SPEED SKATING
Men's 1,500 meters
They might be U.S. teammates, but they didn't pat each other on the back. They didn't exchange high fives. They didn't even shake hands.
Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick both won medals in 1,500-meter speedskating Tuesday, but they don't like each other - on the ice, off the ice or on the podium.
“We're totally different people,” Hedrick said. “I'm really glad we were not in the same pairing today. We'd probably try to kill each other out there.”
Davis finished second and Hedrick third in Tuesday's 1,500-meter showdown. Italy's Enrico Fabris took the gold.
BOBSLED
Women
Two-Man
Blasting down the Alps in a shiny, dark American convertible, Shauna Rohbock won a silver medal in women's bobsled, ending an 0-for-Olympics stay for the U.S. sliding teams.
With roommate Valerie Fleming providing the push and applying the brakes, Rohbock completed her four runs just .71 seconds behind Germany's Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze and ahead of Italy's Gerde Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco.
HOCKEY
Men
Kazakhstan 5, Latvia 2
Italy 3, Switzerland 3
Finland 2, Germany 0
Canada 3, Czech Republic 2
Slovakia 3, Sweden 0
Russia 5, United States 4
After managing only two goals in two consecutive losses, the U.S. men's hockey team broke out with three power-play tallies, yet still fell to Russia in an Olympic game that mattered only in the confidence department.
The Americans (1-3-1), the fourth-place team in Group B, were already locked into a quarterfinal matchup Wednesday with Group A-winning Finland (5-0). As the No. 2 team in Group B, the Russians (4-1) will face Canada (3-2) in the quarterfinals.
NORDIC COMBINED
Sprint
Felix Gottwald used a powerful sprint to rally to victory in the Nordic combined sprint Tuesday, giving Austria its record eighth gold medal of the Turin Games - a bright spot for a country caught in the middle of a doping scandal.
Gottwald earned his second gold medal of these Olympics by making up a deficit of nearly a minute from the morning's jumping portion of the event.
American Todd Lodwick was ninth and teammate Johnny Spillane was 10th.
FREESTYLE SKIING
Women
Aerials
Emily Cook's inspiring comeback story ended a day earlier than she'd hoped after another disappointing outing for the American freestyle team on the Olympic aerials course.
Both Cook and Jana Lindsey, the only other American entered, failed to qualify for Wednesday night's finals.
They might be U.S. teammates, but they didn't pat each other on the back. They didn't exchange high fives. They didn't even shake hands.
Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick both won medals in 1,500-meter speedskating Tuesday, but they don't like each other - on the ice, off the ice or on the podium.
“We're totally different people,” Hedrick said. “I'm really glad we were not in the same pairing today. We'd probably try to kill each other out there.”
Davis finished second and Hedrick third in Tuesday's 1,500-meter showdown. Italy's Enrico Fabris took the gold.
BOBSLED
Women
Two-Man
Blasting down the Alps in a shiny, dark American convertible, Shauna Rohbock won a silver medal in women's bobsled, ending an 0-for-Olympics stay for the U.S. sliding teams.
With roommate Valerie Fleming providing the push and applying the brakes, Rohbock completed her four runs just .71 seconds behind Germany's Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze and ahead of Italy's Gerde Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco.
HOCKEY
Men
Kazakhstan 5, Latvia 2
Italy 3, Switzerland 3
Finland 2, Germany 0
Canada 3, Czech Republic 2
Slovakia 3, Sweden 0
Russia 5, United States 4
After managing only two goals in two consecutive losses, the U.S. men's hockey team broke out with three power-play tallies, yet still fell to Russia in an Olympic game that mattered only in the confidence department.
The Americans (1-3-1), the fourth-place team in Group B, were already locked into a quarterfinal matchup Wednesday with Group A-winning Finland (5-0). As the No. 2 team in Group B, the Russians (4-1) will face Canada (3-2) in the quarterfinals.
NORDIC COMBINED
Sprint
Felix Gottwald used a powerful sprint to rally to victory in the Nordic combined sprint Tuesday, giving Austria its record eighth gold medal of the Turin Games - a bright spot for a country caught in the middle of a doping scandal.
Gottwald earned his second gold medal of these Olympics by making up a deficit of nearly a minute from the morning's jumping portion of the event.
American Todd Lodwick was ninth and teammate Johnny Spillane was 10th.
FREESTYLE SKIING
Women
Aerials
Emily Cook's inspiring comeback story ended a day earlier than she'd hoped after another disappointing outing for the American freestyle team on the Olympic aerials course.
Both Cook and Jana Lindsey, the only other American entered, failed to qualify for Wednesday night's finals.
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