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Seizing the moment with a flawless and engaging routine, Sasha Cohen of Corona del Mar, Calif., a perennial runner-up at the U.S. and World Championships, took a dramatic step toward becoming the Olympic women’s figure skating champion.

There was a bronze medal, after four years of training for gold.

It would not have been surprising if all four U.S. aerial freestyle skiers had advanced to Thursday’s men’s finals at the Winter Olympics.

The women’s Olympic Alpine combined event today got more interesting when it was announced Thursday that American Lindsey Kildow and Croatian Janica Kostelic probably would race in the event.

For one brief, shining moment -- 1 minute and 12 seconds, to be precise -- Team Italy forward Tony Iob allowed himself to dream.

With the flip of the sled and the spilling of bodies onto the ice at the notorious 14th turn, the Olympic dream of the United States’ top luge team came to an abrupt end Wednesday.

Usually in ski racing, the important numbers are first, second and third.

They held an Olympic cross-country skiing race in this sunny, quiet valley Tuesday morning, a competition that was only partly about winning and losing.

It was a such a beautiful Monday afternoon that snowboarders Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler caught a lift up the mountain to do a little free riding.