The Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City was tinged with tragic overtones as less than six months earlier, the World Trade Center had been destroyed.... Some of the portraits in this documentary are engrossing, for Bud Greenspan is attracted to those who have overcome adversity. Women's Alpine Combined star Janica Kostelic of Croatia, having recovered from a terrible fall in training, is seen using logs as part of a weight-training programme. Alisa Camplin who takes the gold medal for Australia in the Freestyle Skiing Aerials. Also profiled is Jimmy Shea, who not only recited the Athlete's Oath in Salt Lake City, but won the men's skeleton competition for the United States.

Bud Greenspan | 119'| 2003