Word: torino
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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...
...wasn't involved. I've said that for seven days, and it's over and done with," Gretzky told more than 200 media members at a press conference, following Team Canada's first practice at the Palasport Olimpico arena prior to the Torino Winter Olympics hockey tournament.The defending Gold Medalists play their first game Wednesday against Italy...
...Still, even Gretzky understands the potential downside of choosing to come to Torino in spite of the media storm."If we don't win the gold medal, I'll get blamed, but I've been blamed for losses before," Gretzky said. Just not necessarily for something so far afield from the game being played...
...other words, he was winning by a mile. Raich, perhaps the best skier in the world right now, would need a miracle to catch him. Or a race official's ruling. No problem, says Miller, "At least I don't have to go all the way down to Torino tomorrow" for the medal...
...Canada the quick medal win set up a no-excuses Olympic Games. In a key run-up to Torino, Canada finished second to Germany in medals in the World Cup, and it has top competitors in almost every field. Speedskater Cindy Klassen has a shot at three or four medals, and the skating team overall could win seven. Among other favorites: skeleton riders Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards and Jeff Pain have dominated World Cup circuits this season; cross-country skiers Beckie Scott and Sara Renner have won seven World Cup medals; and the men's and women's curling and hockey...