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Canada restores order in men’s Olympic ice hockey
Canada’s happiness was compounded minutes later as two of the women’s bobsleigh teams took the top two medals, the gold going to Kaillie Humphries in a thrilling final that saw a highly rated German team flip over on the fast ice track.
With a gold that takes Canada to the top of the medal table alongside the United States and Germany, two silvers, a bronze and the big hockey win, Wednesday was Canada’s day. Day 12 of the Winter Games had its notable losers too.
South Korea were disqualified while they were celebrating what they thought was their victory in women’s short track 3,000-meter relay.
The gold went to China, while the Koreans’ cheers turned to tears and they rushed past reporters without stopping to explain what referees deemed a push in the relay exchange.
It was also a disappointing day for top American skier Lindsey Vonn, the downhill gold medalist who crashed out on a fog-enveloped giant slalom and broke her little finger.
The giant slalom second leg fell prey to poor weather and will run instead on Thursday morning, with no Vonn and little hope for team mate and defending champion Julia Mancuso.
In a different type of skiing, Australia’s Lydia Lassila flew and spun her way to Olympic gold in women’s freestyle aerials, cleanly landing two of the hardest jumps of the day.
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