U. S. goes out with a whimper
Kane misses twice on penalty shots as Finns take bronze
SOCHI, Russia — The U. S. failed to score for the second consecutive game as Finland won its fifth men’s hockey medal in the last six Olympics with a 5- 0 shutout Saturday in the bronze- medal game.
American couldn’t convert two penalty shots as Finland’s stopped all on goal. scored twice the Finns.
The Americans, who haven’t won an Olympic medal outside North America since 1972, lost 1- 0 to Canada in the semifinals.
“It was pretty demoralizing,” U. S. forward
said. “We had to turn around and realize that there was actually a bronze medal on the line, which is still a pretty big deal. But those two efforts were just not acceptable.”
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Austria’s became the oldest Olympic Alpine skiing champion by winning the men’s slalom. Matt, 34, and teammate
took the with Norway’s top two third. Several top skiers, including American
crashed out on their second tries.
The victory pushedMatt past Norway’s
spots,
who was 150 days younger when hewon the men’s super- giant slalom at the 2006 Games. American- turned- Russian
picked up his second snowboarding gold of the Games.
Wild, an American who took Russian citizenship in 2012, won the parallel slalom, beating Slovenia’s
in the final. “I was pretty nervous,” Wild said. “The other day I didn’t think itwas possible, so I couldn’tdreamthat big. I wanted to go out and make people happy, more for the people in the stands than for me.”
Austria’s defeated Italy’s
for the bronze. the women’s event,
ofAustria edged of Germany in the final. Karstens’ teammate,
In
took the bronze by beating Italy’s won a record- tying sixth Winter Olympic gold as Norway swept the top three spots in the women’s 30- kilometer mass- start cross- country skiing race. ... The Dutch men shattered a record its speedskaters had set in Vancouver in 2010 by more than two seconds while taking the gold in the team pursuit. The squad, which has dominated speedskating during these Games, beat the South Koreans by 3.14 seconds in the final. ... TheDutchwomen’s squad broke the world record by 0.38 seconds while beating Poland for the gold medal in the team pursuit. ... Russia’s 30- kilometer biathlon relay team won gold, with Germany taking silver andAustria bronze.