AFTER DARK Italian police surprise Austrian skiiers in a nighttime raid
From all outward signs, the sixth day of the Olympic Games was sliding along as smoothly as the first five. Snowboarders were shredding the morning away up in the Alps, while fans down in Torino prepared to celebrate a surprise Italian gold in speedskating. Even official confirmation that Russian biathlon silver medalist Olga Pyleva had tested positive for banned substances seemed, by past Olympic standards, like a small patch of bad ice. But by late afternoon on Feb. 16 unbeknownst to the athletes, the trainers and the worldwide TV audience major trouble was brewing in Torino. A hurried closed-door...
