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Japan's Kobayashi wins silver in 7.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi, led by her guide Takashi Kobayashi, skis to win the silver medal in the women's 7.5 km visual impaired biathlon event at the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games in Pragelato, Italy, on March 14.

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Kobayashi wins gold in 12.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi (R), who won the gold medal in the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games women's 12.5 km visual impaired biathlon, and Shoko Ota, who won the bronze medal in the women's 12.5 km standing event, wave at audiences on the podium in Pragelato, Italy, on March 11.

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Kobayashi wins gold in 12.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi smiles on the podium after winning the gold medal in the women's 12.5 km visual impaired biathlon at the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games in Pragelato, Italy, on March 11.

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Italian di Centa wins gold in men's 50 kilometers cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Italy's Giorgio di Centa, who won the gold in the men's 50 kilometers cross country skiing, holds up the country's flag during the award ceremony at Pragelato in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26. (Italy)

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Italian di Centa wins gold in men's 50 kilometers cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Italy's Giorgio di Centa is jubilant after winning the gold in the men's 50 kilometers cross country skiing in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26. (Italy)

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Italian di Centa wins gold in men's 50 kilometers cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Gold medalist Giorgio di Centa of Italy (C), silver medalist Eugeni Dementiev of Russia (R) and bronze medalist Mikhail Botwinov of Austria (R) smile during the award ceremony at Pragelato in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26. (Italy)

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Italian di Centa wins gold in men's 50 kilometers cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Italy's Giorgio di Centa (10) reaches the goal to win the gold in the men's 50 kilometers cross country skiing in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26. (Italy)

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Austria's Gottwald wins spring event

PRAGELATO, Italy - Austria's Felix Gottwald throws up hands in joy after winning the gold medal in the Nordic combined sprint event in Pragelato on feb. 21.

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Hatakeyama 7th in Nordic combined sprint after ski jump

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Yosuke Hatakeyama finished in seventh place after the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined sprint event in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 21.

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Austria win ski jumping team competition

PRAGELATO, Italy - (From L to R) Austria's Andreas Widhoelzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch and Thomas Morgenstern jump over the podium to celebrate their victory in the ski jumping team competition of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria win ski jumping team competition

PRAGELATO, Italy - Austria's Thomas Morgenstern reacts after his second jump to win the ski jumping team competition of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria win ski jumping team competition

PRAGELATO, Italy - Austria's Thomas Morgenstern (C) and his teammates celebrate their victory in the ski jumping team competition of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria win ski jumping team competition

PRAGELATO, Italy - Austria's Thomas Morgenstern soars through the air during the second jump of the ski jumping team competition of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 20. Austria took the gold in the event.

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Austria's Morgenstern wins gold in large hill ski jump

PRAGELATO, Italy - Thomas Morgenstern of Austria shows off the gold medal he won in the large hill ski jump at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Austria's Morgenstern wins gold in large hill ski jump

PRAGELATO, Italy - Thomas Morgenstern of Austria (C), who won the gold in the large hill ski jump, waves to wellwishers at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18 with fellow countryman and silver medalist Andreas Kofler (L), and bronze medalist Lars Bystoel (R) of Norway.

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Austria's Morgenstern wins gold in large hill ski jumping

PRAGELATO, Italy - Thomas Morgenstern of Austria, celebrates his 140-meter leap that helped him to the gold medal in the large hill ski jump at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Austria's Morgenstern wins gold in large hill ski jumping

PRAGELATO, Italy - Thomas Morgenstern of Austria wins the gold in the large hill ski jump at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Russia wins gold in 20-km relay at Turin Olympics

PRAGELATO, Italy - Russia's cross-country skier Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova celebrates her team's gold medal in the 20-kilometer relay with a teammate after reaching the goal on the anchor leg at Pragelato at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Okabe places 8th in large hill ski jump

PRAGELATO, Italy - Takanobu Okabe, who placed eight in the large hill ski jump, performs his second leap at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Russia wins gold in 20-km relay at Turin Olympics

PRAGELATO, Italy - Russia's cross-country skier Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova rejoices on reaching the goal on the anchor leg to win gold in the 20-kilometer relay at Pragelato at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Japan's Kasai finishes first in ski jump qualifying round

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai finished first in the qualifying round with a solid effort of 126 meters on the K-125 hill in Pragelato on Feb. 17, which gave him a place in the Feb. 18 competition along with fellow qualifiers Daiki Ito and Tsuyoshi Ichinohe as well as Takanobu Okabe who had earlier earned a bye into the final.

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Estonian Veerpalu wins gold in men's 15-km classical

PRAGELATO, Italy - Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu shows off the gold medal he won in the men's 15-km classical event on Feb. 17 in the Turin Olympic Games.

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Estonian Veerpalu wins gold in men's 15-km classical

PRAGELATO, Italy - Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu, who won gold in the men's 15-km classical event on Feb. 17, braves snow in the Turin Olympic Games.

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Austria wins gold in Nordic combined

TURIN, Italy - The Austrian team members welcome Mario Stecher (R), the last runner in the Nordic combined in Pragelato at the Turin Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 16. The team won the gold.

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Austria wins gold in Nordic combined

TURIN, Italy - Austrian team members are jubilant after winning in the Nordic combined on Feb. 16 in Pragelato at the Turin Winter Olympic Games.

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Japan 6th in Nordic combined team event

PRAGELATO, Italy - The Japanese Nordic combined team pose for photos after finishing in sixth place in the event in Pragelato at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 16.

