Kwan Will Get a Ticket to Skate : Olympics: Because she is an alternate, details of when or where the 13-year-old will go have not been determined.

Michelle Kwan of Torrance has been notified by U.S. Figure Skating Assn. officials that they will send her a plane ticket. They have not, however, told her when or where she is going.

Although the association announced Wednesday that Kwan will travel to Norway to train for the Feb. 12-27 Winter Olympics, officials acknowledged that they have to work out numerous details, including her exact destination.

Because Kwan, as an alternate, is not allowed to live in the athletes’ village with the other figure skaters or to train with them at the official practice rink, other accommodations are being sought, preferably 80 miles south of here in Oslo.

But if they cannot arrange ice time in the Norwegian capital, they will have to look elsewhere. A spokesman for the Kwan family said Copenhagen and London have been mentioned.

“I don’t know quite when we’re going or where or what else is happening,” said Frank Carroll, who coaches Kwan at Lake Arrowhead’s Ice Castle International Training Center. “All I know is we’re going. Now, at least we can get organized, do our laundry and pack.”

Of course, the larger question of whether Kwan will actually compete in the Games still looms.

When she became the first alternate for the two berths the United States has in the women’s competition here by finishing second to Tonya Harding in last month’s national championships, it appeared that Kwan might replace Nancy Kerrigan. The defending champion withdrew from the U.S. competition because of knee injuries sustained in an assault the day before the skating began.

But now that judges have decided Kerrigan can compete, it is more likely that Kwan will be called upon to replace Harding. A hearing panel appointed by the USFSA will reconvene Friday to decide whether it should recommend Harding’s removal from the team because of code of ethics violations, including her failure to report immediately all that she knew about the assault on Kerrigan to law enforcement authorities. The U.S. Olympic Committee has until Feb. 21, two days before the women’s skating competition begins, to substitute Kwan for Harding.

Carroll said the USFSA has discussed Feb. 12 and Feb. 16 as possible departure dates for Kwan.

“In light of developments in the last month concerning both Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, we felt it would be a sensible move to send Michelle Kwan to Norway,” Claire Ferguson, the association’s president, said in a statement.

“Michelle is still a relatively young competitor, and by allowing her to train in Norway, we hope she will have a chance to get acclimated and prepared in case she is called upon to compete.”

If she competes, Kwan, 13, would become the youngest U.S. figure skater to participate in the Winter Olympics. “The only thing that has changed is that now I get to train in Norway, and that will be fun,” Kwan said.