Crash ends gold medal run for U.S. luge duo
Crash ends gold medal run for U.S. luge duo
Over the years, they’ve safely traversed luge courses around the globe, winning a pile of medals along the way. On a perilous Olympic track they couldn’t master, Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin crashed.
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United States 3, Latvia 3, tie
John Grahame watched the movie “Miracle” almost 100 times during the NHL lockout. The way the U.S. hockey team played against Latvia in the Olympic opener, Grahame and his teammates might need another miracle for history to repeat itself.
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Canada 7, Italy 2
Canada’s scouting report was all wrong: Italy wasn’t nearly as bad as expected. Italy’s problem was the Canadians couldn’t have been much better during an overwhelming second period that was impressive even considering the weak opponent.
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NZ curling team crash out
The New Zealand men’s Curling team has crashed to a 10-4 defeat by the USA in their third game at the Winter Olympics in Turin.
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Hedrick looking ahead to next medal chance
The burden of trying to match Eric Heiden’s five golds in a Winter Olympics is off Chad Hedrick. Now, he’s back on his own in trying to win another medal.
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Winter Olympic News Roundup
Unheralded American Ted Ligety won Winter Olympics gold in the alpine skiing combined event yesterday after leader Benjamin Raich, of Austria, skied out of the slalom second leg.
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