Vancouver Games: Day 9

Vancouver Games: Day 9

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Shani Davis, the world record holder in the 1,500, won a second consecutive silver in the Olympic event, his 1:46.10 falling just shy of the 1:45.57 turned in by gold medalist Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands.

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Mark Tuitert came into the 1,500 ranked only fifth on the World Cup circuit, but said "It all came together in this race."

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Apolo Anton Ohno maneuvered past two skaters on the final lap to win a bronze medal in the short-track 1,000-meter, making him the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian -- with 7.

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Ohno's seventh career medal broke a tie with long-track speedskater Bonnie Blair. He now has two gold, two silver and three bronze medals in his three Olympic appearances. The skater from Seattle earned a silver in the 1,500 last weekend.

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Lee Jung-su (far left) of South Korea won his second gold in Vancouver, this time in the short-track 1,000-meter, and teammate Lee Ho-suk earned the silver. The Koreans claimed four of the six short track medals awarded.

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In the women's 1,500 final, Zhou Yang of China easily won the gold medal ahead of Lee Eun-byul of South Korea, who earned the silver. Park Seung-hi of South Korea took the bronze. American Katherine Reutter was fourth.

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Allison Baver of the U.S. (153) and Aika Klein of Germany crashed in the women's 1,500, with Baver advancing to the next heat.

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Lindsey Vonn finished two spots and 0.74 behind gold medalist Andrea Fischbacher of Austria in the super-G for a record seventh U.S. Alpine medal. She plans to race in Wednesday's giant slalom and Friday's slalom, the last two women's events.

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"Once I passed the tricky sections, I think I let off the gas pedal a little bit. I just didn't continue with that aggression all the way to the finish," Lindsey Vonn said. "That's where I lost the race."

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Andrea Fischbacher (pictured) turned in what pretty much everyone was calling the run of her life, in 1 minute, 20.14 seconds to win the super-G. Tina Maze was 0.49 slower and earned Slovenia's first silver in any sport at a Winter Olympics.

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Alla Tsuper of Belarus won the qualifying for women's freestyle aerials.

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Defending champion Evelyn Leu of Switzerland fell on her second of two jumps in the qualifying round of freestyle aerials and did not make the final 12.

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No American woman had advanced past qualifying in freestyle aerials since 1998. This time, three made it to Wednesday's final: Emily Cook, Lacy Schnoor (pictured) and 16-year-old Ashley Caldwell.

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Germany's Andre Lange was the leader at the halfway point of the two-man bobsled event.

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There were four crashes on the first day of bobsled competition, including one involving Canada's top sled.

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American Steve Holcomb was in fourth place at the midway point of the two-man bobsled, just 0.12 from medal contention.

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Switzerland's Simon Ammann won the large hill to become the first ski jumper with four individual Olympic titles.

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Polish veteran Adam Malysz took silver in the large hill ski jump, and 20-year-old Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer earned bronze -- the exact same finish as in the normal hill jump a week ago.