European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports Mam february 15,1994 Page 40 for 4-4 tie with France by Howard Ulman Lillehammer Norway a the United states was t shattered Sun Day night when it tied France. The olym Pic hockey Competition is so close that not losing May be As important As win Ning. The  finale of the opening round of games had the same 4-4 score As sunday s first game Between Slovakia and Gold medal favorite Sweden. Only Canada had an easy time routing Italy 7-2 in gjovik. I Don t care of you play Russia or France or Austria. Every game is a Tough game american Brian Rolston said. I Don t think there s any Pushover in this. Tonight we Learned that  the message was the same in sat urday s a Pool games when top seeded Russia struggled in a win Over Norway i Finland upset the czech Republic and Germany edged Austria 4-3. Germany Defeated Norway 2-1 Mon Day behind goals by four time olympian Dieter Hagen and Ole Eskild Dahlstrom. The germans improved to 2-0 in Pool a while the Host country is 0-2. The czech Republic played Austria and Russia was to face Finland in Mon Day s later games. The United states is seeded sixth in the 12-team tournament. France is 10th. After the americans salvaged a tie with two goals in the last nine minutes Rolston said we re not going to jump up and Down and be excited about it but you have to look at the  they certainty weren t thrilled about three Calls by referee Marko lepus of Finland All made after resorting to the new television replay system. One resulted in a French goal. Two plays in which the United states put the puck in the net were ruled no goals. I Don t understand Why they use it quite so much Over Here . Coach Tim Taylor said. I Don t want bad goals to count and i do want Good goals to count so maybe it s  goals by John Lilley and Peter Ferraro gave the. United states a 2-1 Lead after one period. But the French got the next three including two in the third period by Benjamin Agnel and pie Rick Maia. . Goalie Mike Dunham who faced Only seven shots in the first two periods said he was nervous in his first olympic appearance and could t Settle Down. French goalie Petri Ylonen was out standing until he allowed easy goals by Peter Laviolette and Rolston in the final eight minutes. Canada which won six of the first seven Gold medals before the soviet Union took seven of the next nine won behind two goals each by nil veterans Petr Nedved and Chris Kontos. . Space skater Dan Jansen reacts after crossing finish in monday s olympic 500-meter event. He was favored but finished 8th. Olympic torment continues for Speed skating s Arisen Byron Lesko Hamar Norway a something always happens to Dan Jansen at the olympics and so far none of it s been Good. Monday was no different. Skating on the same track where he set a world record in december Jansen slipped on the Home turn of the 500 me ters brushing his hand against the ice and finished eighth. Another olympics another loss. As soon As i saw him slip i said Why god Why again god can t be that cruel his wife Robin said. I m sure one Day Well find out. One Day Well  maybe it was t meant to be Jansen said. Hurt As it might does to co Pareto the heartache Jansen Felt exactly six years ago monday when his sister Jane Jansen Beres died of leukaemia on the eve of his 500-meter race in the Calgary games. When it came time to skate he fell. Four Days later he fell again in the 1,000. At the Albertville games in 1992, he was sabotaged by soft outdoor ice and finished fourth in the 500 and 26th in the 1,000. It would be agonizing for and Kater but it is particularly tormenting for someone who has won everything else. He is the Best Speed skater in the world at 500 meters and yet after four Winter games Dan Jansen still has no olympic medal. Everybody knows that i am the Best but i was t today. There s not really any More chances for me. I la have to live my life without an olympics 500-meter Goldmedal he said. Tuesday s schedule Central european Tomt luge women s singles first and second runs 10 . Cross country women s 5 Kilometres final10 30 . Alpine skiing women s supergiant slalom final11 . Freestyle skiing men s an women s moguls eliminations 12 30 . Hockey Sweden is. Italy 3p.m. United states is. Slovakia 5 30 . Canada is. France 8p.m. Figure skating pairs free pro Gram final8 . Tvs is an to will Recap tuesday s action from 2 . To 5 30 .wednesday. Lbs this morning at the Winter games begins at 1 . Daily monday through Friday. Cable satellite viewers Are Able to watch round the clock coverage on eur sport. Check local National to schedules in your Host country for further coverage. But he does get another Chance for a medal when he skates in the 1,000 Friday. It s a bit of a Shock to me Jansen said. I m not making excuses but it s not a place i be slipped before. I would have won by quite a bit if i did t slip. I was less nervous than i was at the world championships in Calgary until i got Here and saw the  Jansen and several other skaters said the ice in the Viking ship olympic Hallwas harder than they had seen it a Condi Tion they did t like. Sitting in the stands with their 9 month old daughter Jane Robin Jansen could t Bear to watch after her Hus band s slip. She turned away and embraced her brother in Law Jim for the final 150 meters. Jansen s Gold medal Hopes ended Assoon As he crossed the finish line in 36.68 seconds. Skating in the second pair his time was 0.14 seconds behind China s Longbo Liu who skated in the first pair and his place dropped from there. He finished Well behind the 36.33 seconds of Aleksandr Golubev of Russia who won the Gold medal in olympic re Cord time. Entering monday s race As the favorite Jansen s world record was 0.29 seconds fas Ter than his next competitor. On dec. 4, he became the first skater to break the 36-second Barrier in the 500 and lowered the Mark to 35.76 two week Sago. He is still the Only Man to skate under 36 seconds. Before monday Jansen had lost Only two of 12 500-meter races since the world cup season began in november. He was second to Japan s Hiroyasu Shi Mizu in Berlin on nov. 26, and third to Japan s Yasunori Miyabe and Horii i Milwaukee on Jan. 22. He followed both those defeats the next weekend with Back to Back victories in under 36 seconds including the world record 35.76 in his last race at the world sprint Speed skating championships in Calgary on Jan. 30, where he won the event for the second time in his career. J 0"2a6850"000504