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WASHINGTON: The February 8-24 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics will cost $1.9bn without taking into account additional security linked to the September 11 attacks on US cities, according to figures cited in a Congressional report out yesterday.

2. Illbruck docks in at first place

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SYDNEY: Illbruck won the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race yesterday, sailing into Sydney Harbour 73 minutes ahead of SEB to repeat its opening stage victory from Southampton to Cape Town.

3. Ali lights Games torch; flame to reach Salt Lake City in Feb

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ATLANTA, Georgia: Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali yesterday lit the first torch for the Olympic relay, which will bring the flame to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 2002 Winter Games.

4. IOC president faces first major test

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland: IOC president Jacques Rogge faces the first major test of his fledgling regime when he must decide here this week whether or not to call for triathlon to be thrown out of the Olympics.

5. Salt Lake begins business

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: The 2002 Winter Olympics officially opened for business yesterday, as Salt Lake Organising Committee (Sloc) President Mitt Romney passed through the processing centre collecting the Games’ first credential and uniform.

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6. Salt Lake Games survive scandal and war to reach home stretch

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: Battered by scandals and threatened by fallout from the war on terrorism, organisers of the Salt Lake City Olympics were beginning the final month’s countdown today.

7. Koreas to march together

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SEOUL: North and South Korea will march together at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, South Korea’s Olympic chief said yesterday.

8. French duo top Euro standings

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LAUSANNE: French ice dancers Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat topped the standings after the first compulsory dance at the European Championships yesterday.

9. Sloc offers bus incentives to ease congestion on other routes

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SALT LAKE CITY: They advertise special seat saver fares, movies and a free snack service.

10. Romney’s name removed from Wall of Honour

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SALT LAKE CITY: Mitt Romney, president of the Salt Lake Organising Committee (Sloc), has moved to defuse another potential Winter Olympics controversy.

11. IOC inspecting Athens facilities again amid another local row

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ATHENS: An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team arrives in Greece tomorrow amid an explosive political row over construction delays in the 2004 Athens Games.

12. D-day looming in US short-track row

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SALT LAKE CITY: Short-track speedskater Tommy O’Hare will go to arbitration tomorrow in the biggest scandal to hit the US Olympic team since the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan row.

13. Ohno and Smith found not guilty

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DENVER: An arbitrator has dismissed short-track speedskater Tommy O’Hare’s claim that Apolo Ohno and Rusty Smith fixed a race to deny him a spot on the Olympic team, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) announced yesterday.

14. Salt Lake athletes village turned into high-security compound

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SALT LAKE CITY: Salt Lake Olympic officials describe the Athletes Village for the 2002 Winter Games as an Alpine Club Med.

15. Fake memos help keep final torchbearer’s identity a secret

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PARK CITY: Fake confidential memos identifying the final torchbearer for the 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies are circulating the organisers’ headquarters in an effort to keep the biggest secret of the Games from being leaked.

16. Extensive security drill could create chaos in Salt Lake City

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SALT LAKE CITY: Olympic security forces continued to take up positions yesterday, threatening to plunge the 2002 Winter Games into chaos with patience-testing queues and delays.

17. IOC to focus on security at crucial pre-Games meeting

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SALT LAKE CITY: Security measures at the most heavily-guarded Olympics in history will be discussed when IOC leaders meet organisers of the Salt Lake Winter Games today, just a week before the opening ceremony.

18. Rogge faces diplomatic headache over truce call

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SALT LAKE CITY: Jacques Rogge faced the first major diplomatic headache of his IOC presidency yesterday — whether to call for a cease-fire in world hostilities during next week’s opening ceremony of the Salt Lake Winter Olympics.

19. Asian tigers roar into Salt Lake Games

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TOKYO: Asian athletes from China, Japan and South Korea have their work cut out as they bid to invade the predominantly Western preserve of the Winter Olympics which open in Salt Lake City on Friday.

20. All eyes fixed on greatest show on snow

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SALT LAKE CITY: The greatest show on snow opens on Friday as the Winter Olympics bring nearly 2,500 athletes from up to 80 countries to Salt Lake City for the biggest sporting spectacle since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

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