Other candidate cities for the 1998 Olympics were Aosta, Italy; Jaca, Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, United States.
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Fleury also represented Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
It is the namesake of NHL goaltender, Dominik Hašek, and it was named in his honour for helping win the gold medal for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
He served as a reporter for CBS's coverage of the 1998 FedEx Orange Bowl, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and has been the host and co-writer of the Tour de France (2001–05).
Members were politically active, protesting an MSNBC headline for the 1998 Winter Olympics reading "American beats out Kwan", referring to U.S. Olympic teammates Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan.
During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano where Wennemars was qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m, he dislocated his shoulder when Grunde Njøs from Norway fell and collided with Wennemars during the second 500 m race.
Its popularity for winter sports has been a motivating factor in the city's failed bids for the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics.
He was chairman of the USFSA's International Committee during the Tonya Harding scandal at the time of the 1994 Winter Olympics and served as the US figure skating team leader at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota before his election to the USFSA presidency.
He also participated commenting NBA (80's-2004), NHL (1997–98 and 1998-99 seasons) and College Football ( BCS ) games while in TV Azteca, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games from Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 and Winter Olympics from Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake 2002.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best finish of seventh in the 4 x 5 km relay at Albertville in 1992 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 15 km event at Nagano in 1998.
The Karuizawa International Curling Championship is a curling bonspiel held annually since the Olympic Games in Nagano at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Kariuzawa, Japan.
In addition to its natural scenic beautiy and rich history, dating back to the neolithic, Nagano was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics, which gained the prefecture international recognition as a world-class wintersport destination, and a Shinkansen line to Tokyo.
He was also a TV announcer on NBC as an analyst on NHL on NBC during the 2006 Winter Olympic games in Torino, Italy, and as a color analyst on TNT for the Olympic games in Nagano, Japan.
Ross Powers ('97) won a bronze medal (snowboarding halfpipe) at the 1998 winter games held in Nagano, Japan, and a gold medal at the 2002 games held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In February 1998, singing from the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, the chorus represented the Americas when Seiji Ozawa led the Winter Olympics Orchestra with six choruses on five continents, all linked by satellite, in the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to close the Opening Ceremonies of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
After graduating from East Carolina, Spaulding became the Business Partner Sales Manager at IBM/Lotus Development and a member of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program where he worked with the staff of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
She is married to professional hockey player Sergei Gonchar of the Ottawa Senators, whom she met at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.