
Not Jean, not Jen, but Jill
Some might say a teary-eyed Jean Racine received just deserts as she watched Park City resident Jill Bakken pilot USA 2 to a gold medal in record-setting fashion Tuesday.
Parra takes a golden turn
On the first day of Olympic competition, in the men's 5,000 meter race, American speedskater Derek Parra broke the world record and then had to sit in silence and watch as Dutch skater Jochem Uytdehaage came out 20 minutes later and went even faster.
Undefeated Americans
Believe it or not, the U.S. women's ice hockey team doesn't want to blow out every country it plays.
Figure-skating fans enjoy a night of perfection
After a week of muck and scandal, figure skating fans deserved a night like the one they got at the Salt Lake Ice Center Tuesday night.
Silver Mining
In fifth place after the first of two jumps in the aerial competition Tuesday, Ales Valenta had nothing to lose. So he took a monstrous chance.
Sprint Race
Some cross country skiing purists say the sprint race, which made its Olympic debut Tuesday at Soldier Hollow, doesn't belong in the sport.
Bettman isn't ready to commit for 2006
A defensive NHL commissioner made no commitment Tuesday to participation by players from his league in future Winter Olympics and suggested international hockey should consider itself blessed by the presence of the world's greatest hockey players in Salt Lake.
If you want to curl, better get a good stone
All sports equipment is unique to a particular athletic activity. But how many athletes do you know order a piece of equipment from a granite quarry in Scotland?
Jen Davidson deserves gold just for showing up
It was exactly as she had pictured the familiar track, a large American crowd, cheers as she crossed the finish line. The sort of day she had imagined 10,000 times.
U.S. skeleton: 2 golds, a silver
The United States racked up two gold medals and a silver in men's and women's skeleton competition Wednesday at Utah Olympic Park.
Belarus stuns Sweden, advances to semis
Vladimir Kopat scored on a shot that bounced off goalie Tommy Salo's head with only 2:24 remaining and Belarus scored one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history Wednesday, beating Sweden 4-3 in the hockey quarterfinals.
Germany breaks Games' medals record
Germany broke the record for the number of medals in a single Winter Olympics with their gold and silver in the women's 1,500 metres speedskating on Wednesday.
Equipment 'team' good as gold
Canadians rally to finish off the Finns
Para gets 2nd medal a gold
Swiss beat U.S. women in semifinals
Like grandfather, like grandson: Jim Shea wins gold in men's skeleton
Norway's Bjoerndalen wins fourth gold medal
Americans Gale, Parsley go 1-2 in women's skeleton
Kostelic wins slalom for third medal of Olympics
Glamorous Friesinger finally gets gold
Russia wins goaltending duel
U.S. cruises to quarterfinal victory
Skeleton races make historic return
1,500-meters race could be a thriller
Finnish skier looking for a '3-sweep'
Gretzky defends Gretzky
Ohno is ready to defend his record in the 1,500 meters
USA captain keeps teammates focused
Utahn ready for 'Olympic run' on Friday
Lithuanians launch protest of ice dance judging
Olympic daybook: Wednesday's events
Creating gold-worthy runs an Olympic team effort
Face-off fodder
Olympic images
Skeleton: Men's results
Skeleton: Women's results
Biathlon: Men's 4 x 7.5km results
Belarus 4, Sweden 3
Alpine skiing: Women's slalom results
Speedskating: Women's 1500 meter results
Russia 1, Czech Republic 0
United States 5, Germany 0
Short-track speedskating: Men's 1,500 meters results
Short-track speedskating: Women's 3,000-meter relay results
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