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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Alana
Nichols</STRONG> (Farmington, N.M.) won the first U.S. gold medal
of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games this past Tuesday by taking
the top spot in the women's sitting giant slalom, followed by
teammate <STRONG>Stephani Victor</STRONG> (Park City, Utah) who
won silver. Nichols then won her second gold medal of the games on
Thursday, this one coming in the downhill (sitting). Nichols was
joined on the podium by teammate <STRONG>Laurie Stephens</STRONG>
(Wenham, Mass.) who won silver.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 12px">After beating
Japan 6-0 on Tuesday, the <STRONG>U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey
Team</STRONG> defeated Norway 3-0 Thursday to earn a spot in
Saturday's gold medal sled hockey match. The game marked goalie
<STRONG>Steve Cash's</STRONG> (Overland, Mo.) fourth consecutive
shutout. The Americans will face Japan, who upset the defending
gold medalists from Canada in the other semifinal.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 12px">The <STRONG>U.S.
Paralympic Curling Team</STRONG> finished preliminary round play
with an 8-2 win over Switzerland on Thursday. Team USA is the
second seed heading into the medal round and will face Korea in
Saturday's semifinals.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Danelle
Umstead</STRONG> (Taos, N.M.) and her guide Rob Umstead, won their
first career Paralympic medal, taking bronze in the downhill
(visually impaired) on Thursday. The Umsteads are a husband &
wife team, collectively known as Team Vision4Gold, competing in
their first Paralympic Winter Games.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Mark
Bathum</STRONG> (Seattle, Wash.) surprised the field in the men's
visually impaired category to win a silver medal in the downhill
on Wednesday. Bathum is competing in his first Paralympic Winter
Games and this is his first medal.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Andy
Soule</STRONG> (Pearland, Texas) shot four perfect rounds in
Wednesday's 12.5k biathlon race, but it wasn't quite enough to get
him back on the podium as Soule finished in fourth. <STRONG>Kelly
Underkofler</STRONG> (St. Paul, Minn.) capped her 2010 biathlon
events with a 9th place finish in the women's race.
<LI style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Allison Jones</STRONG>
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) was the top skier for the U.S. in the
giant slalom on Wednesday with a ninth place finish. The top
finisher for the men was <STRONG>Brad Washburn</STRONG> (Winter
Park, Colo.) in 16th. </LI></UL><STRONG
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March 19</STRONG> <BR><BR><STRONG>Alpine skiing: </STRONG>Super-G
(all), 10:00 a.m.<BR><EM>*Times listed are Pacific Time</EM>
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