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MEDAL MANIA.(American performance in the Winter Olympics)
On February 11th, the first day of competition in the Winter Olympics in Turin, snow in the Eastern United States competed in the accumulation event, winning a gold medal the next day in a number of places, including New York City, where 26.9 inches covered the ground. Americans divided themselves into two groups: the doers and the watchers, one group out there shovelling and sledding, the other remaining happily inside in fuzzy slippers, secure in the knowledge that nothing would be required of them all day. Thousands of miles away, as the couch-sitters looked on, Olympic hardware was already being distributed, with the speed skater Chad Hedrick taking a first in the ...
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...LOVINGLY wrapped in pink tissue, Rhona Martin's Olympic Gold medal is tucked away at the back of her wardrobe. Hardly the right...needed to pursue her dreams of becoming Britain's first Winter Olympics gold medallist for 18 years. She said: "Keith has been...
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