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Focuses on the skaters of the 1994 Winter Olympics at Northern Lights Hall in Hamar, Norway. Ladies'; Men's; Pairs; Dancing; What's involved; What judges like; Top competitors; Other facts; Oksana Baiul; Scott Davis; Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow; Maya Usova and Aleksandr Zhulin; How the jumps are executed.

Recounts the women's figure skating finals at the Lillehammer, Norway, Winter Olympics, which was won by Ukraine's Oksana Baiul, 16, with Nancy Kerrigan finishing second and China's Chen Lu, 17, was third. Tonya Harding's continuing sense of theater; Performances of France's Surya Bonaly, who tired before the end, and Germany's Katarina Witt, whose long program was the best choreographed and most stylish of the competition; Profile of Baiul.

Examines the preliminaries to the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. The sorry spectacle of figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan; Death of world champion skier Ulrike Maier, who fell on a routine downhill race; Wolf-pack aggression by American reporters; American ice dancer Elizabeth Punsalan's father stabbed to death allegedly by her brother last week; Norwegian ski jumper Ole Gunnar Fidjestol falls, suffering a concussion; Details.

Highlights the women who will compete in figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Assault on Nancy Kerrigan, masterminded allegedly by Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly; Harding's dream that a gold medal will transform her life; The legal situation; France's Surya Bonaly, dynamo and intrepid jumper; China's Chen Lu, formidable elegance on ice; Reigning world champion Oksana Baiul, Ukraine; No dominant female skater in contention.

The article discuses how actress Margot Robbie got best review in her career of playing role as ice skater Tonya Harding in the movie "I, Tonya" and mentions that she was named stars battling it out for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy at the 75th Golden Globe awards. Topics include how Tonya was accused of being mastermind behind brutal attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan ahead of 1994 Winter Olympic, how both skaters pitted against each other and probation received by Tonya.

Examines how Norway aims to host an environmentally sensitive Olympics. Aim to show how sport can promote environmentalism into the next century; Preparations for the games; Why environmentalists remain disgruntled at the prospect of hosting the games; Comments from Sigmund Haugsja, the top environmentalist on the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee; Cost of environmentally sensitive games; Care that facilities fit in with the natural surroundings; More.

Discusses the outcome of the women's figure skating competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Gold medal winner Oksana Baiul, 16, of Ukraine; How silver medal winner Nancy Kerrigan missed the gold by a hair; China's Lu Chen won the bronze; Tonya Harding's vintage bizarre performances Friday night; Comparison of the showdown between Kerrigan and Harding with television's ten most-watched events.

Focuses on the US downhill ski team who will compete in the prime-time glamour event next Sunday at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Comments by coach Bill Egan and former downhiller Andy Mill; The course; Alva Ross Kit IV and Tommy Moe, the top US downhillers; More. INSET: This Picabo is not child's play (Picabo Street), by D. Pedersen..

Discusses how going for broke was the American story at the Lillehammer Olympics. Athletes including Tommy Moe, Dan Jansen and Diann Roffe-Steinrotter; Medal prospects; Dark-horse victories; Luger Duncan Kennedy who went for it and lost.

Focuses on figure skate Tonya Harding, whose life appears to be unraveling both on the ice and off. Implication by her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly in the bizarre plot to disable rival Nancy Kerrigan; Question of whether Harding should represent the United States at the Winter Olympic Games; Decision which will be made by the US Olympic Committee. INSET: Anatomy of an assault..

Features different sports and women athletes in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Participation of figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding and Michelle Kwan; Jenni Meno and Todd Sand for pairs skating; New York State's Renee Roca and Russian defector Gorsh Sur for ice dancing; Bonnie Blair, Peggy Clasen and Chantal Bailey for speed skating; More. INSETS: American dreams.;A quick list for becoming Lillehammer literate..

Features the top woman downhill skier, United States' Picabo Street. Picabo's relationship with fellow skier Alberto Tomba; Rise to popularity after becoming the first American to win the downhill season title; Problems for such a strong, successful woman; Street's personal life; Bursting onto the ski team with natural talent; Professional tests and triumphs, including the silver medal in Lillehammer.

