Utah youth getting celebrity treatment The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - As the first days of events got underway Sunday and Monday at the Moscow-Utah Youth Games, Utah athletes were getting the celebrity treatment. After Saturday's extravagant opening ceremonies, the athletes found themselves in demand by starstruck autograph seekers. The athletes signed American flags, shirts, hats, and even packs of cigarettes. Attention paid to the Americans isn't surprising, however, given that Utah's contestants have been featured on Moscow television and in newspapers. "This is just amazing," said 1,500-meter runner Jace Nye, a Davis High product, as he faced a crowd of giggling girls. "Signing autographs - I've never thought of myself as a celebrity." It's uncertain whether the same hoopla will surround Russian athletes when Salt Lake City hosts the games in February. In Moscow, Utah athletes and dignitaries are routinely escorted by police cars, sirens blaring, with streets blocked for clear passage. The two-hour opening ceremonies featured several dancers with intricate costumes, a rousing folk dancing troupe, fancy lighting and wild music. "That's going to be hard to duplicate," said Evan Excell, director of the Utah High School Athletic Association. "And that motorcade -we could never do that in Salt Lake." Top of Utah athletes competing in Moscow-Utah Youth Games: Greco-Roman wrestling: Kevin Slater (Fremont); Billy Green (Fremont). Freestyle wrestling: Karsen Storey (Fremont); Billy Green (Fremont); Justin Morrill (Mountain Crest). Olympics in Utah again? Officials mull another bid SALT LAKE CITY-Proving it's never too early to think big, the Utah Sports Commission is considering another bid for the Winter Olympics. But the city won't start getting ski venues and hotel rooms ready just yet. It's not expected that the Winter Games would return to North America - let alone Salt Lake City - until at least 2018. Less than a month ago, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2010 Winter Games to Vancouver, Canada. That decision and a growing list of European and Asian candidates for 2014 make it unlikely that the Winter Games will return to North America until at least 2018 -or more realistically, 2022. The Utah Sports Commission is putting together a group to study whether Salt Lake City should bid again, the Deseret Morning News reported Monday. The group could have an answer as soon as six months from now. But Jeff Robbins, the president of the Sports Commission, has all but made up his mind. He says the question to ask about a future Winter Games bid for Salt Lake City isn't "if" but "when." "Having the kind of success that we had financially and with the organization of the Games, and the community and the volunteers, it just seems to make sense to say not are we going to bid again, but when," Robbins said. Robbins said Salt Lake City could end up bidding for the 2018, 2022 or even the 2026 Winter Games if there's enough support from residents. - The Associated Press July 22, 2003 Billy Green won a gold medal and Kevin Slater won a silver medal in their wrestling categories,