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Olympics-Short track-Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer wins gold in 500m, denies Fontana hat-trick
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer won gold in the women's short track 500 metres at the Olympics on Thursday, denying reigning champion Arianna Fontana a hat-trick in the event, as the Italian had to settle for silver.
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Sailing-American Magic take over Danish SailGP team in $60 million deal
LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - American Magic, the sailing team backed by U.S. sports investor Doug DeVos, has bought Danish SailGP speed record holders ROCKWOOL Racing in a $60 million deal launched on the eve of the global league's New Zealand event.
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Olympics-Speed skating-Brignone's heroics fuel Lollobrigida's 5,000m triumph
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida said she drew inspiration from compatriot and alpine ski racer Federica Brignone as she dazzled on home ice to clinch gold in the women's 5,000 metres at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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Olympics-Snowboarding-South Korea's Choi upsets Kim to win women's halfpipe gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Choi Ga-on of South Korea won the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe after recovering from a frightening crash in her first run at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Teen Celebrini makes early statement as Canada open campaign with emphatic win
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Macklin Celebrini made his Olympic ice hockey debut with the confidence of a veteran and the timing of a natural scorer, the 19-year-old striking early to spark Canada's commanding 5-0 victory over Czech Republic in their opening game on Thursday.
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Olympics-Alpine-Last feels better than gold for record-breaker Schleper
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Sarah Schleper finished 26th and last in Thursday's women's Olympic super-G and said she felt like a gold medallist, or maybe even better.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Verstappen says new F1 car is "not much fun to drive"
MANAMA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Four-times Formula One world champion Max Verstappen declared his new Red Bull not much fun to drive and more like "Formula E on steroids" on the second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday.
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Olympics-Biathlon-Bakken's mother congratulates Botn after emotional Norway gold
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - When Norway's Johan-Olav Botn crossed the line to win Olympic gold in the men's 20km individual race on Tuesday, he did so with an emotional cry of "Sivert, we did it!" in honour of Sivert Guttorm Bakken, the friend and former teammate he found dead in their hotel weeks before the Games.
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Olympics-Skeleton-Ukraine's Heraskevych appeals Games ban with CAS, wants supervised run
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has appealed his Winter Olympics competition ban over a helmet depicting dead Ukrainian athletes with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS said on Thursday.
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Olympics-Luge-Germans win team relay for fourth Games in a row
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Germany maintained their grip on the Olympic luge team relay on Thursday when they took gold for the fourth Games in a row since it was introduced in 2014.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada shut out Czech team in master class men's opener
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Tournament favourites Canada marked their territory with a 5-0 win over Czech Republic to open their men's Olympic ice hockey campaign on Thursday, as goalie Jordan Binnington turned away all 26 shots he faced in a dominant display.
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Olympics-Figure skating-Malinin making history with skating's first Olympic backflip in decades
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milano Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis great Novak Djokovic to his feet with his hands on his head in disbelief.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada women cruise to shutout win over Finland to seal group runners-up spot
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Defending champions Canada cruised to a 5-0 win over Finland to secure second spot in Group A of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Thursday, as they coped again without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin in their final group game.
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Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada uncertain over Poulin's return for quarter-finals
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canada played their last two group games without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin and uncertainty surrounds the return of the five-times Olympian heading into the quarter-finals of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament.
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Motor racing-Alpine to leave World Endurance Championship at end of 2026 to focus on F1
Feb 12 (Reuters) - Renault-owned Alpine will withdraw from the World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the end of the season to focus on Formula One, the sportscar maker said on Thursday.
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Cricket
Cricket-India thump Namibia ahead of Pakistan clash
NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Defending champions India continued their march towards the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup with a 93-run plastering of Namibia in a group A contest at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.
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Olympics-Speed skating-Italy's Lollobrigida seizes 5,000m title for second gold at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Francesca Lollobrigida delivered another spectacular performance on home ice, blasting to victory in the women's 5,000 metres on Thursday to secure her second gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics.
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Hockey
Olympics–Long‑wanted hockey fan held in Milan on his team's opening night
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The writing was on the wall - and had the man's passion for ice hockey been matched by a love of Italian music he may have spotted it.
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Olympics-Alpine-Brignone's rivals impressed by awesome super-G run
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Federica Brignone's rivals were just as surprised, and almost as delighted, as the Italian after her stunning Olympic super-G success on Thursday.
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Olympics-Curling-US alternate Ruohonen becomes oldest American Winter Olympian at age 54
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - American curler Rich Ruohonen became his country's oldest Winter Olympian at the age of 54 when he stepped onto the ice during his team's 8-3 defeat by Switzerland on Thursday.
