OLYMPICS ROUNDUP \ Monday's events

Luge
U.S. luger Samantha Retrosi was injured following a frightening crash on the second run of the Olympic competition and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Turin for observation. Though she had a concussion and short-term memory loss, team officials said she wasn't seriously injured. She smacked the wall near the bottom of the track, then appeared unconscious as she slid underneath her sled. Team officials said Retrosi was complaining of knee pain and was cut on her chin. A large drape was pulled across the curve of the track where Retrosi came to a stop, shielding her from view. Retrosi's was one of several crashes during the opening day of the women's event -- including one that knocked out Italy's Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova. She crashed on her first run and was disqualified.
Cross-country skiing
Four suspended cross-country skiers will get their chance at an Olympic medal, passing new tests administered after serving five-day suspensions for elevated levels of hemoglobin. Two of the athletes cleared were Americans, another a German gold medalist. Now, eight more have to hope they get the same results. Last week, a dozen skiers were given five-day suspensions for elevated levels of hemoglobin, the part of the red blood cell that can increase endurance. The rest chose to put off their tests because they weren't scheduled to compete in today's men's and women's team sprint events. German cross-country skier Evi Sachenbacher and the two Americans -- Kikkan Randall and Leif Zimmerman -- were among the four who were retested Monday. The identity of the fourth skier was not immediately released.
Snowboarding
Not to be outdone by the boys, Hannah Teter won gold and Gretchen Bleiler won silver -- another set of Olympic medals for the United States on the halfpipe. Teter and Bleiler, the top two women in a distinctly American sport, dominated every part of the snowboarding event Monday -- from qualifying through finals -- and gave the United States four of the possible six medals over two days of snowboarding in sunny Bardonecchia. A day earlier, it was Shaun White and Danny Kass finishing 1-2, with Mason Aguirre in fourth. And just like the men, the women came painfully close to a sweep. Kelly Clark got bumped out of the third spot by Norway's Kjersti Buaas.
Biathlon
Russia nearly swept the medals in the women's 15km individual biathlon after the favored Germans missed crucial shots at the end. Svetlana Ishmouratova of Russia capitalized on mistakes by all the favorites, winning in a time of 49 minutes, 24.1 seconds. Teammate Olga Pyleva was second. A strong finish by Germany's Martina Glagow on the sun-baked San Sicario course bumped Albina Akhatova of Russia to fourth place. Ishmouratova's time included a one-minute penalty for her one missed target in 20 shots. Pyleva also missed just one shot but finished 45.5 seconds behind Ishmouratova. Glagow's teammates were expected to dominate and Andrea Henkel was in line to defend the gold medal she won in 2002 until she missed two targets on her final shoot. World Cup leader Kati Wilhelm and Uschi Disl both lost focus on one of their shoots, missing three times and ending their chances of a medal.
Curling
Men
United States 11, Norway 5
Finland 4, United States 3
Switzerland 7, Finland 2
Sweden 6, New Zealand 3
Sweden 7, Italy 5 Britain 7, Italy 5
Britain 10, New Zealand 5
Canada 10, Germany 5
The Americans routed the defending Olympic champions in the opening game of the men's curling tournament, scoring a whopping five points in the eighth end and causing Norway to concede with two frames to go. Later, Finland defeated the United States 4-3, leaving both countries 1-1 in the opening round.
Associated Press