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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

21.02.2006 - Hockey: Canadian Gold
Feb 21 2006
Gold goes to Canada, the only true super-power of world women’s hockey. In the final it overtakes Sweden with 4-1 (2-0/2-0/0-1) who struggles and opposes a very respectable, active and brave resistance.
The Swedes, already defeated by the North Americans by 8-1 in the preliminary round, do their best in defence, always trying to build actions, but the Canadians, at least in two occasions, do not give way.

20.02.2006 - Gutsy Russians Ski to Cross-Country Gold
Yevgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova was tapped on the shoulder by teammate Yulia Chepalova for the final exchange, and they briefly made eye contact.

The Russians knew they were back in the race. Medvedeva-Abruzova then had the huge task of making up 12 1/2 seconds on the leading Germans. She used a gutsy final leg in challenging conditions to take control, then skated all alone through the final stretch of the stadium to lift Russia to gold in the women's 4 x 5-kilometer relay Saturday.

17.02.2006 - Russian Plushchenko wins Olympic figure skating gold
Figure skating fans all over Russia Friday were celebrating a magnificent performance from Yevgeny Plushchenko in the men's free program, which saw him claim his debut Olympic gold and continue the country's domination of the event.

In an exciting performance in Turin Thursday night, the five-time European champion gained 258.33 points, finishing ahead of Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel and Canada's Jeff Buttle.

After the event, Plushchenko, who had gone into his display with a commanding 10-pointy lead after the short program, summed up his emotions to journalists in the simplest of forms: "This was my dream. I am happy."

17.02.2006 - 5-Star Russians Sweep Aside Sub-Par Sweden
Russia used an explosive attack and stellar goaltending by Yevgeny Nabokov to crush Sweden 5-0 in men's Olympic ice hockey preliminary-round play on Thursday.

Stunned by Slovakia 5-3 in its tournament opener, Russia rebounded in style, rekindling memories of the Soviet Union's glory days when they dominated the Olympic ice. After a scoreless opening period, Russia's high-powered offense flexed its muscles blasting five unanswered goals past Sweden's Henrik Lundqvist.

17.02.2006 - Olympic Politics Stoke Winter Games Rivalries
Russians blame the Chinese for stealing their training techniques.

Europeans complain the Americans win the "new sports" with money and judges and the Americans are gunning for the Austrians in the Alps.

The Olympic political map is by no means simple.

New enmities are born out of old friendships, and with the United States winning more medals at Winter Olympics, rivalry between two continents has become fierce.

17.02.2006 - Pylyova Stripped of Silver for Doping
TURIN, Italy -- The Winter Olympics got its first doping scandal Thursday when Russian biathlete Olga Pylyova was stripped of the silver medal she won three days earlier and kicked out of the games for doping.
With Pylyova out of the women's 7.5-kilometer biathlon sprint, Florence Baverel-Robert of France was a surprise winner.

15.02.2006 - Duo Follow in the Footsteps of Legends
TURIN, Italy -- Tot and Max's Russian rout made the judges' jobs easy.

Tatiana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin eliminated any chance for controversy and kept their nation's domination of Olympic pairs going Monday night with a balletic free skate reminiscent of the greatest Russian couples.

15.02.2006 - Svetlana Zhurova Outstrips Chinese for Gold
TURIN, Italy -- Russia's world sprint champion, Svetlana Zhurova, sparkled in her two races to clinch the women's 500-meter speed skating gold at the Turin Olympics on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the dark side of the Games surfaced when a Brazilian athlete was sent home in shame, having failed a doping test.

14.02.2006 - Olympics-Ice Hockey-Women's preliminary round group A Italy v Russia result
Feb 14 2006
Feb 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Olympics Ice Hockey Women's Preliminary Round Group A match between Italy and Russia in Turin on Tuesday Italy 1 Russia 5 (1-1 0-1 0-3)

14.02.2006 - Figure skating: Russian fairy tale finds happy ending
Feb 13 2006
By Jane Barrett

TURIN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - It was the fairy tale ending everybody had been waiting for.

Russian figure skating pair Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin had won almost everything there was to win, they had fought back from injury and illness, they had beaten the demons.

Finally on Monday, in their last competition together, they won Olympic gold.

13.02.2006 - Biathlon: Russian Triumph, Wilhelm Disaster
Feb 13 2006
A firmly wished and searched for victory preparing in the best possible way the season’s most important appointment. The Russian Svetlana Ishmouratova conquered the gold medal for the 15 km individual, trouncing her competitors.
A trial worthy of being framed for the Russian who has already won this year one of the two legs of the individual competition disputed in the World Cup.

13.02.2006 - Snowboard: Hannah’s Triumph
Feb 13 2006
Up there, on the Olympic podium, there is a girl called Hannah Teter.
She is nineteen years old with a candid smile, an American with an unbridled willingness to win despite her young age, almost the same age as the phenomenon Shaun White. She has now also entered in the half pipe elite. Four years after Kelly Clark, it is yet another American to put the gold medal round her neck and could not be otherwise due to the technical difference with respect to other athletes of other countries. Tonight in USA House there will be a celebration, because behind the high score (46.4) of the starlet from Belmont, her compatriot Gretchen Bleiler followed suit (43.4), followed by the able Norwegian Kjersti Buaas, a well-deserved bronze medal thanks to a fantastic second run (42.0).

13.02.2006 - Women’s Hockey Group A: Canada Russia 12-0
Feb 13 2006
The Canadians, after the 16-0 inflicted upon Italy have also buried Russia by 12-0. 28 goals made in two matches, none taken, two shut-outs with Kim St-Pierre against the Italians and Charline Labonte against the Russians captained by the powerful Ekaterina Pashkevich. The overall number of shots on the goal were 43 to 17 for the Canadians (19 to 7 in the first half). Against Italy they had been 66 to 5 (with the splendid performance of Italian goalie Debora Montanari who saved a total of 38 out of 47 Canadian shots).

13.02.2006 - An Olympic day in Sestriere-Borgata and Cesana Pariol
Feb 13 2006
A truly exciting second day of races on the Olympic mountains. The programme being substantial: at 10 the cross-country skiing began in Pragelato Plan with the ladies’ 15 km and at 12 it’s the men’s downhill in Borgata; in the early afternoon once again in Pragelato the 30 km men’s pursuit and in Bardonecchia the men’s half-pipe finals.

12.02.2006 - Olympic Team Hopes for Fair Shot at Medals
It was 50 years ago this month that the Soviet Union swept to victory in its first Winter Olympics in the Italian Alpine resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, immediately establishing itself as a winter sports powerhouse.

But with the collapse of the Soviet sports machine and persecution fears stemming from the controversy-ridden 2002 Salt Lake City Games, few expect a triumphal return to the Italian slopes and ice rinks as Russian athletes begin their medals quest this Saturday at the 20th Winter Games in Turin.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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