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By Dvora Inwood, Contributing Reporter

Three Harvard alumni and one current undergraduate are going for the gold this week in Albertville, France as members of the U.S. Olympic Team.

Edward P. Donato '91, C.J. Young '90 and Theodore E. Drury '93-'94 are all skating for the U.S. hockey team. And Eliot House's Paul E. Wylie '91 is one of the three American men's figure skaters at the games.

Donato and Young have already contributed to the hockey team's success. Young scored the second goal in the 6-3 win against Italy on Sunday. Donato scored the second goal in the team's 2-0 victory over Germany on Tuesday.

The last time an American team shut out one of its opponents was in 1964. The last time the U.S. won its first two games, the team went on tocapture the gold medal. Athletic Director WilliamJ. Cleary Jr. '56 contributed to that U.S. triumphat Squaw Valley, California, in 1960.

The U.S. team has three more games beforecompleting the preliminary round. Its game againstFinland took place early this morning.

Figure skater Paul Wylie gets his opportunitytonight. The second-time Olympian will be the 17thperformer in this evening'stwo-minutes-and-40-second-long original program.

Wylie's skating is well known at Harvard. Thegraduate has participated for more than decade in"An Evening With Champions," a skating benefitshow sponsored by Eliot House.

Olympic judges will rate skaters on artisticquality and on their executions of eight specificelements including jumps, spins and footwork.One-third of Wylie's complete score will bedetermined this evening.

Judges will assign the remaining points onSaturday when skaters will perform their longprograms.

Skating fans admire Wylie's graceful, polishedskating style. Wylie says he plans to build on hisOlympic success as a professional figure skater

The U.S. team has three more games beforecompleting the preliminary round. Its game againstFinland took place early this morning.

Figure skater Paul Wylie gets his opportunitytonight. The second-time Olympian will be the 17thperformer in this evening'stwo-minutes-and-40-second-long original program.

Wylie's skating is well known at Harvard. Thegraduate has participated for more than decade in"An Evening With Champions," a skating benefitshow sponsored by Eliot House.

Olympic judges will rate skaters on artisticquality and on their executions of eight specificelements including jumps, spins and footwork.One-third of Wylie's complete score will bedetermined this evening.

Judges will assign the remaining points onSaturday when skaters will perform their longprograms.

Skating fans admire Wylie's graceful, polishedskating style. Wylie says he plans to build on hisOlympic success as a professional figure skater

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