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Athletes take the field as fireworks
light up the 2002 Closing Ceremonies at Rice-Eccles Olympic
Stadium, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002.
(Al Hartmann/ The Salt Lake Tribune) |
Economist
Sees Lasting Olympic Benefits
BY STEVEN OBERBECK
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
WEST VALLEY CITY --
Utah's hosting of the 2002 Winter Games should produce lasting
benefits for the economy, but it is too early to speculate on
just how far-reaching the Olympics' financial ripple will prove
to be.
Kelly Matthews, executive vice president and chief economist
for Wells Fargo Bank's Intermountain region, told members of
ChamberWest on Thursday there was no question that Utah's Olympic
organizers had proved the state knows how to put on a party.
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British Skier Loses Bronze After Failing Doping Test
BY JANET RAE BROOKS
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
British skier Alain Baxter was stripped Thursday of his bronze medal after failing a drug test. He should refuse to return the medal until the International Olympic Committee provides evidence that he took a banned stimulant, a 25-year veteran of the IOC medical commission said.
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Olympic Planner's Job Not Over
BY REBECCA WALSH
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Salt Lake City Olympic Planner John Sittner used to have dewy fresh flowers in his City Hall office. A carved onyx fireplace. An ornate cross. Canisters brimming with toffee and chocolate. Framed posters on the wall.
But six months into the job, just six months before the 2002 Winter Games started, he left the gilt gentility of those surroundings for barren space in an overflow city office building just north of the City-County Building. There are no flowers. The canisters hold crumbs. And the posters never made it up. The walls are bare but for the cross.
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