Drug raid casts pall over Winter Olympics
Drug raid casts pall over Winter Olympics
Italian police raided the Austrian biathlon team, casting a shadow over a super Saturday that had seen two stirring performances on the slopes and a landmark gold won by a black American skater.
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Austrian biathlon team’s quarters raided
Italian police staged a late-night raid on the Austrian biathlon team’s Winter Olympics quarters on Saturday, an Austrian Olympic chief and investigative source told Reuters.
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U.S. hopes to build on success at Olympics
Hump day of the 2006 Winter Olympics didn’t determine who will emerge as this year’s faces to remember. But on several fronts, Saturday set the agenda for what is to come in the next eight days.
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Finland 4, Czech Republic 2
Blood on the ice. Hockey’s biggest scorer being helped off with an ugly and unnecessary injury. A rivalry created. Olympics men’s hockey isn’t supposed to be this nasty, this violent, especially not so early in the games.
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Herminator set for Super-G
Olympic champion, World Champion and 23 World Cup victories, “Mr Super G” Hermann Maier has won everything in his discipline. Ahead of Saturday’s showdown, the Herminator speaks to us through his press officer about his current health status and hopes for the super-G.
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Slovakia 2, United States 1
Short-handed and down by a goal in the third period, the U.S. had one shot ring off the crossbar and another thump off the goaltender’s stick.
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