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Estonia's Smigun wins women's 10-km cross country race

PRAGELATO, Italy - Estonia's Kristina Smigun (C), gold medalist of the women's 10-kilometer classical cross country race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by silver medalist Marit Bjorgen (R) and bronze medalist Hilde Pedersen, both from Norway, on the podium in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 16.

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Estonia's Smigun wins women's 10-km cross country race

PRAGELATO, Italy - Estonia's Kristina Smigun displays her gold medal in the women's 10-kilometer classical cross country race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 16. Smigun became the first to win two gold medals at the Turin Olympics.

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Estonia's Smigun wins women's 10-km cross country race

PRAGELATO, Italy - Estonia's Kristina Smigun skis on her way to win the gold medal in the women's 10-kilometer classical cross country race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 16.

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Sweden wins men's 10km tem sprint cross country skiing

PRAGELATO, Italy - Sweden's Thobias Fredriksson (L) and Bjoern Lind show their gold medals for the men's team sprint cross country skiing of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelat, Italy, on Feb. 14.

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Sweden's men win 10-km team sprint cross country skiing

PRAGELATO, Italy - Swenden's Bjoern Lind celebrates as he crosses the finish line in the men's team sprint cross country skiing event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 14. The Swedish team - Lind and Thobias Fredriksson - took gold in a time of 17 minutes, 02.9 seconds.

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Sweden's Dahlberg and Andersson win gold in team sprint

PRAGELATO, Italy - Sweden's Lina Andersson (L) and Anna Dahlberg win gold in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14.

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Sweden's Dahlberg and Andersson win gold in team sprint

PRAGELATO, Italy - Sweden's Lina Andersson (R) and Anna Dahlberg (L) rejoice after winning gold in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14.

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Sweden's Dahlberg and Andersson win gold in team sprint

PRAGELATO, Italy - Sweden's Lina Andersson (R) and Anna Dahlberg (L) celebrate after winning gold in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14.

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Natsumi, Fukuda finish 8th in team sprint final

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Madoka Natsumi (L) and Nobuko Fukuda (R) rejoice after advancing to the final in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14. They finished eighth in the final.

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Norway's Bystoel wins normal hill ski jumping

PRAGELATO, Italy - Matti Hautamaeki of Finland(L), Lars Bystoel (C) and Roar Ljoekelsoey, both from Norway, pose after the normal hill ski jumping event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12. Bystoel took gold, followed by Hautamaeki and Ljoekelsoey.

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Norway's Bystoel wins normal hill ski jumping

PRAGELATO, Italy - Lars Bystoel of Norway is celebrated by his teammates after winning the normal hill ski jumping event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12.

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Norway's Bystoel wins normal hill ski jumping

PRAGELATO, Italy - Lars Bystoel of Norway sails through the air to win the normal hill ski jumping event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12.

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Norway's Bystoel wins normal hill ski jumping

PRAGELATO, Italy - Lars Bystoel of Norway reacts after winning the normal hill ski jumping event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12.

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Russia's Dementiev wins men's 30-km pursuit

PRAGELATO, Italy - Russia's Eugeni Dementiev celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 30-kilometer pursuit cross country skiing in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12.

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Russia's Dementiev wins men's 30-km pursuit

PRAGELATO, Italy - Frode Estil of Norway (L), Eugeni Dementiev of Russia (C) and Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy show off their medals after the men's 30-kilometer pursuit cross country skiing in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12.

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Estonia's Smigun wins women's 15-km pursuit cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Kristina Smigun of Estonia reacts after winning the women's 15-kilometer pursuit cross country race in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12.

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Estonia's Smigun wins women's 15-km pursuit cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Kristina Smigun of Estonia skis during the women's 15-kilometer pursuit cross country race in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12. Smigun won the gold medal in time of 42 minutes, 48.7 seconds.

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Russia's Dementiev wins men's 30-km pursuit

PRAGELATO, Italy - Russia's Eugeni Dementiev celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 30-kilometer pursuit cross country skiing in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12. (Kyodo)

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Kobayashi wins gold in 12.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi smiles on the podium after winning the gold medal in the women's 12.5 km visual impaired biathlon at the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games in Pragelato, Italy, on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Kobayashi wins gold in 12.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi (R), who won the gold medal in the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games women's 12.5 km visual impaired biathlon, and Shoko Ota, who won the bronze medal in the women's 12.5 km standing event, wave at audiences on the podium in Pragelato, Italy, on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kobayashi wins silver in 7.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi, led by her guide Takashi Kobayashi, skis to win the silver medal in the women's 7.5 km visual impaired biathlon event at the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games in Pragelato, Italy, on March 14. (Kyodo)

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Russia's Dementiev wins men's 30-km pursuit

PRAGELATO, Italy - Frode Estil of Norway (L), Eugeni Dementiev of Russia (C) and Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy show off their medals after the men's 30-kilometer pursuit cross country skiing in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy, on Feb. 12. (Kyodo)

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Italian di Centa wins gold in men's 50 kilometers cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Italy's Giorgio di Centa is jubilant after winning the gold in the men's 50 kilometers cross country skiing in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26. (Italy)

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Italian di Centa wins gold in men's 50 kilometers cross country

PRAGELATO, Italy - Italy's Giorgio di Centa, who won the gold in the men's 50 kilometers cross country skiing, holds up the country's flag during the award ceremony at Pragelato in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26. (Italy)