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'Bavaria Express' steams to third straight luge Olympic gold
Germany extended their domination of the luge track in Beijing on Wednesday as Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the men's doubles title for the third straight Winter Games.
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Schouten of the Netherlands scooped up her second Beijing Olympics gold medal when she won the women's 5000-metre speed skating event on Thursday, as the Dutch team continued to dominate on the ice. For the second time in the Winter Games, Schouten also broke an Olympic record that had stood untouched for 20 years since Salt Lake City as she whizzed around the oval in ever faster laptimes and crossed the finish line in six minutes and 43.51 seconds.
Distancing personal life from short-track career pays dividends for Kim Boutin
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Alpine skiing-Shiffrin to decide on super-G participation later on Thursday
YANQING, China : Mikaela Shiffrin will decide by 1700 local time (0900 GMT) on Thursday whether she will take part in the super-G race scheduled for Friday at the Beijing Winter Games, a spokeswoman for the U.S. team said.
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'Bavaria Express' steams to third straight luge Olympic gold
YANQING: Germany extended their domination of the luge track in Beijing on Wednesday (Feb 9) as Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the men's doubles title for the third straight Winter Games.