Olympics

NPR

Published February 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Howard Berkes, Elizabeth Arnold and Tom Goldman, on the final day of competition at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

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