At a Glance

Originally published Tuesday, February 19, 2002

HOCKEY: Russia, despite its powerful lineup of NHL stars, was upset 3-1 by Finland. The Finns, led by a goal from captain Teemu Selanne, wound up second in the U.S. group with a 2-1 mark, while the Russians (1-1-1) were third.

In the other group, Canada -- behind a pair of Mario Lemieux goals -- tied the Czechs 3-3. Dominick Hasek stopped 33 shots for the Czechs, who -- like the Canadians -- finished their first three games 1-1-1. And Sweden, the only team to win all three of its opening games, pounded Germany, 7-1.

FIGURE SKATING: Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France won the gold medal in ice dancing. Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh of Russia won the silver and Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio of Italy won the bronze.

DRUG TESTING: An athlete from Belarus bolted the Olympics rather than submit to a retest after an initial drug test found steroid levels more than 300 times the legal limit.

The unidentified athlete checked out of the Olympic Village before his scheduled Monday retest. "It was a very strange departure," IOC director general Francois Carrard said.

No other athletes have failed drug tests during the games.

SKI JUMPING: After sailing 405 feet, German ski jumper Martin Schmitt turned and stared at the scoreboard. He waited 10 seconds ... 20 seconds ... 30 seconds ... and discovered he had won the gold medal.

Schmitt was the last to leap for the Germans in team ski jumping, and his jump propelled them to the gold medal by one-tenth of a point.

Finland, by the narrowest of margins in the event's 14-year Olympic history, settled for a silver, while Slovenia won the bronze for its first medal of these games.

FREESTYLE SKIING: Australia's Alisa Camplin won the gold in the women's aerials, an event in which none of the American medal hopefuls qualified for the finals.

Veronica Brenner of Canada won the silver, and Deidra Dionne of Canada won the bronze.

The first-time Olympian won Australia's second gold in Salt Lake City, following the unlikely victory by teammate Steven Bradbury in the short track speedskating. She had never won a World Cup event and has had nine concussions since taking up the sport four years ago.

WOMEN'S BIATHLON: New location, same result.

The German team in the 30-kilometer biathlon relay repeated its gold medal performance of four years ago, using impeccable shooting over the final half of the race to claim its prize.

Norway won the silver, finishing 30.6 seconds back, while Russia won the bronze.

The Germans, with two of its four-member Nagano team back in Salt Lake City, was heavily favored. The United States finished last out of 15 teams.

CURLING: The U.S. women clinched a spot in the semifinals with an 11-2 win over Norway, running their record in round-robin play to 6-3. Joining the Americans in the semis were Switzerland and Canada; the Swiss defeated Canada 6-5 on Monday.

In the men's bracket, the U.S. team was eliminated with a 7-6 loss to Britain, its record dropping to 3-6. Making the semifinals were Canada, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden. Canada defeated Denmark 8-3, Switzerland knocked off Germany 10-4 and Norway beat Sweden 9-8.

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