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26.02.2006
Ice hockey-Lidstrom blast gives Sweden
gold TURIN, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Niklas Lidstrom's
blistering slapshot early in the third period gave Sweden a
3-2 win over Finland and the gold medal at the men's ice
hockey tournament on Sunday in the final event of the Turin
Games. In a tournament that saw the world's biggest hockey
nations eliminated in the early going, the Swedes and Finns
let their Nordic rivalry take centre stage in a fast-paced
game. more
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26.02.2006
Ice hockey: Czechs shutout Russia to win
bronze TURIN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Tomas Vokoun
made 28 saves and Martin Erat had a goal and an assist as the
Czech Republic shutout Russia 3-0 in the Olympic men's ice
hockey bronze medal game on Saturday. Sweden will face off
against Finland in an all-Nordic gold medal final on Sunday
that will bring down the curtain on the 2006 Winter Games.
"Playing for the bronze medal is very hard," said Vokoun, who
was benched in favour of Milan Hnilicka in the Czechs' 7-3
semifinal loss to Sweden. "We were still disappointed for what
happened yesterday against Sweden. more
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26.02.2006
Plucky Slutskaya Settles for an Olympic
Bronze As she stood stone-faced on the medals
podium, Irina Slutskaya couldn't even manage a smile or a
wave. The bronze medal that was hanging around her neck felt
like a lead weight. For the second Olympics, the Russian star
failed as the final skater of the women's free program. Both
times, the gold medal was within reach. Neither time could
Slutskaya grab it. more
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23.02.2006
Ice Dancers Make It 3 Out of 3 for
Russia Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov made it three out of three
for Russian figure skaters at the Winter Olympics. Navka and
Kostomarov gave Russia a gold medal hat trick -- pairs, men's
and dance. No nation has swept the four skating events in one
games. The Russians could be the first, with Irina Slutskaya
highly favored in the women's competition when it was about to
begin late Tuesday. Tanith Belbin and partner Ben Agosto
snapped the U.S. medal drought in figure skating with a
silver. Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov of Ukraine won the
bronze. more
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21.02.2006
Ice Dancing: A Good Night for the
Russians Feb 21 2006 Yesterday was the end of
ice dancing, in a close contest which elected the new Olympic
champions. The gold went to the Russians Tatiana Navka and
Roman Kostomarov already unreachable with a record original
dance. Their “Carmen”, even though marred with various
imperfections, proved otherwise sufficiently seductive to
award the performers a score of 101.37 bringing them to a
total of 200.64 points, more than enough to ensure the Russian
duo reach their objective their sights had been set on for the
last few years. more
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