European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes Winter olympics tuesday february 15,1994 will carry heavy e by Steve Wilstein Hamar Norway a Tonya har Ding s curious life in this tiny olympic Vil Lage will be uncomfortable practices will be awkward and some judges suggest winning May be impossible. And that s the Good news. It could get worse if she s treated  pariah by ath letes and fans at the Winter games. It would be hard to separate the external activities from the judges minds czech judge Olga Zatkova said sunday in an unusually candid assessment of now Harding will be viewed and scored. Those external activities Harding s alleged involvement in plotting the attack on Nancy Kerrigan will be heavy baggage for Harding to carry when she land wednesday. Another czech judge Vera spurn called Harding s admitted role in the coverup of the attack " a disgrace for  comments from several judges in this most subjective event indicated the Only Way Harding could win the Gold she analysis craves is by skating perfectly and even then her competitors probably Wouldhave to All fall Down. Kerrigan May score some sympathy Points but she won t have an easy time getting through the games. She woke up sunday to the news that Harding made the . Olympic com Mittee Cave in and Grant her a berth on the team without a disciplinary hearing. Kerrigan then flopped through a miser Able practice the opposite of her Superb workout two Days earlier. The plan is to keep Harding and Kerri Gan apart sort of pretend they re not. On the same team living in the same House sharing the same rink. Yet there Are so Many places for Chance meetings. And what will they say when they meet what can they say Harding said she wanted to give Kerrigan a hug. Kerri Gan Curtly dismissed that notion and offered a Brief icy statement about har Ding s acceptance on the team never mentioning her name. It seems now that for the moment and As it relates to the olympic Competition the matter has been resolved Ker Rigan said. Regardless of my opinion on the ruling the olympics have begun and it is time to  Kerrigan and Harding will be House mates in a two Story red Brick dormitory on the Snow covered Little Campus of the Tonheim music school converted to an olympic Village for 500 athletes coaches and team officials. Kerrigan has a room on the first floor a coed arrangement with male skaters in other rooms. Harding will live on the second floor. Everyone shares a communal living room. Can they really avoid seeing each other in that Small House will Kerrigan be a Leto sleep knowing that Harding is right up stairs and what about the cafeteria certainly they la have a hard time keep ing their distance at practice since they be been assigned to the same sessions. Both skaters were offered the Opportunity to work in Oslo but both indicated they want to stay in the Village team Leader Gail Tanger said. We will look at alternate plans but we will try to make everyone As comfortable As possible with the  it will be Tough enough when they work out together on the huge rink where they will perform on feb. 23 and 25. But on thursday when Harding is expected to go through her first practice they re assigned to the smaller rink across the Way. It s not unusual for skaters to pass each other closely on any rink. Some times they accidentally bump into each other. Any close Calls or bumps Between Harding and Kerrigan undoubtedly will be sensationalized. At the rink they can dress separately in one of several Small spartan rooms. Harding is skating better than Ever Rawlinson said. Her jumps Are big her spins Are fast. She realizes it is a real critical Situa Tion. She knows there will be people who Are really behind her and that there will be those who Don t like  russian pairs dominate. By. By Barry Wilner Hamar Norway a the russians did t in vent pairs skating they simply perfected it. Ekaterina Gordeev and Sergei Grinkov the 1988 Gold medallists won the technical program sunday night at the olympics finishing just ahead of 1992 olympic champions Natalia Mish Kutsenok and Artu Dmitriev. Evgenia Shishkov and Vadim Naumov were fourth