Furnishes tour, lodging and other information for the February 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Tour packages from Ski-See Norway, Cartan Tours, Scan-tours; Price range; Inclusions; Lodging of visitors in Oslow, two hours from the Olympics; Location of particular Olympic events.

Discusses the sport of bobsledding, focusing on the construction of a new type of bobsled by former NASCAR designers. Similarities between the sport of bobsledding and the sport of NASCAR auto racing; Efforts of Geoff Bodine and Bob Cuneo to design a winning bobsled for the 1994 Winter Olympics team; The decision to let Bodine and Cuneo build enough sleds and equipment to fully supply the US team; The Bo-Dyn sled; Results. INSET: Bobsled tech, by Kim Reynolds..

Discusses how the village of Lillehammer, Norway, the site of the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, is doing what it can to preserve its environment and promote greening while hosting the Games. What local tourism officials hope the games will provide; Proposal by the Norweigian Society for the Conservation of Nature to the Lillehammer Olympics Organizing Committee (LOOC); Norway's share of special-interest groups, politicians, and developers; More. INSET: Site sampler, by A.K..

Focuses on Norway's standing in American consciousness after the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Profile campaigns; Olympic media coverage; American media environment; Future activities.

Focuses on the Norwegian festivals that was launched in February 1993 in relation to the 1994 Olympic Winter Games to be held in Norway. Festivals entitled `Olympic WinterLand, Encounters with Norwegian Cultures'; Staging of festivals in Olympic cities; Presentation of the works of Norwegian masters like composer Edvard Grieg, playwright Henrik Ibsen and painter Edvard Munch.

Focuses on the role of Norway as the host of the Winter Olympics in 1994. Lillehammer designated as the 1994 Olympic city; The Olympics as a gateway for the world to rediscover Norway; Launching of cultural programs in four Olympic host cities by the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee.

Features the 1994 Winter Olympics. Hockey; Bobsled/Luge; Women's speedskating; Ice dancing; Short-track speedskating; Figure skating; Alpine skating; Gold medals for the male athletes. INSET: Olympic medal predictions..

Discusses Canadian medal winners at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games. Myriam Bedard in the biathlon; Mogul skier Jean-Luc Brassard; Aerialists Philippe LaRoche and Lloyd Langlois; Figure skater Elvis Stojko; Federal government's `best-ever' funding; Public attitudes towards sports; Canada's hockey team. INSETS: The midas touch (Myriam Bedard), by B.W.;The silver somersault (Philippe LaRoche)..

Looks at the figure skating competition in the 1994 Winter Olympics, a combination of the weird and the wonderful. Competitors; Decision to allow professionals to skate; Winners; Judging which favored the classically styled routines; Melodrama of the women's skate; Josee Chouinard; Kurt Browning. INSET: Fast company (Canadian speed skater Susan Auch), by J.D..

Focuses on the 1994 Winter Olympics. Canada's medal winners; Hopes for Canadian athletes yet to perform; How Norwegians have restored the adage that taking part--not winning medals--is what counts; Norwegian generosity. INSETS: The triumph of Pod Two (Canadian skier Edi Podivinsky), by B.W.;The hottest shot (Canadian biathlete Myriam Bedard), by B.W..

Presents a guide which highlights the events and the leading contenders at the 17th Winter Olympics. Includes Canadian television schedules.

Focuses on Lillehammer, Norway, host of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games. Creation of some of the most esthetically pleasing and innovative sports facilities ever built; History; Bid on the Winter Olympics; Costs which have risen far beyond original projections; Planning for the games; Myths about Norwegians. INSETS: Calgary's lessons learned (Calgary Olympic organizer Frank...;Showing the flag (Bosnia's Olympic contenders), by B.W..

