At a Glance

Originally published Thursday, February 21, 2002

SHORT TRACK SPEED- SKATING: Apolo Ohno, six stitches in his left thigh from an accident in his first race, finished second yet again -- but this time, it was temporary.

In yet another wild finish on the short track, a disqualification turned the 19-year-old Seattleite into an Olympic gold medalist just minutes after it appeared he would settle for silver.

South Korean Kim Dong-sung was disqualified for blocking Ohno with a half-lap to go.

ALPINE SKIING: Croatia 3, United States 0. That's the medal count in the women's Alpine skiing events, where Janica Kostelic of Croatia won her second gold -- and third medal overall -- in the women's slalom.

Kostelic, who won gold in the combined and silver in the super-G, braved a heavy snowfall to take the slalom. Laure Pequegnot of France was second, and Anja Paerson of Sweden took the bronze.

Kostelic will go for her fourth medal Friday in the giant slalom.

CURLING: The gold is gone for the U.S. women's curlers, although they remain in the running for a bronze.

The Americans lost 9-4 to Switzerland, snapping a four-game winning streak and setting up a bronze medal contest today against the defending gold medalist, Canada.

The Canadians lost 6-5 to Great Britain, setting up a match between the winners and the Swiss for the gold.

In the men's semifinals, Canada advanced to Friday's gold medal game with a 6-4 victory over world champion Sweden. The Canadians will play Norway, 7-6 winners in extra time over defending Olympic champion Switzerland.

SKELETON: Third-generation Olympian Jimmy Shea of the United won the gold medal while carrying a photo of his late grandfather, Jack Shea, inside his helmet.

In the first Olympic women's skeleton competition, Americans Tristan Gale and Lea Ann Parsley took gold and silver.

SPEEDSKATING: Jennifer Rodriguez's bronze medal gave the United States eight medals in eight events, equaling the 1980 speedskating team as the most prolific in U.S. history.

It was the second bronze of the games for the former inline skater from Miami, a follow-up to her third place finish in the 1,000 meters.

Rodriguez, 25, finished behind the German pair of gold medalist Anni Friesinger and silver medalist Sabine Voelker. Friesinger set a world record in the 1,500-meter race.

HOCKEY: Herb Brooks, coach of the U.S. hockey team for the first time since 1980, has his team in the Olympic semifinals after a 5-0 victory over Germany. And the Americans' opponent -- just like it was 22 years ago -- is Russia.

The Russians, avenging a gold medal game loss from 1998, nipped the Czech Republic 1-0 to oust the defending Olympic champion. Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 41 shots, outdueling Dominik Hasek.

Underdog Belarus, on Vladimir Kopat's fluke goal with 2:24 remaining, stunned the heavily favored Swedes 4-3 in one of the biggest hockey upsets in Olympic history.

Belarus next faces Canada, which defeated Finland 2-1. Joe Sakic and Steve Yzerman scored for the Canadians.

BIATHLON: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen became the third Olympian to win four gold medals at a single Games as Norway won the men's 30-kilometer biathlon relay. He joined American speedskater Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals in 1980, and Russian speedskater Lydia Skoblikova, who won four in 1964.

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