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BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ___ Sui Wenjing and Han Chan of China shattered their own world record for a short program at the Beijing Games on Friday night, giving them the narrowest of leads over Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov heading into the free skate to decide the Olympic champion.
As soon as the bobsledder crossed the line in the first heat, the USOPC revealed that she was the flagbearer pick.
The 500-year-old sport of curling is leveraging modern technologies to get a better picture of each side’s strengths and weaknesses – a growing trend that many pro sports have increasingly used to identify undervalued players and better inform coaching decisions.
Canada kept the U.S. men's curling team off the podium with an 8-5 win over Team USA in the bronze medal game Friday.
Gu wins her second gold medal, becoming the first action-sports athlete to win three medals at a single Olympics.