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Olympic results
SKI RACING. Men. Sprint 1.4 km. 1. Nikita KRYUKOV (Russia) - in the final 3 min. 36.3 sec. 2. Alexander PANZHINSKY (Russia) - same time (photo finish). 3. Peter NORTHUG (Norway) - lag 9.2 seconds... 8. Mikhail Devyatyarov Jr. - eliminated in the semi-finals... 26. Nikolay Morilov (both - Russia) - eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Women. Sprint 1.2 km. 1. Marit BJORGEN (Norway) - 3 min. 39.2 sec. 2. Justyna KOWALCHIK (Poland) - lag 1.1 seconds. 3. Petra MAIDIC (Slovenia) - 1.8... 12. Natalya Korosteleva - eliminated in the semi-finals... 28. Evgenia Shapovalova (both - Russia) - eliminated in the quarter-finals.
MOUNTAIN SKIING. Women. Downhill. 1. Lindsay VONN (USA) - 1 min. 44.19 sec. 2. Julia MANCUSO (USA) - lag 0.56 seconds. 3. Elisabeth GERGL (Austria) - 1.46... 26. Elena Prosteva (Russia) - 5.88.
SKATES. Men. 1000 m. 1. Shani DAVIS (USA) - 1 min. 08.94 sec. 2. MO TAE BOM (Korea) - 1.09.12. 3. Chad HEDRICK (USA) -- 1.09.32... 11. Evgeniy Lalenkov -- 1.10.14... 21. Dmitry Lobkov -- 1.10.795. 22. Alexey Esin - 1.10.797... 38. Alexander Lebedev (all - Russia) - 1.12.78.
SLED. Deuces. 1. Andreas LINGER/Wolfgang LINGER (Austria) - the sum of two races is 1 min. 22.705 sec. 2. Andris SIKS/Juris SIKS (Latvia) - backlog 0.264. 3. Patrick LEITNER/Alexander RESH (Germany) - 0.335... 10. Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin - 1.041... 14. Mikhail Kuzmich/Stanislav Mikheev (all - Russia) - 1.450.
SNOWBOARD. Men. Halfpipe. 1. Sean WHITE (USA) -- 48.4 points. 2. Peetu PIIROINEN (Finland) - 45.0. 3. Scotty LAGO (USA) - 42.8.
SHORT TRACK. Women. 500 m. 1. WANG MAN (China) - in the final 43.048 seconds. 2. Marianne SAINT-GELAIS (Canada) - 43,707. 3. Arianna FONTANA (Italy) - 43,804.
Preliminary competitions
CURLING. Women. 1st-2nd game days. Japan - USA - 9:7, Sweden - Denmark - 6:5, Germany - Russia - 9:5 , Canada - Switzerland - 5:4, UK - China - 5:4 ( OT), Germany - USA - 6:5, Sweden - Switzerland - 8:7 (OT), Canada - Japan - 7:6, Russia - Denmark - 7:3 , Sweden - Great Britain -- 6:4, China -- Switzerland -- 8:6.
HOCKEY. Men. 1st round. Group "B". Czech Republic - Slovakia - 3:1. Group "C". Finland - Belarus - 5:1, Sweden - Germany - 2:0. Women. 3rd round. Group "A". Canada - Sweden - 13:1, Switzerland - Slovakia - 5:2. Final standings: Canada - 9 points, Sweden - 6, Switzerland - 3, Slovakia - 0.
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After six competitive days of the Games of the XXI Winter Olympics, 28 sets of awards were awarded. The top five in the unofficial team standings included: USA (5 gold medals, 3 silver, 6 bronze), Germany (3--4--3), Korea (3--2--0), Switzerland (3--0- -1), Canada (2--3--1). The Russian team (1--1--1) took 11th place .