European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 10, 1994 Winter olympics the stars and stripes Page 33 insane and unfair Lillehammer Norway think How much Tonya Harding has already embarrassed the committee. Now think what will happen if she shows up Early and marches in saturday s opening ceremonies. There s no plan for her to get Here in time to do that. But in theory yeah she could March a source with the . Delegation conceded and we could t do a thing to Stop her. But in reality he added there s not much Chance of her turning up in the she should., since it s becom ing increasingly Clear that har Ding won t get Justice the least she can do is get even. On tuesday the soc said it would Convene an administrative Board next week to examine the evidence against her listen to Harding s Side of the Story and then decide her future As an olympian. Reading betwee the lines the Only conclusion to be drawn is that har Ding has none a future that is. Soc executive director Harvey Schiller said members of the Board will approach the hearing with an open mind. They want to talk to Jim Litke commentary but Schiller quickly went on to say the inquiry will Deal More with sportsmanship and fair play aspects criminal this is not just wordplay. At the moment the subtotal of Harding s criminal culpability in l affaire Kerrigan is her own admission that she Learned of then recapping plot after the fact and did t report it when she should have. Unseemly As that might be keep in mind she has Yetto be charged with a crime. Then ask whether it s any less shoddy for the soc to Fly Harding into Oslo Rush her through a Kangaroo court at a hotel next to the Airport then Rush her out on the next plane Back to Portland. Unfortunately at this late Date it does t much mat Ter what anybody outside the soc thinks. And their minds apparently Are made up by lowering the limb bar Standard from criminal culpability to sportsmanship and fair play it s Clear what kind of rigged game they Region Torun. If Harding arrives in Norway As planned next tuesday and gets the Boot 24 hours later her entire olympic Reward will consist of frequent flyer Miles an whatever she can Wolf Down from room service before the soc cuts off her credit like her or hot Harding needed 20 years of hard work and sacrifice just to get that far. And unless the soc knows something the cops and the rest of us Don to she deserves better. Not that things could get much worse. On monday Harding ran Barefoot Down a Portland Street to tearfully convince a Tow truck Driver to in Hook her illegally parked truck. Over Here meanwhile Norway s biggest daily news Roper Verden gang ran a color picture of a smiling Ancy Kerrigan with the two Inch headline Gal Skap. Translation insanity stretched across the front Page tuesday. That s exactly what this whole thing has become. Insane. And unfair. Its one f King when the Public finds Harding guilty of choosing a Louse for a mate because most peo ple feel she s paid the Price for that transgression. But Why the soc should feel compelled to punish he further for that very same sin remains a mystery. Of course that does t mean the execution will be delayed. Which is Why Harding better get Over Here fast. She belongs in the opening Werc monies alongside Duncan Kennedy Bonnie Blair and Brian America s Best not America s most wanted. It s something she ought to do for herself. Especially since it s just about the last thing remotely connected to these olympics that Shell be Able to do for herself. The associated Prtt . Has team with movers not shakers Tymi Venadel Goteborg Sweden a size physicality meanness Don t need pm to win an olym Pic medal says . Hockey coach Tim Taylor. To prove it he built the 1994team with an Eye on skating ability stick handling and pass ing v the Only thing physical about the Way we play Taylor says is our , that reputation cultivated Over the ears an driven Home in the hard hitting games of 92 works to . Team s advantage. More times than not however being viewed As ugly Ameri hockey cans even before the puck drop Sis no advantage at All. I like the image but it does seem to help you Over Here. It seems to Hurt you said Taylor whose team wrapped up its 61-game exhibition season wednes Day night against Sweden. My concern is the image that we have with the during its pre olympic tour the . Team has spent almost 25 percent More time in the penalty Box than opponents. Taylor can t figure it out especially because in Many games the opponents have been the aggressors. We re not a team that plays physical style. I wish we played More physically we d probably Bemore effective Taylor said. We Don t have defense Enthat Are known for body Check ing. We Don t have Large physical forwards. So we should t be la bleed As a physical nevertheless the Label Liveson. Last weekend after swe Den s a team beat the . Inan exhibition at Rouen France the americans were accused of Overly physical play. They played As they always do. They hit you everywhere said Par marts the a team coach and a swedish olympic assistant. They tried to scare Usa Little the always serious Taylor rarely laughs. But he chuckled when he heard that one. We Don t scare anybody he said. We be got maybe one Guy who body checks John Lilley. We were certainly bouncing off of them More than they were bouncing off of Peter Ciavaglia one of Only two americans to compete in the swedish elite league this season said european players still View their . Counterparts As bouncers not bounces. When i came Over they said we Don t think of you As Typ ical " the 5-foot-10, 175-Poundciavaglia said. When the swedish player stalk about americans they say things like very aggressive big Ger rugged then they certainly Arent talking about these fast an free Wheeling americans who open the olympics on sunday against be got some big de Fen semen but we re not intimidating said Ted Drury the Only player to return from the 02 team. Our Best body checker is probably the smallest Guy on our team John Lilley stands 5-foot-9 and weighs 170."i knew if i made the team it d be As a checker he main role is to go out there and shake things up so that s Why both his coach and his teammates cited his style on a team full of movers a Shaker stands out. Russian coach Viktor Tikhonov instructs his players during their first practice in Norway on tuesday. Russians May Surprise again by Howard Ulman gjovik Norway a the soviet hockey team had changed its name. Its Prospect for a smooth path to another olympic Gold medal also had 1992, As the unified team the inexperienced squad inherited the soviet Union s legacy of seven Gold medals one Silver and one Bronze in nine olympics. But doomsayers were disappointed. There can be no end to the russian ice hockey Era coach Viktor Tikhonov said moments after the unified team won the championship game Over Canada in France. The Gold medal is a step Forward for the further development of russian two years later there is yet another new name Russia. This team also is Young. No player has been in the olympics before. Again there Are signs of vulnerability. A feud Between rival hockey groups nearly kept some players off the squad the team has t practice Asa Complete unit. And it finished last in the Sweden hockey games this month behind the olympic teams of Sweden can Ada and the czech Republic. The doomsayers May be Dis appointed again. Russia and Sweden Are co favourites. In Sweden we had 28 play ers team manager Robert Cherenkov said after a two hour practice tuesday. The goal we had there was to pick out a team for Here. So the re sults Don t starting saturday they Likely will face a hostile crowd against Norway although the Home team is seeded Lith in the 12-team tournament. Tikhonov who regained the Job he lost after failing to win the 1992 world championship two months after the olympics is working his players hard. They arrived in Lillehammer Lute monday and were on the ice tuesday morning. They scrimmage practice Power plays and took penalty shots As Tikhonov and assistant coach Igor Dmitriev watched. Near the end panting players did pushups and wind sprints. They have not had a lot of time to prepare for the games. We be had problems getting play ers together Cherenkov said. The squad was Cut to 20 skate Sand three goalies after the swed ish tournament. Two players did t arrived from Moscow in time for tuesday s first workout. Two players will never of the Swiss hockey league refused to release an Drei Khomutov and Viatchesla Bykov for the olympics because the team is involved in playoffs. Seventeen others won t be Here either. They moved to the nil after winning the Goldmedal two years ago. F
