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Wang Meng: China's most decorated Olympic medalist expelled for brawl

Wang Meng, who has won five medals for China in recent Olympics, has been expelled from the short track speed skating team. Wang Meng reportedly attacked her manager in a confrontation after breaking curfew.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 03/11
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 03/10
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 0213
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 02/02
Gallery: Top 10 countries where women's pay comes closest to men's pay
Gallery: Top 10 countries where women make less than men
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Vancouver Olympics final medal count: Who won?

The US and Canada split the overall and gold-medal count lead at the Vancouver Olympics, with the US breaking the record for overall medals won in a Winter Games and Canada winning a record number of golds.
In Pictures: Crazy Olympics Fans
Apolo Ohno skates on Vancouver Olympics schedule Friday Feb. 26

American short track speed skater Apolo Ohno will tonight try to break his own medal count record. Gold medal events in curling, biathlon, alpine skiing, snowboard, and short track are also on Vancouver Olympics schedule Friday Feb. 26, 2010.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 02/25
USA, Canada ride new sports to top of Winter Olympics medal count

The USA and Canada have become major players in the Winter Olympics medal count mostly because new sports, such as short track and snowboarding, have been introduced since 1992. A breakdown of which sports have benefited which countries the most.
Vancouver 2010: Olympic athletes give poor children the 'Right to Play'

Led by Norwegian Olympic speed skating great Johann Olav Koss, Right to Play is at Vancouver 2010 recruiting athletes and educating the public about its international effort to give children in developing countries greater access to sports.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 02/23
For many Vancouver Olympics athletes, sports psychology is key

Think what you will, but many Vancouver Olympics athletes now rely heavily on sports psychologists to help them focus and perform at their best.
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Ski cross: Five ways to get down the hill in one piece

The Winter Olympics' newest event began. Ski cross, like its snowboarding cousin, is a four-man melée down bumpy, jumpy slopes. American Olympian Casey Puckett offers his tips.
Why gold slipped away from Lindsey Vonn and Shani Davis

Americans Lindsey Vonn and Shani Davis – and even Apolo Ohno – were favorites for gold Saturday. Their opponents put in fantastic performances, but there were other factors, too.
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USA beats the Winter Olympics medal table red, white, and blue

Two unexpected medals from Americans Bode Miller (silver) and Andrew Weibrecht (bronze) in the men's super-G inflated America's already big lead in the Winter Olympics 2010 medal table.
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Winter Olympics Day 6: US crushes with double mctwists and downhill dominance

The US won a record six medals in one day Wednesday, including three ascendant performances for gold by Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis, and Shaun White.
Shani Davis wins Olympic gold with flawless form

Speedskater Shani Davis successfully defended his gold medal in 1,000-meter Olympic speedskating. In 2006, he became the first African-American to win individual gold in the Winter Games.
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Stephen Colbert cheers Shani Davis in Vancouver Olympics

Shani Davis went for gold today – and got it. One of his sponsors: Stephen Colbert of the 'Colbert Report,' who was in Vancouver to watch the race.
Olympics Schedule 2010: Wednesday's events

Olympic medals will be won today in ladies' downhill skiing, ladies' and men's cross-country skiing, men's 1,000-meter speed skating, ladies' 500-meter speed skating, and the men's snowboarding halfpipe.
In Pictures: US medal count
Olympic Schedule 2010: Tuesday's events

Curling kicks off today's schedule with 11 matches, along with competition in US men's and women's hockey, snowboarding, biathlon, luge, speed skating, and figure skating. Alpine skiing has been postponed.