2010 Winter Olympics

Olympic medal-winner returns to Palmer High School

Skating on the ice is easy for her, but Olympic hockey silver medalist Kerry Weiland said it was a little more difficult to speak to students Tuesday morning at Palmer High School.

Southam finish in 50-K his best during the Olympics

Using the Winter Olympics as the stage for one of the best performances of your career would make most any athlete happy and proud, and for the most part, those were the emotions that registered with Anchorage's James Southam on Sunday.

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Randall and Brooks finish on a high note at the Olympics

Holly Brooks will hold her head up high tonight when she marches in the closing ceremonies at the Winter Olympics.

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Canada wins 'great game' of hockey to take the gold

This was best possible way to end the Olympics for Canada.

Alaska Olympians -- dispatches and schedule

Since graduating from UAA in 2005 with degrees in aviation and journalism, Michelle Bartleman has traded gymnastics and track -- the sports she competed in for the Seawolves -- for the fast track. She's the seventh-ranked women's skeleton racer in Canada and her goal is to make the 2014 Winter Olympics team.

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U.S. biathlon relay team finishes in 13th place

The U.S. biathlon relay team, which included Jay Hakkinen of Kasilof and Jeremy Teela of Anchorage, finished 13th Thursday in the final biathlon event of the Vancouver Olympics.

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Cool anecdotes and the schedule

American women take silver in hockey

Defenseman Kerry Weiland of Palmer and her Team USA mates had to settle for silver today, when Canada beat the Americans 2-0 to capture the gold medal in women's hockey at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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Kikkan shakes a leg in women's relay

For the third time this Olympics, Anchorage's Kikkan Randall showed she's a world-class racer with medal-winning potential.

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Randall starts fast but U.S. finishes 12th

Kikkan Randall got the United States off to a great start but her teammates couldn't continue the pace and wound up finishing 12th in today's relay race at the Winter Olympics.

Alaska Olympians -- dispatches and schedule

What's the Olympic capital of Alaska?

2010 WINTER OLYMPICS

Alaska Olympians -- dispatches and schedule

Not that we expect Alaskans to root for anything other than a gold medal for Palmer's Kerry Weiland in today's gold-medal women's hockey game at the Winter Olympics, but at least one member of the Alaska Aces will be cheering for Canada.

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What's the Olympic capital of Alaska?

The news that Kerry Weiland of Palmer will win an Olympic medal Thursday when the United States meets Canada in the gold-medal hockey game raises an interesting question. What Alaska city boasts the most Olympic medal winners?

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Randall leads US duo to 6th in cross-country team sprint

Kikkan Randall said she felt medal-winning fast Monday at the Winter Olympics, and the results back her up.

Alaska's Olympians: dispatches, schedule

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Alaskan scores as US women's hockey team guaranteed medal

Palmer hockey player Kerry Weiland won an Olympic medal Monday, but she won't know what color it is until Thursday. The victory over Sweden at Vancouver's Canada Hockey Place guarantees Weiland will leave the Winter Olympics with either a gold or silver medal.

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Anchorage's Kikkan Randall had a front-row seat last week to what should be the iconic moment of the Vancouver Olympics -- and probably would be if it had happened to an American instead of a Slovenian.

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Southam leads other Americans in cross-country pursuit

One of 64 racers in the field, James Southam placed 34th to finish as the top American for the second time in these Olympics. He took a spill on a slushy corner on a downhill with two kilometers left in the classic portion of the dual-technique race, a stumble that he said cost him a top-30 finish.

Amreican biathletes continue to struggle

Alaska Olympians --dispatches, schedule

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