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US hockey team defeats Finland

The United States is on its way to playing for the Olympic gold medal in men's hockey after a 6-1 romp over Finland.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2010-02-26/us-hockey-team-defeats-fin
Hockey | Olympics
Bode Miller finally wins Olympic gold

...complete one of the most unlikely Olympic comebacks ever.Four years after bombing out amid lofty expectations at the Turin Games and a year after practically walking away from the sport, Miller won the super-combined for his third medal in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2010-02-21/bode-miller-finally-wins
Olympics | Sports
Ando has seen highs, lows

...twice at worlds. Shizuka Arakawa had won the 2004 world title. But at the Japanese nationals in 2006, just before the Turin Games, Ando fell apart, finishing sixth. She still was selected for the Olympic team based on results over two seasons...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/10/28/oth_149623.shtml
Other sports
U.S. skating on thin ice?

READING, Pa. - The results say the world championships were just short of a flop for the Americans. The skaters say no way.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/04/06/oth_123446.shtml
Other sports
Rock climber scales new heights for United States

...and UIAA officials are working on a proposal to make the sport an Olympic event. They put on a demonstration during the Turin Games, with Harrington one of the featured climbers. But competitive rock climbing hasn't caught on here the way it...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/11/12/out_104199.shtml
Outdoors
Winter Olympics proved tough sledding for NBC

...Michelle Kwan's injury or force Bode Miller to ski better. Turin still offered lessons NBC can learn. "Maybe the (Turin) games will go down in history as the games that didn't make sense," NBC's Jimmy Miller said in a report Friday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/28/tel_60778.shtml
Television
Two Austrian teams aren't in the clear yet

TURIN, Italy - The Austrians' drug tests were negative. The doping probe is just beginning.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/25/oly_59853.shtml
Olympics
Turin notebook

...speedskating oval. But Anni Friesinger is leaving the Turin Games early and in disappointment. After going without a...involving banned coach Walter Mayer's presence at the Turin Games. "The need to probe this case to the end is extremely...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/24/oly_59372.shtml
Olympics
Turin notebook

...had a stuffy nose. After three races, I wasn't sure. But in qualifying, I was really relaxed." Just before the Turin Games opened, Randall was among a dozen cross-country skiers handed a five-day start suspension for elevated levels...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/23/oly_58938.shtml
Olympics
Russian biathlete thrown out, stripped of medal

...drug test, the first athlete caught for doping at the Turin Games. Pyleva, who won silver at the 15km event Monday...pre-Olympic drug test was the first athlete sent home from the Turin Games for doping. Armando dos Santos, a former hammer thrower...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/17/oly_57393.shtml
Olympics