Tor the entire Sarajevo games in 1984," Fleming said. Most Winter olympics have been Al Mountain retreats but Calgary on the Bow River in Alberta province is a sprawling cily o 650.000 Best known for its 10-Day wild weal Stampede each summer. The Alpine and Cross country events Al Nail sea and Canmore Are an hour s drive Wesl at the Edge of the Rocky mountains. Combining a cow town past with its role As Canada s Oil capital. Calgary launches into the olympic spirit with an adventurous arts festival and a series of dogsled races both starting Jan. 23. The arts program includes Peter Brook s airmen from Paris a new production of porgy and Bess a urn festival writers workshop with Deal Pool la Winco Ferlin Ghelli and on olympic jazz suite irom Oscar Peterson. The non Protil olympic organizing committee tins stumbled through staff Lurn overs and ticket problems which continued his month when nearly Hall the mail order Nickels Lor North America still had not Boon sent. The Federal government intervened in november when olympic organizers began suing Small shop owners and anyone else across Canada who used the trademark olympic commercially. They be been Over zealous said sports minister Olio Jelinek ordering the Calgary team to Cool in. Transporting the most Winter olympic spectators in history May prove difficult. The four lanes of the trans Canada Highway which cuts right through Calgary to the skiing Siles could be carrying 8.000 vehicles a hour hazardous in bad weather. Organizers Are providing 20.000 free parking spaces in the City with $11.50 round trip bus Lares to skiing venues. Within Calgary ticket holders will travel free on he City s rapid transit system. The Alberta wilderness association is seeking a court injunction to Block Tho opening of an alternative Road to Lakiska alter poachers killed three of the protected Herd of 400 Elk in the Region. The stars and stripes. Page 15
