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Monday, 13 February 2006, 10:40 GMT

Winter Olympics photos

Rhona Martin (centre) guides her team to victory over Denmark

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Great Britain's women's team begin the defence of their curling title with a nervy 3-2 victory over Denmark

Great Briatin's Ewan MacDonald in action against Italy

Great Briatin's Ewan MacDonald in action against Italy

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Great Britain's men's curlers get off to a great start in their quest for a medal, beating Italy 7-5 in their opening game

Great Britain's curling team

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And the British men follow that victory by beating New Zealand 10-5 in their second match

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Meanwhile, British boarder Lesley McKenna misses out on the final of the women's half-pipe after crashing out in qualifying

Russia's Svetlana Ishmouratova wins the first gold medal of day three

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Russia's Svetlana Ishmouratova misses only one target out of 20 on her way to gold medal in the women's 15km biathlon

Russia's Olga Pyleva at the end of the 15km individual biathlon

Russia's Olga Pyleva at the end of the 15km individual biathlon

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Russia's Olga Pyleva finishes second, but is stripped of her silver medal and banned for two years after failing a drugs test

Hannah Teter gets some big air on the way to gold in the women's snowboard half-pipe competition

Hannah Teter gets some big air on the way to gold in the women's snowboard half-pipe competition

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Back in the half-pipe, America's Hannah Teter takes gold from team-mate Gretchen Bleiler with Norway's Kjersti Buaas third

Joey Cheek in action

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Another gold medal goes to America when Joey Cheek sprints his way to victory in the men's 500m speed skating

Anne Abernathy in practice for the women's luge competition

Anne Abernathy in practice for the women's luge competition

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'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy, 52, from the US Virgin Islands, pulls out after breaking her wrist in practice

Sylke Otto acknowledges the crowd at the midway point of the women's individual luge competition

Sylke Otto acknowledges the crowd at the midway point of the women's individual luge competition

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The Germans dominate with Sylke Otto leading from Silke Kraushaar and Tatjana Huefner after the opening two runs

America's Samantha Retrosi lies injured on the ice before being taken to hospital

America's Samantha Retrosi lies injured on the ice before being taken to hospital

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Competition has to be halted for several minutes though after Samantha Retrosi is injured following a huge crash

Lindsey Kildow is taken by helicopter to a hospital in Turin

Lindsey Kildow is taken by helicopter to a hospital in Turin

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America's female downhill star Lindsey Kildow is taken to hospital with back injuries after crashing on a training run

France's Carole Montillet-Carles practices for the women's downhill

France's Carole Montillet-Carles practices for the women's downhill

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Canada's Allison Forsyth is also taken to hospital after a crash while defending champion Carole Montillet-Carles also falls

Tatiana Totmianina (top) and Maxim Marinin in action

Tatiana Totmianina (top) and Maxim Marinin in action

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In the pairs figure skating, favourites Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin produce a flawless free routine to take gold

Zhang Hao helps his partner Zhang Dan (foreground) after she fell during their free programme

Zhang Hao helps his partner Zhang Dan (foreground) after she fell during their free programme

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China's Zhang Hao and Zhang Dan take second despite Zhang Dan falling heavily early on in their free routine

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