Wednesday, February 22, 2006
MEDALS TABLE
Through Wednesday
65 total medal events
NationGSBTot
Germany98522
Austria86519
United States77418
Canada58518
Norway28818
Russia73616
Switzerland43411
Sweden42410
Italy40610
South Korea4318
France3238
China1348
Netherlands2237
Finland0336
Estonia3003
Croatia1203
Australia1012
Czech Republic0202
Ukraine0022
Britain0101
Bulgaria0101
Slovakia0101
Latvia0011
WEDNESDAY'S MEDALISTS
ALPINE SKIING
Women's Slalom
GOLD--Anja Paerson, Sweden
SILVER--Nicole Hosp, Austria
BRONZE--Marlies Schild, Austria
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Men's Sprint
GOLD--Bjoern Lind, Sweden
SILVER--Roddy Darragon, France
BRONZE--Thobias Fredriksson, Sweden
Women's Sprint
GOLD--Chandra Crawford, Canada
SILVER--Claudia Kuenzel, Germany
BRONZE--Alena Sidko, Russia
FREESTYLE SKIING
Women's Aerials
GOLD--Evelyne Leu, Switzerland
SILVER--Li Nina, China
BRONZE--Alisa Camplin, Australia
SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING
Women's 3000 Relay
GOLD--South Korea (Byun Chun-sa, Choi Eun-kyung, Jeon Da-hye, Jin Sun-yu, Kang Yun-mi).
SILVER--Canada (Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Amanda Overland, Kalyna Roberge, Tania Vicent).
BRONZE--Italy (Marta Capurso, Arianna Fontana, Katia Zini, Mara Zini).
SNOWBOARDING
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom
GOLD--Philipp Schoch, Switzerland
SILVER--Simon Schoch, Switzerland
BRONZE--Siegfried Grabner, Austria
SPEEDSKATING
Women's 1500
GOLD--Cindy Klassen, Canada
SILVER--Kristina Groves, Canada
BRONZE--Ireen Wust, Netherlands
WEDNESDAY'S SCORESCURLING
Men
Semifinals
Canada 11, United States 5
Finland 4, Britain 3
Women
Semifinals
Switzerland 7, Canada 5
Sweden 5, Norway 4
HOCKEY
Men
Quarterfinals
Sweden 6, Switzerland 2
Finland 4, United States 3
Russia 2, Canada 0
Czech Republic 3, Slovakia 1
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTSALPINE SKIING
Women's Slalom
At Sestriere, Italy
(First and second runs, total time)
1. (1) Anja Paerson, Sweden, (1, 42.38; 2, 46.66) 1:29.04.
2. (3) Nicole Hosp, Austria, (2, 42.83; 1, 46.50) 1:29.33.
3. (4) Marlies Schild, Austria, (6, 43.09; 3, 46.70) 1:29.79.
4. (2) Janica Kostelic, Croatia, (5, 43.07; 4, 46.87) 1:29.94.
5. (19) Michaela Kirchgasser, Austria, (3, 42.97; 7, 47.31) 1:30.28.
6. (5) Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, (4, 43.05; 11, 47.74) 1:30.79.
7. (12) Annemarie Gerg, Germany, (8, 43.37; 9, 47.52) 1:30.89.
8. (21) Chiara Costazza, Italy, (17, 44.15; 5, 46.93) 1:31.08.
8. (13) Therese Borssen, Sweden, (7, 43.21; 13, 47.87) 1:31.08.
10. (8) Sarah Schleper, Vail, Colo., (14, 43.61; 12, 47.77) 1:31.38.
11. (23) Florine De Leymarie, France, (9, 43.40; 14, 47.99) 1:31.39.
12. (17) Resi Stiegler, Jackson Hole, Wyo., (17, 44.15; 8, 47.33) 1:31.48.
13. (11) Sarka Zahrobska, Czech Republic, (12, 43.52; 17, 48.03) 1:31.55.
14. (15) Lindsey Kildow, Vail, Colo., (15, 43.92; 10, 47.66) 1:31.58.
15. (18) Ana Jelusic, Croatia, (10, 43.42; 23, 48.36) 1:31.78.
Other U.S. Participant
NR. (6) Kristina Koznick, Eagan, Minn., DNS.
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
At Pragelato, Italy
Men's Sprint
Semifinals
Heat 1
1. Bjoern Lind, Sweden, 2:19.6 (A).
2. Roddy Darragon, France, 2:19.9 (A).
3. Freddy Schwienbacher, Italy, 2:22.8 (B).
4. Anti Saarepuu, Estonia, 2:34.8 (B).
5. Tor Arne Hetland, Norway, 2:43.2.
Heat 2
1. Thobias Fredriksson, Sweden, 2:25.9 (A).
2. Cristian Zorzi, Italy, 2:26.1 (A).
3. Loris Frasnelli, Italy, 2:26.8 (B).
4. Johan Kjolstad, Norway, 2:27.1 (B).
5. Ola Vigen Hattestad, Norway, 2:29.0.
Final B
1. Freddy Schwienbacher, Italy, 2:23.9.
2. Loris Frasnelli, Italy, 2:25.2.
3. Johan Kjolstad, Norway, 2:25.6.
4. Anti Saarepuu, Estonia, 2:27.9.
Final A
1. Bjoern Lind, Sweden, 2:26.5.
2. Roddy Darragon, France, 2:27.1.
3. Thobias Fredriksson, Sweden, 2:27.8.
4. Cristian Zorzi, Italy, 2:31.7.
Women's Sprint
Semifinals
Heat 1
1. Claudia Kuenzel, Germany, 2:15.5 (A).
2. Beckie Scott, Canada, 2:15.8 (A).
3. Virpi Kuitunen, Finland, 2:16.3 (B).
4. Petra Majdic, Slovenia, 2:18.7 (B).
5. Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, Alaska, 2:19.1.
