BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T today invited
enthusiasts of the Olympic Winter Games around the world to participate in
online chats with Olympic Gold Medallists Dan Jansen and Nikki Stone at the
Community Port of AT&T WorldNet(R) Service, the company's award-winning
Internet service.
The Olympians will share their memories and field questions from
participants in two separate hour-long chats. Jansen's chat takes place on
Monday, February 18 from 7:00 - 8:00 P.M (ET). Stone's chat takes place on
Friday, February 22 from 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. (ET).
Anyone can participate in AT&T WorldNet Service chats by registering at:
http://communityport.att.net/#.
No single medal is more memorable than the one brought back from the 1994
Games in Lillehammer by Dan Jansen. In his last event of the games, Jansen
set a world record and won the gold in the 1000-meter speed skating
competition. There wasn't a dry eye in the house as Jansen took his victory
lap with baby daughter Jane in his arms.
At Nagano in 1998, Nikki Stone snared the gold, one of the first Olympic
medals for U.S. skiers in the freestyle aerialist competitions, since its
addition to the Games in 1994.
Freestyle athletes perform various combinations of flips and twists off
snow-packed jumps as high as 13 feet, with takeoff angles as steep as 70
degrees. Stone wowed the judges and the crowd with her near perfect
execution of both of her jumps: a back full double full -- a triple twisting
double somersault, and a lay tuck full, or single twisting triple somersault.
AT&T WorldNet Service subscribers were invited to chat with the medallists
via an Internet Video e-mail message recorded by Stone. (Click link to see
video.)
http://vs.talkway.com/d/ptk.att.m1/vp.jhtml?id=418621284582773073587514Z
AT&T is the only leading ISP to offer Internet Video e-mail that doesn't
require the user or receiver to load extra software for viewing, or hassle
with large video files.
AT&T has been a sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Games since 1984. This year,
the Olympic Committee selected AT&T as the host for the official U.S. Olympic
Team web site, http://www.usolympicteam.com. This year's Games will mark the eighth
consecutive Olympiad for the AT&T U.S. Olympic Family Program. The Program
allows athletes and their loved ones to stay connected before and during the
Games. And the AT&T Family Program Hospitality Center, located in downtown
Salt Lake City, will serve as their home-away-from home. The Center will
house an AT&T WorldNet cyber cafe and a long-distance calling center enabling
athletes and their families to share experiences with the rest of the world.
The program also provides travel assistance to families of U.S. Olympic
athletes competing in the 2002 Games. Each athlete will also be given a
100-minute Olympic PrePaid Phone Card.
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