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Ligety an Olympic champion, Miller isn't
Feb 14 2006 10:55PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - Not that long ago, Ted Ligety was everything Bode Miller is not: unknown, unsponsored, unaccomplished. Now, thanks both to his own clean, aggressive skiing and errors by Miller and other favorites, Ligety is an Olympic champion.
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Gretzky vows Canada won't be distracted
Feb 14 2006 10:37PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Wayne Gretzky said he didn't do it. Again. He said his own troubles won't affect Canada's supposedly good-as-gold Olympic hockey team. Repeating himself there, too.
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Emily Hughes skates, packs for Turin
Feb 14 2006 10:17PM (CT)
SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) - Emily Hughes worked on her Olympic program at a hockey practice rink Tuesday, then planned to get busy with more pressing matters.
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Ozolinsh cleared to play in NHL, Olympics
Feb 14 2006 8:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh has been cleared to return to on-ice competition after a six-week stay in the NHL's substance abuse program, allowing him to play for Latvia in the Olympics.
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Plushenko so good, rest fight for silver
Feb 14 2006 7:55PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Johnny Weir makes headlines as much for his mouth as for his skating. This time, the three-time U.S. champion was dead on. Evgeni Plushenko is all but a lock for gold, and everyone else will have to settle for a different color.
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Ohno tries to bounce back from bad start
Feb 14 2006 7:21PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Apolo Anton Ohno nearly crashed out of his first event at these Olympics _ a discouraging start for America's short track star. There's still time for the soul-patched one to make amends.
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Mother Russia: Zhurova's comeback complete
Feb 14 2006 7:20PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Mother Russia is an Olympic champion. Juggling motherhood and speedskating, Svetlana Zhurova won gold in the women's 500-meter sprint Tuesday with a 2-year-old son cheering her on back home near St. Petersburg.
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Combined title eludes Raich yet again
Feb 14 2006 7:16PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - Benjamin Raich was seconds from winning an Olympic gold medal, needing only to negotiate the last gates of his final slalom run. With archrival Bode Miller disqualified in the first slalom run, Raich led at every interval on the last one in the Alpine combined event.
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Where have all the favorites gone?
Feb 14 2006 7:15PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - What makes the Olympics special? Ask a slew of favorites where they ended up in their speedskating races. Germany's "golden girls" Anni Friesinger and Claudia Pechstein? Outside the medals in the 3,000.
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U.S. men surpassing Dutch in speedskating
Feb 14 2006 7:14PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Gerard Kemkers had seen it coming for a while. After all, the Dutchman had coached the U.S. team himself for four years. But the confidence he saw in the eyes of Bonnie Blair on Monday confirmed it _ the American men are at least as dominating as the Dutch speedskaters used to be.
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Speedskating starter focus of criticism
Feb 14 2006 7:14PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - First, it was the quality of the ice at the Olympic speedskating oval. Now, the guy who starts the races is the focus of criticism.
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Jessica Simpson helped Cheek chill
Feb 14 2006 7:12PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Speedskater Joey Cheek credits his gold medal in the men's 500 meters to his relaxation skills _ and Jessica Simpson?
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Turkey has its first Olympic figure skater
Feb 14 2006 7:09PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - As a kindergartner, Tugba Karademir ventured with her classmates onto the first full-size rink ever built in Turkey _ and started on a remarkable path that uprooted her family, tested her pluck and now has led her to Turin as her country's first figure skater to reach the Olympics.
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U.S. men's curling team off to 2-1 start
Feb 14 2006 6:49PM (CT)
PINEROLO, Italy (AP) - The U.S. men are hogging wins in Olympic curling. If they keep this up, they might start getting as much attention as the American women. Pete Fenson's team picked up a 10-4 victory over New Zealand in eight ends on Tuesday, wrapping things up two frames early a day after a last-rock loss to Finland.
