Doping scandal hits Winter Olympics
Doping scandal hits Winter Olympics
With the threat of a new doping scandal threatening to overshadow the games, Italy won its third gold and the everpresent Dutch speedskating fans cheered Marianne Timmer to a gold in the women’s 1,000 meters.
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Finland 2, Canada 0
All this talent on the Canadians’ men’s hockey team, and nothing to show for it. No wins in two weekend Olympic games. No chemistry. Worst of all, no goals. 0 Canada, indeed.
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Winter Olympics slide into disappointment
Whatever you may think of the Winter Olympics - if you are thinking about them at all - those watching the television coverage can only be impressed by the expertise of the commentators. They’re a class act, if ever you heard one.
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Timmer wins gold in the 1,000 meters
Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s 1,000-meter Sunday, eight years after winning the same event at the Nagano Games.
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15 Austrians dope-tested in police raids
Italian police raided Austria’s biathlon and cross-country skiing team bases on suspicion of doping yesterday, casting a pall over the Winter Games.
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Hasek, Elias out of Olympics
Dominik Hasek will be unable to compete for the remainder of the 2006 Winter Olympics because of an undisclosed leg injury he suffered in the Czech Republic’s opening game of the tournament, a win over Germany.
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Swiss can play hockey
First, the Swiss stunned the world champion Czechs. They topped that Saturday, embarrassing defending men’s Olympic gold medalist Canada 2-0 — the latest upset in only three days of men’s hockey.
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