THERE IN SPIRIT

Princess Diana had been expected to take part in the opening ceremony, a senior official with the Nagano organizing committee said.

Details of what Diana would do at the Games had not been set when she died in a Paris car crash Aug. 31, committee spokesman Akio Yoshida said Sunday.

Kyodo News service reported that the talks were under way to have Diana run with the torch and possibly give a speech, but Yoshida said that was unlikely, and that the brainstorming centered around her taking part in a charity walk against land mines.

Chris Moon, who lost an arm and a leg to a land mine blast, brought the torch in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday for the opening ceremony. He was a friend of Diana’s.