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Gretzky hopes focus shifts to Team Canada
Feb 14 2006 6:36PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Finally, what Canada has been waiting for: hockey. No more talk about Wayne Gretzky's link to an alleged gambling ring _ OK, at least until he pokes his head into one of the two rinks at the Turin Olympics.
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U.S. women's curlers fall to 0-3 in Turin
Feb 14 2006 6:31PM (CT)
PINEROLO, Italy (AP) - Cassie Johnson answered the same questions with the same relentlessly upbeat attitude after a third consecutive loss for the U.S. women's curling team.
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Column: Recklessness Miller's worst enemy
Feb 14 2006 6:30PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - He wouldn't be the last guy to waste a world of talent. The sports landscape is already littered front to back with athletes every bit as good and just as full of themselves. But as Bode Miller is fast on his way to finding out, there's always room for one more.
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Otto leads German luge sweep; U.S. fourth
Feb 14 2006 6:16PM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - Courtney Zablocki glanced up at the awards platform, where three Germans were lined up shoulder to shoulder, celebrating their latest haul of Olympic medals. Zablocki couldn't bear the painful, familiar sight. "So close," she said, biting her upper lip. "It's very hard."
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Hakkinen shakes head at string of misses
Feb 14 2006 6:14PM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - Jay Hakkinen couldn't believe what he was seeing through his scope. The target didn't go down! Are you kidding? Puzzled, he checked his rifle. Nothing. He lined up his sights and fired again. Another miss!
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American luge duo has sights set on gold
Feb 14 2006 5:37PM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - Every four years, they've climbed one spot in the standings and taken home a more precious medal in men's doubles luge. At Nagano in 1998, it was bronze. At Salt Lake City, silver. All that's left is gold.
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Column: Gretzky looks good, says little
Feb 14 2006 5:25PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The Great One wasn't supposed to look this great. Wayne Gretzky should have shown up here Tuesday disheveled from the flight overseas, worn out from the gambling accusations surrounding him. You half expected him to be hiding his face behind a newspaper as he entered the hockey arena.
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Watanabe gets Hale's snowboardcross spot
Feb 14 2006 5:07PM (CT)
SAUZE d'OULX, Italy (AP) - The rough-and-tumble sport of snowboardcross claimed its first Olympic victim before the opening race was even run when American Jayson Hale tore up his knee during a practice session Tuesday.
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Skeleton crew tries to put troubles aside
Feb 14 2006 4:50PM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - Chris Soule wanted his second shot at the Olympics to arrive under better circumstances. He's a last-minute replacement on the U.S. skeleton team for Zach Lund, who was suspended one year for failing a drug test. He joins a group that has been through weeks of turmoil leading up to the Winter Games.
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Newest Olympian Hughes to arrive Thursday
Feb 14 2006 4:33PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Emily Hughes' long road to the Turin Olympics is almost over. The newest Olympian will arrive in Turin on Thursday, and skate for the first time the following day. She also will hold a news conference Friday.
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German women defeat Switzerland 2-1
Feb 14 2006 4:14PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Michaela Lanzl had a goal and an assist and Jennifer Harss made 21 saves in Germany's 2-1 victory over Switzerland in the Olympic women's hockey tournament Tuesday night.
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Big night looms for Jeremy Bloom in moguls
Feb 14 2006 4:13PM (CT)
SAUZE d'OULX, Italy (AP) - Jeremy Bloom has stood inside the 20-yard line waiting for a punt so many times, he can't imagine nerves being a problem when he's in the starting gate.
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Gretzky wants focus on hockey, not him
Feb 14 2006 3:13PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Finally, what Canada has been waiting for: hockey. No more talk about Wayne Gretzky's link to an alleged gambling ring _ OK, at least until he pokes his head into one of the two rinks at the Turin Olympics.
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Chocolate, as only Italians do it
Feb 14 2006 3:01PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Of all the history and culture created in Italy, of all the legendary writers from Cicero to Dante, there is one edible product that stands tall among them _ Cioccolato.