Features the women in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games figure skating. Attack on Nancy Kerrigan; Commercial offers to Tonya Harding; Michelle Kwan's triple jumps; Surya Bonaly as one of the few black skaters in the world; Oksana Baiul as the 1993 world champion in figure skating; Katarina Witt as a two-time Olympic champion vying for her third. INSET: Great Scott! (Karen Rosen)..

Recollects some of the memories of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and briefly interviews some of Olympic stars that competed. Skier Tommy Moe's memories of the Olympics; Statistics on other Olympic athletes, such as Kim Yoon-Mi, Anne Abernathy, Zbynek Krompolc, Olena Bilousivska and Lyubov Egorova; Duncan Kennedy; Liz McIntyre; Skaters Dan Jansen and Bonnie Blair; Cathy Turner; Others.

Focuses on the ski passion in Norway and the holding of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Famous people of Norwegian descent who love skiing; Number of Olympic medals for Norway; Potential gold medalists; Popularity of backcountry skiing in Norway; Skiing excitement offered by the downhill tracks in Kvitfjell. INSET: The upside of the Lillehammer downhills, by Charlie Meyers..

Discusses how figure skating has joined the ranks of big-time sports business, with all the attendant corporate sponsorships and individual endorsement contracts. How Olympic gold medal could mean as much as $15 million for Nancy Kerrigan; Appearance of professional skaters at the Olympics for the first time; Kerrigan's current endorsement contracts; Sponsors who are lining up to tap into the sport's pristine image.

Discusses judging of the figure skating performances at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. Why judges' standards seem mysterious to the layperson; What the judges look for; The judging debate within the sport itself; `Purist's pair' and gold medal winners Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov; List of judges for the ladies' finals.

Looks at the coup staged by United States skiers in alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Games in Kvitfjell, Norway. Winners Tommy Moe, Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, Picabo Street and Liz McIntyre; The future of the US ski program.

Focuses on the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and introduces articles providing a closer look at participants and events.

Discusses how the worst form of nationalism is again on the rise in Europe, and the best, as exemplified by the Olympic Games, seems powerless to curb it. Failure of idealistic attempts to replace nationalistic wars with athletic competitions; Examples of how politicians don't learn from sports; What today's Olympics has become.

Reports that as figure skater Nancy Kerrigan enters her pre-Olympics training stretch after being clubbed on the knee, her mission, in part, is fighting fear. How her handlers believe that keeping her in a cocoon will help her cope; Comments by her agent, Jerry Solomon, and her coaches, Mary and Evy Scotvold; Kerrigan's considerable inner resources; Use of sports psychologist Cindy Adams; More.

Recounts the 1,000-m speedskating race at the Winter Olympics in Hamar, Norway, which was won by United States world-record holding skater Dan Jansen in the time of 1 min. 12.43 sec. Jansen's background in speed skating and in Olympic competition; Bonnie Blair's fourth Olympic gold in the 500-m race; Jansen's comments on the race; His victory lap with daughter Jane.

Recounts Diann Roffe-Steinrotter's running of the super-G at the Kvitfjell, Norway, Winter Olympics, where she won the gold medal, the first American woman to win an Alpine ski race in a decade. Alaska's Tommy Moe won the men's downhill and took a silver in the men's super-G. Moe's history in World Cup skiing; Silver for American Liz McIntyre in freestyle mogul skiing; Reaction of US ski officials; Comments from coach Paul Major.

Looks at the winners in the men's figure skating and the pairs at the Lillehammer, Norway, Winter Olympics. Alexei Urmanov, 20, a fledgling Russian classicist who was not tipped to win anything, took home the men's gold; Elvis Stojko, 21, Canada, silver; Philippe Candeloro, 22, France, bronze; The pairs gold to returning Russian pros Ekaterina Gordeeva, 22, and Sergei Grinkov, 27; Silver to the Russian 1992 Olympic winners; Bronze to the Canadians.

Presents an excerpt from an article in the January 24, 1994 issue of 'TIME' magazine. Implication of Tonya Harding in the attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan just before the 1994 Winter Olympics; Why Harding was different from most skaters.