Grieving Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette broke down in tears after finishing her Olympic Games short program on Tuesday night, just two days after her mother’s death.

Ice hockey favor both mass and agility. The bigger the
player, the harder his hits and the more difficult it is to knock him
off the puck. And the more agile he is, the faster he can react to the
high speeds and sudden direction changes that make the game so
exciting. Unfortunately, mass and agility tend to rule each other out. So how do hockey players strike a balance?
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Jaromir Jagr had insisted that the only things that emerged bruised and battered from his center-ice collision with Alex Ovechkin Sunday night were his feelings. Turns out the damage was more tangible.
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Rout in progress, Canada’s fans sent a bold chant echoing through the sold-out arena: “We want Russia!” Indeed, the Russians are coming Wednesday in a gold-medal quality quarterfinal showdown of hockey’s two fiercest rivals and its two brightest stars — Russia’s Alex Ovechkin and Canada’s Sidney Crosby.
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Russian cross-country skiers Irina Khazova and Natalia Korosteleva insist the team sprint bronze they have already won will help boost the defending Winter Olympic champions in Thursday’s relay.

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Michal Handzus and Marian Gaborik scored on a power play created by a scary injury, Miroslav Satan had a go-ahead goal in the third period and Slovakia advanced to the Olympic quarterfinals against Sweden by holding off Norway 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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Mirai Nagasu feared she had no chance for a medal after skating half her Olympic women’s short program with a bloody nose.

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Apparently broken ribs are the equivalent of a flesh wound. Petra Majdic, the Slovenian cross-country skier who won bronze with broken ribs and a collapsed lung from a pre-event crash, said that she wishes to compete this World Cup season.
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Traffic slowed to a trickle, TV-capable mobile phones spilled on to lunch tables and two of Asia’s biggest economies, Japan and South Korea, ground to a near halt on Wednesday to watch a 19-year-old ice skater perform in far-off Vancouver.
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When women’s bobsled Olympic competition kicks off Tuesday evening at the Whistler Sliding Centre, all eyes will be on the sport’s top challengers. But some might be diverted by the intricate beauty of Japanese driver Manami Hiro’s machine.

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