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Olympians fuse faith and sport
Feb 14 2006 2:48PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - In a city famed for a holy relic, religious leaders have mobilized vigorously to provide Olympians with a large corps of chaplains and services at their villages ranging from Orthodox vespers to Islamic prayer to Buddhist meditation.
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Canada finally allows a goal, tops Sweden
Feb 14 2006 1:53PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - After a third straight blowout victory in the Olympic women's hockey tournament, Canada refused to apologize for being really good.
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Norway pulls out of Nordic combined event
Feb 14 2006 1:52PM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - The Norway squad considered a medal contender in the Nordic combined team event pulled out of Wednesday's competition because four of its athletes are ill.
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Fifth Nordic skier cleared by blood test
Feb 14 2006 1:46PM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - Make it five suspended cross-country skiers now cleared to race. Alen Abramovic of Croatia was told Tuesday that he passed a second blood test and would be allowed back into Olympic competition after serving a five-day suspension for high hemoglobin.
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Italian pride takes on Canadian power
Feb 14 2006 1:29PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Italy goaltender Jason Muzzatti wears a mask at practice adorned with portraits of Pope John Paul II and the Virgin Mary. Opening against mighty Canada, the Italians don't have a prayer.
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Kildow will try to compete in downhill
Feb 14 2006 1:23PM (CT)
SAN SICARIO, Italy (AP) - American medal hopeful Lindsey Kildow left the hospital Tuesday, just 24 hours after a harrowing training crash that slammed her into the frozen course at 50 mph, and U.S. team officials said she will try to ski Wednesday's downhill.
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Randall skis following five-day suspension
Feb 14 2006 1:22PM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - Kikkan Randall blocked out all the hassle about hemoglobin and produced one of the best races of her career. Randall returned from a five-day suspension for high levels of hemoglobin Tuesday and teamed with Wendy Wagner to reach the finals of the women's team sprint, the first time the Americans have advanced past a semifinal in the event.
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Russia downs Italy 5-1 in women's hockey
Feb 14 2006 1:03PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Sabina Florian scored Italy's first goal in Olympic women's hockey, but Svetlana Trefilova and Iya Gavrilova scored two goals apiece in Russia's 5-1 victory over the hosts Tuesday.
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Russian women's hockey player injured
Feb 14 2006 12:20PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Russia's Olga Permyakova was removed from the ice on a stretcher and taken to a hospital Tuesday after colliding with an opposing player and falling during the first period of Russia's win over Italy in women's hockey.
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Germans win biathlon again; Ole falters
Feb 14 2006 11:15AM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - Ole Einar Bjoerndalen's trigger finger is a bit shaky. His composure remains rock-steady. "I'm not going to give up. There's still competition to come and I have confidence I'll be able to win gold medals," Bjoerndalen said after his 12th place finish in the 10km sprint allowed Sven Fischer to win Germany's second straight Olympic gold medal in the men's biathlon Tuesday.
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Canadian woman injured in luge crash
Feb 14 2006 11:13AM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - Canada's Meaghan Simister was injured Tuesday during another scary crash in the women's luge, and was taken away from the track in an ambulance.
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Aerials champ Valenta injured in training
Feb 14 2006 10:46AM (CT)
SAUZE d'OULX, Italy (AP) - Defending Olympic aerials champion Ales Valenta of the Czech Republic hurt his right knee in training Tuesday and said he didn't know if he would be able to jump in next week's qualifying.
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American women's curlers fall to 0-2
Feb 14 2006 10:22AM (CT)
PINEROLO, Italy (AP) - The U.S. women's curling team was able to win the loyalty of the Italian schoolchildren at the Olympic curling venue with toys and trinkets they threw in the stands. But even the bambini have standards.
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Kostelic skips training, but on start list
Feb 14 2006 10:17AM (CT)
SAN SICARIO, Italy (AP) - Multi-medal favorite Janica Kostelic, a triple gold winner in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, skipped the final training session for the women's downhill Tuesday. A Croatian team official blamed a high pulse.
