In the 1998 Games in Nagano, he was 17th in the relay.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Biathlete hopes to hook gold medal] Reference

The U.S. women tied for fifth at the 1998 Games in Nagano.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

ARTechnic Architects have designed the Shell Villa, located in Nagano, Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shell Villa by ARTechnic Architects] Reference

She came on strong four years later in Nagano, winning a silver and a bronze.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Rodriguez, Witty winding down careers, leaving U.S. seeking successors] Reference

Sweden won the bronze medal in Nagano, when the sport was promoted to full Olympic status.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Swedes work overtime to win curling gold] Reference

His performance at the 1998 skills competition foreshadowed Canada's misery in Nagano, Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Skills event lets players show off] Reference

Located in Nagano, the construction belongs to Hiroki Tanabe, a talented architect from Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sakuragawa House by Suppose Design Office] Reference

The team the Czechs take to Salt Lake might have more talent than the one that won in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Kevin Allen's Olympic analysis] Reference

This Czech Republic team actually might have more talent than the one that won Olympic gold in Nagano, Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Some halfway points of note] Reference

But I remind him that in Nagano when the (Canadian) team played for bronze, the players didn't think it was important.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Brodeur following in father's mask] Reference

Dorfmeister came agonizingly close to gold in Nagano in 1998, losing the super G to the USA's Picabo Street by .01 seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Austrian wins elusive downhill gold; Kildow 8th] Reference

Except for the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, the Bures have not played together since their days with the once-famous Red Army team.    From Wordnik.com.  [World All-Stars beat North America 9-4] Reference

But the Canadians have won just one Olympic tournament, the women's in Nagano.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - USA curlers stay in the hunt with 8-5 win over Germany] Reference

He won his first gold in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bjoerndalen leads Norway to biathlon relay gold] Reference

Olympic showcase in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABC interactive efforts up close, personal] Reference

Time and place: Feb. 15-16 in Nagano, Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - World Championships preview: Skeleton] Reference

But for the women Nagano was as much finale as debut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dreams And Nightmares] Reference

Every medal contender in Nagano will be wearing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speed-Skating Revolution] Reference

But the teen is not only competing for gold in Nagano.    From Wordnik.com.  [Festival Of Youth] Reference

Granato, 30, and more than half of her teammates are Nagano vets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who To Watch] Reference

Four years later in Nagano, Japan, her disappointment was far greater.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Kwan Last Time] Reference

But no matter who wins, just getting to Nagano makes all the women winners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Playing In A League Of Their Own] Reference

Bergy won Olympic gold for his dazzling airborne acrobatics in Nagano in 1998.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who To Watch] Reference

But Nagano and Sellars agree that "El Nino" is a major breakthrough for Adams.    From Wordnik.com.  [BIRTH OF A BREAKTHROUGH] Reference

Once, at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, it was destructive athlete-village partying.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Stormy Start] Reference

Nagano: Questions have been raised about the destruction of financial documents.    From Wordnik.com.  [No More Fun And Games] Reference

And four years ago Tara Lipinski bested Kwan, then went on to upset her in Nagano.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports: Michelle's Next Turn] Reference

Next February Lipinski expects to skate for glory at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [If It's Saturday, Then This Must Be Tampa] Reference

Harada also unwittingly helped the Nagano Olympic organizers accomplish their goal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anybody Seen Any Samurai Around Here?] Reference

For the next year through Nagano, it's the triple jumps that will preoccupy Michelle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iron Will, Golden Dreams] Reference

Nowhere has spending been more lavish than in Nagano, host to the 1998 Winter Olympics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking On The Machine] Reference

By race day at Nagano, it seemed that all the bad vibes clouding her aura had vanished.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Girl] Reference

After all, three years before Nagano, Lipinski was only a runner-up in the junior ranks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long, Winding Road To Gold] Reference

This week the road to Nagano goes through Texas, where the ice is fresh and the cash is cold.    From Wordnik.com.  [If It's Saturday, Then This Must Be Tampa] Reference

They finished second at the Olympics in Nagano behind their countrymen Kazakova and Dmitriev.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Skate Through History] Reference