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Death of Kerrigan's father ruled a homicide

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:20 GMT

The death of the father of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruled a homicide Tuesday when an autopsy showed he died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son in which he suffered a neck injury so severe it damaged his windpipe.

Olympians begin checking in at Vancouver

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:40:00 GMT

Noelle Pikus-Pace gasped as she glanced around the hotel ballroom to see the mountains of boxes piled around and overflowing with red-white-and-blue U.S. Olympic gear.

Reutter comfortable being top U.S. hopeful

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:49:05 GMT

As a little girl, Katherine Reutter would lace up her figure skates and gracefully hit the ice. Now, the 21-year-old is representing the U.S. in a different sport: short track. "I always wanted to go fast," she said recently.

Kramer wants Olympics turned into Svencouver

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:07:22 GMT

Sven Kramer usually gets what he wants. After a rookie mistake cost him and the Netherlands victory in Torino in 2006, what the 23-year-old speed skater wants more than anything is to win an Olympic gold medal. He enters the Vancouver Games as an overwhelming favorite at 5000m and 10,000m and hopes to lead the Dutch to pursuit gold.

Chinese world champions eye gold

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:42:05 GMT

China's women's curling captain Wang Bingyu, or "Betty," is eyeing Olympic gold to add to an already impressive list of achievements by the reigning world champions.