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American skier Mancuso will sit out slalom

...silver medalist's latest prize was labeled "platinum of Vancouver" on Plushenko's Web site. His medal from the Salt Lake City Games was properly identified as silver.Agent Ari Zakarian said no one had authority to do this "stupid thing...

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Out of retirement, U.S. skier eyes 2010 Games

...the first U.S. medal in a Nordic combined event. Lodwick was part of the 2002 team that finished fourth in the Salt Lake City Games. He was also fifth in the sprint that year and placed seventh in the individual, both all-time bests for an...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/28/oly_505611.shtml
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Sport spreading in United States

...paid little attention to the curious sport with the clattering rocks until 2002, when it was the surprise hit of the Salt Lake City Games. But the Olympics were followed quickly by the off-season, and by the time the local curling sheet was frozen...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/11/26/oth_106005.shtml
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Saturday's Olympic capsules

...position to make good on those plans. Zoeggeler, who won bronze in 1994, silver in 1998 and finally gold at the Salt Lake City Games four years ago, delighted the home crowd with a track-record time in each of his two runs Saturday and will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/12/oly_55459.shtml
Olympics
Two Georgians on U.S. Olympic team

...pusher on the four-man bobsled team. He will be competing in his fourth Olympics, having won a silver medal at the Salt Lake City Games four years ago. Jones is one of only a handful of black athletes competing in the Winter Olympics. He talked...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/03/oly_52454.shtml
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Al Roker celebrates 10 years on 'Today' show

...the past few years as the incredibly shrinking man. With the Winter Olympics again near, his thoughts drift to the Salt Lake City games in 2002, just weeks before he went into surgery. "I ate myself stupid," he said. "I thought, 'I'm never...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/01/27/tel_49944.shtml
Television
Final preparations for Olympic flame ceremony

...kept in a lamp in case bad weather prevents the torch from lighting during the ceremony, as it did in 2001 for the Salt Lake City Games. Although clear skies are forecast, organizers also have an alternative site for the ceremony, at a nearby...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/03/24/oly_409849.shtml
Olympics
Nike deal with USOC more than just shoes and money

...for the Sydney Games and the racing skins that the U.S. long track team wore while winning eight medals at the Salt Lake City Games. Now Nike will get to work with a wider range of Olympic athletes. It will also collaborate with the USOC's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/01/23/oly_402089.shtml
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Snowboarders rule at the Winter X Games

...watch the whole thing from the stands. It's awesome." The men's event featured the three medalists from the Salt Lake City Games - Ross Powers, Danny Kass and Thomas - but 16-year-old Shaun White stole the show. With tufts of hair puffing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/02/01/oth_374275.shtml
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Winter X Games inching closer to mainstream

...Olympics, and snowboarders gave the United States its first medals sweep in any Winter Olympics event in 46 years at the Salt Lake City Games. "It's different and it's fun for people to see someone fly 90 feet through the air," said Moto X rider...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/01/25/oth_366572.shtml
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