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The Canadian team went into the Olympic final having lost seven in a row to U.S., but they didn’t play like it. Source link

Marie-Philip Poulin was on the ice when the Americans scored in overtime, chasing back. She saw the puck go in, and she continued skating, behind the Canadian net, around the boards, to the bench. She slammed the door behind her. Source link

Alysa Liu walks away as one of the biggest stars of these Games after becoming the first American woman to find gold in women’s figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002.  Source link

The United States has won the Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey with a 2-1 overtime win over Canada. Megan Keller scored the winner 4:07 into overtime. U.S. captain Hilary Knight tied the game late in the third period. Goaltender Aerin Frankel made 30 saves in the victory. Source link

Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe suffered a bad fall during the women’s freeski halfpipe event on Thursday. Source link

Chinese speed skater Ning Zhongyan beat the odds, upending pre-race favourite Jordan Stolz of the United States to win the men’s Olympic 1,500 metres in an Olympic-record one minute 41.98 seconds on Thursday. Source link

Alina Muller scored 9:09 into overtime to clinch Switzerland its second Olympic women’s hockey bronze medal in a 2-1 win over Sweden at the Milano-Cortina Games on Thursday. Source link

Alina Muller scored 9:09 into overtime to clinch Switzerland its second Olympic women’s hockey bronze medal in a 2-1 win over Sweden at the Milano-Cortina Games on Thursday. Source link

The Canadian Olympic women’s curling team advanced to the playoffs after a 10-7 win over South Korea on Thursday at the Milano Cortina Winter Games. Source link

The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland. Source link