People in Japan have
started to get pretty pumped up about the upcoming XVIII Olympic Winter
Games
in Nagano, Japan from February 7-22.
As the largest Winter Olympics ever, it will have a record 2388 competitors
from a record 72 countries competing in a record 68 events.
For the full story,
be sure to visit the official web site at:
You'll also be able to get some Nagano Olympics info at the following sites as well:
IBM
CNN
MSNBC
USA Today
City
of Nagano
CBS Sportsline
ESPN Sports
Zone
U.S. Olympic Committee
The Washington
Post Sports
Britannica Sporting Record -- The Winter
Games
The Daily Yomiuri
On-Line (English newspaper in Japan)
And while you're here, please say hello to the cute little
official
Olympic mascots below,
who are baby snow owls named SNOWLETS.
They are, from left to right,
Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki.
(The first 2 or 3 letters of each name, put together, form the phonetic
spelling of "Snowlets" in Japanese -- Su-no-le-tsu.)
