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Another day, same result: Canada beats US in Olympic hockey
This time, it was the Canadian men who held off the Americans in the semifinal round of the hockey tournament at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
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Katie Uhlaender coped with father's loss in preparation for Sochi
Katie Uhlaender will race on a track where she finished second a year ago behind teammate Noelle Pikus-Pace, a medal favorite in Sochi after missing the podium by one-tenth of a second in 2010.
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Amanda Kessel denied hat trick, US beats Swiss 9-0 in women's hockey
Amanda Kessel when asked by a reporter to describe her goals said: 'I can't really remember them all.'
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Ashley Wagner: Why she was a hot topic on Facebook
Ashley Wagner was not pleased with the score judges gave her Saturday performance after skating to Pink Floyd. Ashley Wagner felt she skated well but the score didn't reflect that view.
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Jenny Jones: Why her powder prowess is historic
Jenny Jones is the first British Olympian to take home a medal in the snow. Jenny Jones got a bronze medal in the women's slopestyle snowboarding event Sunday.
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Jessica Diggins sparkles in skiathlon
Jessica Diggins accomplished a personal goal, finishing eighth in the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon Saturday.
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Canada rallies to edge US in women's Olympic hockey final
Also on Thursday, the Swiss women's team defeated Sweden for the bronze medal.
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Pussy Riot posts video critical of Putin and Sochi Olympics
Pussy Riot members were attacked Wednesday with horsewhips in Sochi. The Russian punk rock protest band has left Sochi, but posted a video including run-ins with authorities at the Winter Olympics.
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Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold are in the medal hunt
Ashley Wagner was in sixth place in the Olympics ice skating after the short program Wednesday. Gracie Gold placed fourth. Polina Edmunds seventh. The competition continues Thursday in Sochi with the free skate.
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Russian hockey team – and fans – crushed at Sochi
Russia's 3-1 loss to Finland on Wednesday ended the Russian men's hockey team's quest for a medal – and a defining Olympic moment. Having two of the top 10 scorers in the NHL – Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin – didn't help.
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Navy ship runs aground in Black Sea. Now what?
Navy ship runs aground: The US Navy frigate USS Taylor ran aground Feb. 12 while preparing to moor at Samsun, Turkey. It is one of two US Navy warships dispatched to the Black Sea to increase security at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
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T.J. Oshie gives shootout master class at USA-Russia hockey game
T.J. Oshie scored four times in the shootout Saturday in Sochi, helping Team USA to a 3-2 win over Russia in men's hockey. T.J.Oshie was among the final selections for the US roster, chosen for his shootout success in the NHL.
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Mulder twins mom delayed delivery to watch speedskating
Mulder twins won Olympic medals Monday in Sochi. The Mulder twins birth was held up so their mother could watch an annual Dutch speedskating event over 20 years ago.
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France players celebrate winning the World Cup with coach Didier Deschamps after beating Croatia 4-2 at the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, Russia, on July 15.
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Russia in reach of gold in team figure skating
Evgeni Plushenko gave Russia an early lead in team figure skating after the men's short event and dazzled Sunday in the men's free skate. Russia was in first place going into the final events.
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Jamie Anderson soars to gold in slopestyle with flawless run
Jamie Anderson, a 23-year-old from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., is known for excelling under pressure. She won the gold medal in the women's slopestyle competition Sunday, giving the US a gold sweep in the event.
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Hannah Kearney takes bronze on Sochi moguls
US moguls skier Hannah Kearney finished third to Canada's Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe. Hannah Kearney was trying to become the first woman to go back-to-back in 22-year history of Olympic moguls.
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Why Bode Miller is US gold medal favorite
Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal are the two favorites at Sochi after the downhill skiing test runs. American Bode Miller produced the fastest times. Norwegian Svindal was third Friday, second Saturday.
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Sage Kotsenburg's 'Holy Crail:' With new trick American wins gold
Sage Kotsenburg unveiled a new trick he calls the 'Holy Crail,' earning him a high enough score in slopestyle snowboarding to capture the first gold medal at the Sochi Games. When the 20-year-old qualified for the Olympics in California last month, it was his first win since he was 11.
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Sochi slopestyle snowboarding debuts: Who needs Shaun White?
Canadian Max Parrot was one of eight riders to score in the 90s on the first day of qualifying runs in the Winter Olympics debut of slopestyle snowboarding. Concerns, raised by Shaun White, about a dangerous slopestyle course faded.
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Sochi Olympics: Why Shaun White won't do slopestyle snowboarding event
Shawn White, the US snowboarding champ, withdrew from the new Sochi Olympics slopestyle event. Shaun White criticized the snowboarding course as having too much "potential risk of injury."
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Speedskating schedule: Five things to watch at Sochi
Speedskating: The U.S. speedskating program has won more gold medals (29) than any other country. But in the Sochi Olympics, the Dutch are expected to be the powerhouse speedskating team.
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Sochi Olympics: Vladimir Putin enters cage with Persian leopards
Sochi Olympics: The Russian president checked in at a preserve for endangered Persian leopards and visited a group of cubs born last summer in the mountains above Sochi.
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US men fend off Spain to win basketball gold
In their closest game of the London Olympics, the US men's basketball team beat Spain 107-100, to win the gold medal.
