Jets intercept private planes entering Olympic airspace
Air Force fighters intercepted a private jet Sunday entering restricted Olympic airspace. Two more private jets were forced to land or divert on Friday with F16 escorts. NORAD official Maj. Ed Thomas said there was no malicious intent and all aircraft complied.
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Salt Lake International Airport
Brigham City
Ed Thomas
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Snowbasin crowd blocked by delayed transport failure
About 3,000 fans with $300,000 in tickets failed to reach Snowbasin on Sunday as buses crawled roads for three hours. Many seats remained empty as top skiers finished and fans watched from buses windows.
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Surprise Austrian Wins Snowbasin Men Downhill Title
Fritz Strobl, an Austrian part time cop, wins the men downhill at Snowbasin Utah with a 1 39 13 finishing time. He defeats teammate Stephan Eberharter and Norway's Lasse Kjus who take silver and bronze respectively. Daron Rahlves falters finishing 16th while Pierre Emmanuel Dakin loses a ski but finishes.
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Austria
Lasse Kjus
Norway
Stephan Eberharter
Snowbasin
Utah
Grizzly
Strobl
Daron Rahlves
America
Marco Sullivan
Rahlves
Eberharter
Kjus
Pierre-Emmanuel Dakin
United States Wins First Gold of Games in Women’s Halfpipe
Kelly Clark secured the nation’s first gold on the final run of women's halfpipe snowboarding. The day also saw Claudia Pechstein set a 3000-meter speed skating world record and Simon Ammann win the 90-meter ski jump. Weather was sunny with mild mountain temperatures. security checkpoints reported pin-related delays.
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Switzerland
Sven Hannawald
Germany
Adam Malysz
Poland
Kelly Clark
W. Dover
United States
Claudia Pechstein
Salt Lake
Todd Lodwick
Daron Rahives
Jake Fiala
Scott Macartney
Brendan Doran
Matt Dayton
Bill Demong
Shannon Dunn-Downing
Street eyes Olympic downhill medal bid at home in Salt Lake City
Picabo Street leads as underdog on her home mountain in Salt Lake City with the world’s best ahead in the downhill race. Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman face tough odds in pairs free skate while Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze clash with Canada’s Jamie Sale and David Pelletier for gold. Street trained fastest on Wildflower with Goetschl and Dorfmeister leading the World Cup standings. Street credits two years to prepare after a serious 1998 crash and aims to risk everything for gold on her home turf. Ina and Zimmerman must deliver a flawless free skate to threaten a podium against Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo.
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Picabo Street
Kyoko Ina
John Zimmerman
Tony Benshoff
Adam Heidt
Georg Hackl
Germany
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Street
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Renate Goetschl
Michaela Dorfmeister
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Zimmerman
Shen Xue
Zhao Hongbo
China
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