Word: sicario
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...That was enough to get a green light from Guariniello. So Agovino ordered 20 Carabinieri agents, including two linked to a special Health Ministry squad, to carry out a rapid-fire sweep of five residences where Austrians were staying in Pragelato Plan and Cesana San Sicario, the two hamlets hosting the cross-country and biathlon events. The Saturday-night raid was a first-ever antidoping police blitz at an Olympics, and the i.o.c. came along. So while the police scoured the houses and the athletes for any evidence of doping substances or equipment, Olympic officials demanded that 10 Austrian athletes...
Weeks away from retirement, Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister capped a remarkable career with her first Olympic gold medal, in the Torino Games women's downhill at San Sicario Fraiteve on Wednesday...
Canada?s best hope in the Torino Olympic Games downhill at San Sicario Fraiteve, Emily Brydon, skied too cautiously at the top of the course in gusting, flat-light conditions and as a result, personified the team?s performance on Wedensday. Alpine Canada?s chief athletic officer, Max Gartner, assessed it with one word: ?Bad.? Brydon was the top Canadian, finishing 20th, followed by Kelly VanderBeek of Chilliwack, B.C., in 24th, Shona Rubens (26th) of Canmore, Alberta and Sherry Lawrence (27th) of Calgary. The winner was Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister who just weeks away from retirement capped a remarkable career with...
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