Medals · Speedskating Norway's Johann Olav Koss turned in one of the best speedskating performances of all time yesterday to become the first triple-gold medalist of these Olympics. · Alpine skiing Katja Seizinger, Picabo Street and Isolde Kostner ran 1-2-3 in the downhill portion of the women's combined, the same order in which they finished the gold-medal downhill the day before. · Figure skating Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean took a slim lead after the original dance. Russians Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin were second ahead of Oksana Gritschuk and Evgeni Platov, also from Russia. · Ski jumping Jens Weissflog of Germany came from behind on the second jump to capture the gold medal in the 120-meter ski jumping with 274.5 points. · Bobsled Switzerland's Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin won the two-man bobsled over teammates Reto Goetschi and Guido Acklin -- Dino's brother -- in the second-closest Olympic bobsled finish in history. · Biathlon Sergei Tarasov won the men's 20-kilometer biathlon in 57 minutes, 25.3 seconds, making up for misses in shooting with superior cross-country skiing. · Hockey Russia edged the Czech Republic, 4-3. Finland routed Germany 7-1 to finish the pool undefeated and untied in the tournament in the preliminary round. Austria beat Norway, 4-2. Norway finished 0-5. The qualifiers from Pool A are Finland, Germany, Czech Republic and Russia. From Pool B, Canada, Sweden and Slovakia have qualified. The United States plays Italy for the fourth spot.
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