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GER 12 16 7 35
USA 10 13 11 34
NOR 11 7 6 24
CAN 6 3 8 17
RUS 6 6 4 16
AUT 2 4 10 16
ITA 4 4 4 12
FRA 4 5 2 11
SUI 3 2 6 11
NED 3 5 0 8

Russians are nearly flawless in taking the early pairs lead
From the opening minutes of Saturday's Olympic pairs figure skating competition, two things became clear: Spectators needed to allow extra time to get through the security checks, and the judges weren't giving away any free points.
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Long-track silver: Parra, then Dutchman, set new records
With four laps to go, Derek Parra could hear the crowd chanting, "USA! USA!"
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Freestyle skier gives up goodies, tastes gold
Norway's Kari Traa might have given up chocolate and butter, but now she has an Olympic gold medal instead.
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Cross-country skiing: Wild West results
On a course that whips around a Wild West replica complete with American Indian tepees and horse-drawn sleighs, a young American surprised his own team Saturday with the best men's U.S. Olympic cross country finish in a decade.
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Slovakian team misses its NHL players in loss to Germany; Belarus and Latvia win
Going in, Slovakia's men's hockey team knew it would disadvantaged. Now that it may be going out much sooner than anticipated, it's not at all happy with just how handicapped it is.
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Overshadowed Austrian wins men's downhill
Fritz Strobl, long overshadowed by more illustrious Austrians, took advantage of a big mistake by teammate Stephan Eberharter to win the Olympic men's downhill Sunday.
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Fins finish 1-2 in Nordic combined
Samppa Lajunen of Finland won the gold medal in the Nordic combined Sunday after finishing first in the 15-kilometer cross-country race.
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Ammann surprise winner of 90-meter ski jump
Simon Ammann, forced to sit out several weeks during the World Cup season because of injuries, won Switzerland's first gold medal in ski jumping Sunday with a clutch, final jump on the 90-meter hill
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Pechstein takes gold in world record time
Claudia Pechstein set another world speedskating record at the Utah Olympic Oval, winning the 3,000 meters Sunday to upstage German rival Anni Friesinger.
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Snowboarding: Clark wins first American gold
Snowboarder Kelly Clark won America's first gold medal of these Olympics on Sunday with a high-flying, dominating performance on the halfpipe.
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Men's hockey: Germany stuns Austria with late goal
Andreas Loth scored with 1:14 to play as surprising Germany moved into position to advance to the medal round of men's Olympic hockey, beating Austria 3-2 Sunday night.
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Hackl second to Italy's Zoeggeler after two runs of men's luge
Armin Zoeggeler of Italy, bidding to dethrone three-time Olympic champion Georg Hackl of Germany, held the top spot Sunday after the first two runs of the men's luge at Utah Olympic Park.
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Men's hockey: Latvia, Slovakia finished tied in high-scoring game
Atvars Tribuncovs finished off a three-goal rally and Latvia stayed alive in the Olympic hockey tournament by tying Slovakia 6-6 Sunday night — eliminating the Slovaks from any chance of advancing.
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Boutiette's Olympic career likely ends on day protege wins silver

Joyful Bahrke races to a silver — first 2002 medal for U.S.

Germany's Hackl set to make luge history

Pole favored to win K90

Ogden athlete is new man on bobsled team

Face-off fodder: Men's hockey — preliminary round

Olympic images

Queen of U.S. halfpipe no stranger to bruises

U.S. halfpipers face a strong challenge

Women zoom in downhill — training

Klug: no excuses

U.S. curling squads are feeling optimistic

U.S., Canada rule women's hockey

Saturday's medalists

Nordic combined results

Ski jumping: K90 individual results

Men's downhill skiing results

Snowboarding: Women's halfpipe results

Speedskating: women's 3000 meters results

Luge men's single results after two runs

February 10, 2002




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