ROUNDUP \ Monday's events



Ice Dancing
At last, a figure skating medal for the United States -- in ice dancing, of all things. And yet another Olympic gold for Russia. Tanith Belbin and partner Ben Agosto snapped the U.S. medals drought in figure skating with a silver. They were behind Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, who gave Russia a gold medal hat trick -- pairs, men's and dance. No nation has swept the four skating events in one games, and Russian Irina Slutskaya is favored in the women's competition. Belbin and Agosto won the first dance medal for the United States since a bronze in 1976 -- and only the second medal of any kind. It also is the only medal for American figure skaters at these Olympics. Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov of Ukraine won the bronze.
Women's hockey
No more Swedish surprises. Hockey is Canada's game, and their 4-1 win in the gold medal game was a fitting finale for the most dominant women's team ever assembled. The Canadians scored with pinpoint passes and dazzling pirouettes, soft wrist shots and firm tip-ins. Gillian Apps' goal on a backhand just 3:15 in showed Canada was on its game. In the bronze-medal game, the U.S. women hustled to loose pucks, finished their checks and showcased their superior talent, jumping to an early lead and dominating Finland, 4-0. Katie King scored two of her three goals in the first period to give the Americans a three-goal lead. Germany won the fifth place game, 1-0, in a shootout after 70 minutes of scoreless hockey with Russia. In the seventh place game, five players scored two goals apiece for Switzerland, which found a tonic for its scoring woes by shutting out the winless Italians, 11-0.
Men's curling
Canada clinched the fourth and final spot in the medal round with a late rally that secured a win over the U.S., 6-3. The Americans (6-3) had already wrapped up a spot in the medal round. They will face Canada (6-3) again Wednesday in one semifinal. Finland (7-2) is to play Britain (6-3) in the other. Italy (4-5) conceded to Switzerland, 10-2, and New Zealand (0-9) did the same against Germany (3-6), 10-1.
Women's curling
Norway and Canada clinched the final two spots in the medal round. Sweden (7-2) is to face Norway (6-3), while Switzerland (7-2) faces Canada (6-3) in semifinals Wednesday. Britain (5-4) ended the tournament run of the American "Curl Girls," who were officially eliminated Monday with a 10-4 loss and finished 2-7. Only Italy (1-8) had a worse record.
Ski jumping
Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler carried over their success from the large hill competition, leading Austria to the Olympic gold medal in the ski jumping team event. Morgenstern, who won individual gold Saturday on the large hill, landed a jump of 140.5 meters in the final round to secure Austria's third ski jumping medal of the Turin Olympics. Large hill silver medalist Kofler had a jump of 130 meters in the last round as Austria finished with 984 points. Finland took the silver medal with 976.6 points. Norway got the longest jump of the final round from veteran Roar Ljoekelsoey -- 141 meters -- but had to settle for the bronze medal with 950.1 points.
Bobsled
Shauna Rohbock got pushed aside four years ago, forced to stand at the finish line and cheer when Vonetta Flowers and the U.S. team slid to Olympic bobsled history. Now, Rohbock is on the edge of making a little of her own. Rohbock, who was replaced by Flowers just before the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, and brakeman Valerie Fleming are in third place following the first two heats of women's bobsled, trailing a pair of German sleds. The Americans, desperate for a boost to what has so far been a disappointing stay in the Alps, barely trail Germany-1, piloted by Sandra Kiriasis, and Germany-2, driven by Susi-Lisa Erdmann. Kiriasis leads with a time of 1 minute, 54.93 seconds down the 19-turn course. Erdmann is .08 seconds behind that, while Rohbock trails by a mere .09 seconds.
Freestyle skiing
Jeret "Speedy" Peterson was the lone American of four to advance to finals in men's aerials, a disappointing effort for a U.S. freestyle team considered one of the best in the world. While Peterson made it, Joe Pack, Ryan St. Onge and Eric Bergoust all failed to advance to Wednesday night's 12-man finals. Pack, the defending Olympic silver medalist, is ranked eighth in the world and St. Onge is ranked fourth. Xiopeng Han of China led the qualifying, followed by Dmitri Dashinki of Belarus and Warren Shouldice of Canada, who has dual citizenship in the United States.
Associated Press