just behind world champions Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler of Canada. Easily the class of a Field that includes six couples with medals from world championships the top rus sians were sensational. Grinkov had slight trouble on an individual spin but he and Gordeev More than made up for it with exquisite pairs spins an impressive lift and Fine footwork. Their performance to Spanish Folk music earned Gor Deeva and Grinkey five Marks of 5.9 out of 6.0 for Artis tic impression. Their technical Marks ranged from 5.6 to 5.8, placing them first with six judges. It s the epitome of what pairs skating should be said . Coach John Nicks. It was no Surprise the four time world champions who turned pro in 1990, were in front. Except for the 1988 world championships they had not lost a major event from the 1985 Junior world championships through 1990. And they appeared sharper than Ever after a 2vi-year absence to skate on the pro tour and almost another year off to have a child. Mish Kutsenok and Dmitriev actually received louder applause and cheers. With Gordeev and Grinkov watching and clapping the defending olympic champions put on a splendid show. Their spiral was exceptional As was their lift which included a backward flip in the exit. Judges from Australia and Germany figure skating had them first. Yes i was Happy said Tamara Moskvina who coaches Mish Kutsenok Dmitriev. I thought they showed emotion through the program. There was nerve in their program. It had  Brasseur and Eisler Bronze medallists in 1992, skated last to Gypsy music. Their excellent lift and split double twist earned them a 5.9 for technical Merit from the Canadian judge who had them first Overall. In 92, we were sitting in the third spot with frowns on our faces Eisler said. Now we re sitting in third with smiles on our faces. We have As Good a shot  in the technical program Worth one third of the total score each couple must do eight required elements from spins to lifts to jumps to footwork. The free skate was scheduled for be tuesday night. Eisler was upset that he and Brasseur Drew the first spot in the final Warmup for the free skate a disadvantage because the other couples get an Early look at them. He kicked the Wall cursed then walked away. The americans did not fare Well even though . Champions Jenni Meno and Todd Sand skated one of their strongest programs with Good spins and solid double axes. They finished sixth. We skated the Best we could Meno said. What Ever the Marks Are there s nothing we can do about  Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen the first pair to skate were 15th, mainly because he attempted Only a single Axel on their Side by Side jumps. Karen Courtland and Todd Reynolds who finished 13th, were plagued by poor spins. American s Jenni Meno and Todd Sand perform in sunday night s technical program at olympics. Summaries and scores from Lillehammer medal standings through monday Norway. Russia Italy United states., Germany. .21 11 1 Austria. 0 Canada Finland. 0 Japan Netherlands 0 32 00 01 00 00 b tot0 5 1 41 2 0 10 1 0 v1 1 1 11 1 1 1 Speed skating men s 500 meters monday s final results 1. Aleksandr Golubev Russia 36.33 seconds olympic record old to card two Jons Mey. East Germany 36.45, Calgary 1968. 2. Sergei Klev Thonya Russia 36.39 3. Manabu Horii Japan 36.53 4. Hor Gbo Liu China 36.54 5. Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan 36.60 6. Junichi Inoue Japan 36.63 7. Grunde njos Norway 36 66 8. Dan Janson. Greenfield. Wis., 36.60 9. Yasunori Miyabe Japan 36.72 10. Igor Zhe Lezovsky Belarus 36.73 1 1. Sylvain Bouchard Canada 37.01 12. Patrick Kelly. Canada 37.07 to. Vadim Shash Akbarov. Kazakhstan 37.07 1 4. Yoko Man Kim South Korea 37. 1 0 15. Mikhail Vostero Gnutov. Russia 37.15 other North american finishers 17. Sean Ireland Canada 37,30 19. David Cruikshank Milwaukee 37,37 20. Nathaniel mite Evanston id., 37.41 26. Michael Ireland Canada 37,67 27. David Besteman Milwaukee 37,69 luge men s singles monday s final results run times in parentheses 1. Georg Hackl Germany 3 minutes 21.571 seconds 50,296. 50.560,50.224,50.491 2. Markus Prock Austria. 