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Canadian leads women's downhill training
Feb 14 2006 10:16AM (CT)
SAN SICARIO, Italy (AP) - Unheralded Kelly Vanderbeek of Canada led the final training session Tuesday for the women's downhill, while the powerful Austrians braked deliberately and 2002 triple gold medalist Janica Kostelic sat out sick.
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Brazilian bobsledder first doping casualty
Feb 14 2006 10:10AM (CT)
CESANA, Italy (AP) - A Brazilian bobsledder who tested positive for steroids in a pre-Olympic drug test became the first athlete sent home from the Turin Games for doping.
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Men's figure skating short program tonight
Feb 14 2006 9:50AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - U.S. champion Johnny Weir might be playing mind games when he says the Olympic gold medal is Evgeni Plushenko's to lose. Then again, he's probably correct.
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Fall drops American pairs to seventh
Feb 14 2006 9:49AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The magic was missing for Rena Inoue and John Baldwin and so was their chance for an Olympics pairs medal.
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Sweden gets its cross-country edge back
Feb 14 2006 8:47AM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - Sweden waited 18 years to win a gold medal in cross country, then got two of them in 20 minutes. What an improbable result for a nation thought to have lost its edge in Nordic skiing.
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Kildow out of hospital, a day after wreck
Feb 14 2006 8:00AM (CT)
SAN SICARIO, Italy (AP) - American medal hopeful Lindsey Kildow was released from a hospital Tuesday morning, just 24 hours after she careened out of control and slammed into the frozen downhill course at 50 mph.
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Norway's Aamodt out of men's combined
Feb 14 2006 6:56AM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - Defending champion Kjetil Andre Aamodt, the most successful Alpine skier in Winter Olympics history, withdrew from the men's combined event Tuesday because of a sore left knee, a team official said.
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Miller, Weir step back into the spotlight
Feb 14 2006 6:48AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The last time Bode Miller skied, a couple of beers the night before turned into a fifth _ his finish in the men's Olympic downhill.
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Sweden caps sweep of men's, women's sprint
Feb 14 2006 6:41AM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - Sweden had a field day with cross-country team sprint event, new for the Turin Olympics. Thobias Fredriksson and Bjoern Lind won the men's race Tuesday, not long after Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg won the women's race.
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Gretzky sidesteps questions about scandal
Feb 14 2006 6:29AM (CT)
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (AP) - Wayne Gretzky sidestepped questions about the gambling investigation that has engulfed him and his wife, and insisted Monday he won't distract the Canadian Olympic team despite a scandal that has shaken all of hockey.
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Dolidovich gets 2nd hemoglobin suspension
Feb 14 2006 5:08AM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - Cross country skier Sergei Dolidovich of Belarus received a second five-day suspension Tuesday after testing positive for high levels of hemoglobin and wasn't able to start the inaugural men's team sprint event.
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Young Norwegian will chase Miller, Raich
Feb 14 2006 1:10AM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - We've seen this before. While American Bode Miller gets another crack at Olympic gold and Austrian Benjamin Raich is the favorite in the men's Alpine combined, a Norwegian stands in their way.
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Charitable Cheek wins speedskating gold
Feb 14 2006 1:02AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Joey Cheek walked in with everyone expecting him to talk about winning an Olympic speedskating gold medal. Instead, he had something else on his mind.
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After horrific crash, Kildow vows to ski
Feb 14 2006 12:55AM (CT)
SAN SICARIO, Italy (AP) - Lindsey Kildow careened out of control and slammed into the frozen downhill course at 50 mph. She had to be carried off the mountain on a stretcher and rushed to the hospital in a helicopter. But even that might not be enough to keep her out of the Turin Games.
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Lopsided wins don't please even players
Feb 14 2006 12:37AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The scores are in: North America 39, World 0. And it could be a lot worse at the Olympic women's hockey tournament.
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