Heat 2
1. Chandra Crawford, Canada, 2:13.4 (A).
2. Alena Sidko, Russia, 2:15.1 (A).
3. Arianna Follis, Italy, 2:16.2 (B).
4. Ella Gjomle, Norway, 2:16.4 (B).
5. Anna Dahlberg, Sweden, 2:18.9.
Final B
1. Virpi Kuitunen, Finland, 2:18.1.
2. Ella Gjomle, Norway, 2:18.2.
3. Arianna Follis, Italy, 2:20.3.
4. Petra Majdic, Slovenia, 2:21.5.
Final A
1. Chandra Crawford, Canada, 2:12.3.
2. Claudia Kuenzel, Germany, 2:13.0.
3. Alena Sidko, Russia, 2:13.2.
4. Beckie Scott, Canada, 2:14.7.
FREESTYLE SKIING
At Sauze d'Oulx, Italy
Women's Aerials Final
(First and second jump in parentheses)
1. Evelyne Leu, Switzerland, (94.62, 107.93) 202.55.
2. Li Nina, China, (100.81, 96.58) 197.39.
3. Alisa Camplin, Australia, (94.99, 96.40) 191.39.
4. Xu Nannan, China, (98.70, 92.53) 191.23.
5. Oly Slivets, Belarus, (87.50, 90.25) 177.75.
6. Guo Xinxin, China, (103.17, 71.68) 174.85.
7. Manuela Mueller, Switzerland, (73.49, 85.65) 159.14.
8. Jacqui Cooper, Australia, (78.97, 73.72) 152.69.
9. Anna Zukal, Russia, (81.90, 70.14) 152.04.
10. Alla Tsuper, Belarus, (53.58, 84.26) 137.84.
11. Wang Jiao, China, (61.51, 71.02) 132.53.
12. Veronika Bauer, Canada, (67.32, 58.33) 125.65.
SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING
At Turin, Italy
Women's 3000 Relay
Final B
1. United States (Allison Baver, Sinking Springs, Pa.; Kim Hyo-jung, Fullerton, Calif., Caroline Hallisey, Natick, Mass.; Kimberly Derrick, Caledonia, Mich.), 4:18.740.
2. France (Stephanie Bouvier, Min Kyung Choi, Myrtille Gollin, Celine Lecompere), 4:18.971.
3. Germany (Yvonne Kunze, Christin Priebst, Aika Klein, Susanne Rudolph), 4:24.896.
4. Japan (Chikage Tanaka, Yuka Kamino, Mika Ozawa, Nobuko Yamada), 4:35.096. Final A
1. South Korea (Choi Eun-kyung, Jeon Da-hye, Jin Sun-yu, Byun Chun-sa), 4:17.040.
2. Canada (Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge), 4:17.336.
3. Italy (Arianna Fontana, Marta Capurso, Katia Zini, Mara Zini), 4:20.030.
NR. China (Yang (A) Yang, Wang Meng, Fu Tianyu, Cheng Xiaolei), DQ.
SNOWBOARDING
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom
At Bardonecchia, Italy
Semifinals
Heat 1
W, (12) Simon Schoch, Switzerland, (+0.31, 0.00).
L, (5) Mathieu Bozzetto, France, (0.00, +0.38).
Heat 2
W, (15) Philipp Schoch, Switzerland, (0.00, 0.00).
L, (13) Siegfried Grabner, Austria, (+0.42, +0.34).
Classification Semifinals
Heat 3
W, (14) Dejan Kosir, Slovenia, (+0.85, 0.00).
L, (4) Gilles Jaquet, Switzerland, (0.00, +4.55).
Heat 4
W, (3) Heinz Inniger, Switzerland, (+0.18, 0.00).
L, (1) Rok Flander, Slovenia, (0.00, +0.14).
Seventh Place
W, (1) Rok Flander, Slovenia, (0.00, 0.00).
L, (4) Gilles Jaquet, Switzerland, (+0.12, +0.41).
Fifth Place
W, (3) Heinz Inniger, Switzerland, (0.00, 0.00).
L, (14) Dejan Kosir, Slovenia, (+0.94, +0.42).
Bronze Medal
W, (13) Siegfried Grabner, Austria, (0.00, 0.00).
L, (5) Mathieu Bozzetto, France, (+1.35,P, +0.41).
Gold Medal
W, (15) Philipp Schoch, Switzerland, (0.00, 0.00).
L, (12) Simon Schoch, Switzerland, (+0.88, +0.73).
SPEEDSKATING
At Turin, Italy
Women's 1500
1. Cindy Klassen, Canada, 1:55.27.
2. Kristina Groves, Canada, 1:56.74.
3. Ireen Wust, Netherlands, 1:56.90.
4. Anni Friesinger, Germany, 1:57.31.
5. Chiara Simionato, Italy, 1:58.76.
6. Yekaterina Lobysheva, Russia, 1:58.87.
7. Christine Nesbitt, Canada, 1:59.15.
8. Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami, 1:59.30.
9. Renate Groenewold, Netherlands, 1:59.33.
10. Daniela Anschuetz Thoms, Germany, 1:59.74.
11. Katarzyna Wojcicka, Poland, 1:59.96.
12. Wang Fei, China, 2:00.13.
13. Paulien van Deutekom, Netherlands, 2:00.15.
14. Marianne Timmer, Netherlands, 2:00.45.
15. Maki Tabata, Japan, 2:00.77.
Other U.S. Finishers
18. Catherine Raney, Elm Grove, Wis., 2:01.17.
24. Maria Lamb, River Falls, Wis., 2:02.12.