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BEIJING 鈥� There was no wide-eyed glance around the venue, no expression of wonderment at the Olympic rings.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Lindsey Jacobellis is finally an Olympic gold medalist. Let that sink in for a moment because Jacobellis has been trying for 16 years. Jacobellis helped make the wild sport of snowboardcross famous.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� A roundup of gold medals from Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Beijing Games: ___ ALPINE SKIING WOMEN'S SLALOM Petra Vlhova added an Olympic gold medal to her growing list of achievements, winning the women鈥檚 slalom at the Beijing Games.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Whatever you call them this time around, the Russians are again going to be hard to beat in men鈥檚 hockey at the Beijing Olympics. The team is playing as ROC at the 2022 Games, short for Russian Olympic Committee.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� David Quinn has heard a thing or two about the U.S. being the youngest team at the Olympics and does not believe it's a bad thing. 鈥淥bviously we are young, but it鈥檚 no reason we can鈥檛 have success,鈥� the U.S. coach said.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) 鈥� Vinzenz Geiger of Germany won Olympic gold in Nordic combined Wednesday, rallying from a 1-minute, 26-second deficit to cross the finish line first in a 10K cross-country race after ranking 11th in ski jumping.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� When Mikaela Shiffrin careened off the course, another expected gold medal slipping away before she hardly got started, the announcers from NBC let her have it.

BEIJING 鈥� Canadian speedskating star Charles Hamelin won't compete for a medal in his last individual Olympic event after failing to advance in the men's short-track 1,500 metres.

BEIJING 鈥� Jeremy Colliton accidentally fired a puck into the bench during a drill to send some of his players ducking for cover. Following some lighthearted ribbing, Canada鈥檚 Olympic men's hockey coach and the team got back to work.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Smiling. Laughing. Enjoying herself. Petra Vlhova is like a different person following 鈥渟omething huge鈥� that changed in her approach to skiing.