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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

Illustrious: Speedskater Witty grabs gold and sets a record
From the throes of illness to the top of her sport, American speedskater Chris Witty has shocked everyone in the speedskating world.
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Nordic history still reigns — but hold that thought, guys
Four guys named Todd, Billy, Johnny and Matt came close to doing something that four guys named Todd, Billy, Johnny and Matt — or with names anything close — have never done.
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Germans win gold in 2-man bobsled
Christoph Langen, Germany's perennial bobsled champion, said Saturday "anything's possible" and that when all the heats were tallied on Sunday he could find himself in first or fifth place.
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Irish team is all about firsts — and going for the gold
They've never won a winter Olympic medal and never received any financial support or recognition from their own government. But Ireland's athletes competing in the 2002 Winter Games aren't a group that is about nevers.
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German goalie Seliger almost holds off Canada
Attention, NHL shoppers. Need a goalie? If so, check out Marc Seliger, netminder for Germany's surprising 2002 men's Olympic team.
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Nordic combined: Painfully close
Todd Lodwick collapsed after finishing his opening relay leg of Sunday's nordic combined cross country race. Sure, Team USA's leader was exhausted from the grueling, quick paced five kilometer race — but the weight of heavy hopes may have ultimately leveled Lodwick.
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Italian women surprise field with gold, bronze in super-G
Italian Daniella Ceccarelli has had a pretty nondescript skiing career — until now.
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Renewed rivalry: Norwegians edge Italians, and team USA is 5th
The "USA!" chant from the 1980 hockey miracle, which has been revived as the rallying cry since Sept. 11, rose like a hymn Sunday morning at the most unlikely of Olympic spots.
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Germany edges Finland for gold in team jumping
Martin Schmitt went just far enough on his final jump to give Germany a gold medal by one-tenth of a point over Finland on Monday in team ski jumping.
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American women clinch semifinal berth with rout of Norway
The American women's curling team clinched a spot in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament with an 11-2 win over Norway Monday.
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American women clinch curling semifinal berth with rout of Norway
The American women's curling team clinched an Olympics semifinals spot with an 11-2 win over Norway Monday.
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Germany wins second straight gold in biathlon relay
With impeccable shooting over the final half of the race, Germany cruised to its second straight Olympic gold medal in the women's 30-kilometer biathlon relay Monday.
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Camplin gives Aussies another gold
Alisa Camplin authored another Aussie surprise Monday, winning the gold medal in women's aerials to give her country two golds in the span of three days.
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French win ice dance gold
With their tribute to America as the Land of Liberty, France's Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat narrowly won the Olympic ice dancing gold medal Monday night.
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Finland surprises Russia to clinch second
Captain Teemu Selanne scored the first of three straight goals as Finland surprised Russia 3-1 Monday to clinch second place in its Olympic hockey group.
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Sweden tops Germany to secure top seed
With nothing to gain from a win, Sweden could have relaxed.
      Instead, the Olympics' smoothest hockey team rolled into the quarterfinals with its stylish, cerebral game in fine form.

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U.S. starts slow, then routs Belarus 8-1
All the pieces were in place for a stunning upset. Belarus had taken a 1-0 lead on the U.S. men's hockey team just 20 seconds into Monday's game, and its goalie, Andrei Mezin, was putting on a clinic, making 15 saves in the first period to maintain that edge.
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The 1,500 meters is a wide-open race
On the first day of Olympic competition, Derek Parra stunned the long-track speedskating world by winning a silver medal in the men's 5,000 meters. He gets a second chance to shine Tuesday.
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Russian skaters in second despite perfect mark
Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh earned the first perfect mark in the Olympic ice dance competition, but it wasn't enough to put them in the lead going into today's finale.
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Czech Republic 3, Canada 3, tie
Rarely has a tie felt more like a victory for Canada. Joe Nieuwendyk scored with 3 1/2 minutes left after Mario Lemieux scored twice as Canada rallied for a much-needed 3-3 tie with the Czech Republic in the Olympic tournament on Monday.
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So far, Miller's silver the only bright spot in U.S. alpine efforts

Bradbury still big, fun topic

Salo saves Swedes in victory vs. Czechs

Japanese officials protest disqualification of skater

Russians look to future with 4-1 win

Flower girls take to the ice to keep it clean and safe

Speedskater is winner — over illness

Bergoust pushing his teammates 'to go for broke'

Aerialist Peterson is walking on air

It's all smiles as Canada skaters get their gold

Comeback slides U.S. women's curlers into tie for 3rd

Face-off fodder

U.S. taking its next foe — Belarus — seriously

Matchup is looming for U.S. and Canada

Figure Skating

Figure Skating

Curling: Men's standings, results

Olympics on TV Monday

Olympic images

Monday's events

Ski Jumping: Men's K120 team results

Curling: Women's standings, results

Biathlon: 4x7.5-kilometer relay results

Ice hockey: Men's results, standings

Freestyle skiing: Women's aerials results

Ice dancing results

February 18, 2002




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