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medalnniainiiia Team USA puts forth its best effort in the 2006 Olympic Games, by Stephen rown the 20th Winter Olympics were held in Torino, Italy, throughout the month of F ebruary. Events were covered by NBC and broadcast by all of their networks, includ- ing MSNBC, USA and CNBC. In fact, the Winter Olympics received the most network airtime of anv previous Winter Olympics, totaling over 400 hours of coverage. The popularity of the events made all the surprises, disappointments and drama visible to students. As a whole. Team USA achieved mixed results in Torino. Though it was touted as the greatest collec- tion of winter sport athletes in United States Olym- pic histor , the team won fewer medals than they did in Salt Lake Citv in 2002. They did, however, rank second in the medal count with 25 medals, nine of which were gold. Americans competed in many events with a dif- ferent set of expectations for each. For example, the ski team, represented by world-class skiers Daron Rahlves, Lindsey Kildow, Jeremy Bloom and Bode Miller. All four were considered gold medal con- tenders entering the Olympics, yet all four wound up medal-less. Ted Liget) ' , a skier who received little fanfare before and even dining the Olvmpics, was the onh ' American skier to earn a medal, winning gold in the alpine combined event. I ' m surprised the ski team did as poorly as they did. I expected more from them. Bode Miller in particular, said senior Jacob Wright. In contrast, the men ' s curling team made history as the first Americans to win a bronze medal in the event. This achievement did not go unnoticed among student fans. I find curling to be the unsung hero of the Olympic games, said junior Drew Mas- sengill. If you actually learn the rules of the game, vou will soon find yourself jumping on your couch and screaming for whiche er team you want to win. Predictions also fell short for the figure skating competition. American skater Sasha Cohen came to the Olympics favored to win the gold and seemed to be on her way to doing just that after winning the first event, the short program. Unfortunately, a few ugh ' falls in the long program cost her what seemed like a sure gold medal and she was resigned to silver. This allowed Japan ' s Shizuka Arakawa to claim her nation ' s only medal in the Olympics by winning the gold. A lot of hard work goes into fig- ure skating. I was really impressed with the grace the figure skaters displayed in their routines and it was great that Sasha Cohen won silver despite fall- ing, said graduate Adam Taylor. Team USA ' s women ' s ice hockey team was ex- pected to win at least a silver medal, considering the team had ne er received anything less since the initial inclusion of women ' s hockev in the 1998 Olvmpics. After struggling to find its magic touch during the preliminaries, the team lost to Sweden in a shootout in the quarterfinals. Though the team ended up ith a bronze medal, its performance was considered 18 I Features
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