3 21.584 50.300, 50.566, 50.166, 50.552 3. Armin zog Geter Italy. 3 21.833 50.441, 50.601. 50.365, 50.426 4. Arnold Huber Italy 3 22.418 50.558, 50.763. 50.546.50.551 5. Wondel Suckow. Marquette Mich. 3 22.424 50.698,50.819,50.359,50.548 6. Norbort Huber. Italy. 3 22.474 50 659. 50.836, 50 399, 50 580 7. Gerhard a Teischer Austria 3 22.569 50.857. 50.811,50.352,50.549 8. Jons Mueller Germany. 3 22.580 50.563, 50.858.50.297.50862 9. Albert Demtchenko Russia 3.22.627 50.601. 50.863.50.633,50.530 10. Markus Schmidt Austria. 3 23.114 50.664, 50.870. 50.750, 50.830 11. Serge Danilin Russia 3 23.261 50.767, 50.973. 50.665, 60.856 12. Mikol Holm Sweden 3 24.049 50.917. 51.087.50.946,51.099 13. Anders Soederberg Sweden 3 24.099 51.111. 51.197.50.809.50.982 14. Edouard Burmistrov. Russia. 3 24.393 51.102. 51.351.50.877.51.063 15. Alexander Bau Germany 3 24.413 51.020. 61.078,50.885.51.430 other North american finishers 16. Robert Pipkins Staten Island n.y., 3 24.580 51.248,51.332.50.885.51.115 20. Clay res. Canada. 3 26.686 51.518. 51.822. 51.699,51.647 Duncan Kennedy. Lake Placid. . Did not finish 50.587, 50.633. Def. Cross country men s 30-km freestyle monday s final results 1. Thomas Risgaard Norway 1 hour 12 minutes,26.4 seconds. 2. Bios Dahlie Norway 1 13 13.6 3. Mika Myllyma Finland 1 14 14.0 4. Mikhail Bot Vino Russia 1 14 43.8 5. Maurilio de Zolt Italy,.1 14 55.5 6. Jari Isometsa Finland 1 15 12.5 7. Silvio Fauner maty 1 15 27.7 8. Egil Kristiansen Norway. 1 15 37.7 9. Johann Muhlegg Germany. 1 15.42.8 10. Vladimir Simov Kazakhstan 1 16 01.8 11. Jari Rasanen Finland 1 16 10.7 12. Henrik Froeberg. Sweden 1 16 10.8 13. Jukka Partonen Finland 1 16 18.7 14. Giorgio Laruetta Italy. 1 16 35.2 15. Gennadi Lazutin Russia 1 16 45,9 15. Gianfranco Pogvara. Italy 1 17 04.9 North american finisher 36. Luke Bodensteiner. West Bend wis. 1 2013 0 43. John Aalberg Salt Lake City Utah 1 21 451 45. Carl Swenson North Conway n.h., 1 22 08.6 50. Dany Bouchard Canada 1 23 06.9 65. Marcus Nash. Fryeburg Maine 1 27 18.7 figure skating pairs technical program sunday night s results 1, Yeka Tenna Gordeyev Sergei Grinkov Russia,0.5 factored places. 2, Natalya Mish Kutsenok Artur dirt Royev. Russia 1.0. 3, Isabella Brasseur Ovd Eisler. Canada. 1.5. 4. Yevgenia Shishkov Vadim Naur nov. Russia 2.0. 5. Radka Kovan Kova Rene Novotry czech Republic 2.5. 6. Jenni Meno Todd Sand . 3.0. 7, Peggy Schwarz Alexander Koe nig Germany 3.5. 8, Man cry wet Zengo Steuer Germany 4.0. 9, Zetena Berezh naia Oleg Shliahov Latvia 4 5 10, Danielle Carr Stop Hon Carr Australia 5o in Ansty Lee Sargeant a Nsofor Wirtz Canada 5512 Anuschka Gia Oser Axel Rauschenbach Germany 6.0. 13, Karen Courtland Todd Reynolds  6 5 14, Jamie Rae Sale Jason Turner Canada 70 15 Kyoko Ina Lason Dungeon. U.s., 7.5. 16, Jacqueline Soames John Jenkins Britain 80 17 Zetena Bek Tisovskaya Igor Magyar Ukraine. 8.5.18 Yelena Ungo Yeva Sergio Scheyko Belarus. 9.0. Hockey All times get sunday s re Urt Sweden 4, Slovakia 4 Canada 7, Italy 2 United states 4, France 4 monday s Garnet Germany 2, Norway 1 czech Republic is. Austria 5 30 . Russia is. Finland 8 . Tuesday s game Sweden is. Ottav 3 . United states is. Slovakia 5 30 . Canadavs.France.8p.nl. United states 4, France 4 France 1 1 2-4 United states. 2 0 24 first period-1. Usa. John Lilley Mark Beau Rait. 5 04. 2, France Franck Saunier unassisted15 16. 3, Usa. Peter Ferraro Craig Johnson. 17 43. Penalties David Sacco. Usa High stick ing7 33 Bruno Saunier Fra roughing11 15 David Sacco Usa roughing11 15 Franck Pajonkowski Fra hooking11 44 Steven Wood Burn Fra tripping 19 1 a. Second period-4, France Franck Pajonkowski unassisted 18 07. Penalties Franck Pajonkowski Fra hooking8 22 Christophe Ville Fra hooking13 49. Third period-5, France Benjamin Agnel. 2 36. 6, France pie Rick Maia Serge Poudrier Benoit Laportes 7 48. 7, Usa Peter Laviolette unassisted11 23. 8, Usa Brian Rolston Peter Cia agha13 58. Penalties Franck Saunier. Fra slashing3 51 Stephane softer Fra holding6 47 Arnaud Briand Fra hooking14 53 Brett Hauer Usa holding18 04. Shots on goal France 4-3-7-14. Usa 16-9 7-32. A-8,145 r 5 re