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Saturday, 25 February 2006, 11:18 GMT

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Michael Greis crosses the line in snowy San Sicario

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Germany's Michael Greis wins his third gold medal of the Games in the inaugural 15km mass-start biathlon

Poland's Tomasz Sikora is helped out of his skis after collapsing at the end of the race

Poland's Tomasz Sikora is helped out of his skis after collapsing at the end of the race

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Poland's Tomasz Sikora takes the silver, while long-time leader Ole Einar Bjorndalen misses three targets and finishes third

Anna Carin Olofsson celebrates winning gold in the women's inaugural 12.5km biathlon

Anna Carin Olofsson celebrates winning gold in the women's inaugural 12.5km biathlon

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Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson cruises to gold from Kati Wilhelm and Uschi Disl in the women's 12.5km biathlon

Canada's Clara Hughes wins the 5000m speed skating

Canada's Clara Hughes wins the 5000m speed skating

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Canada's Clara Hughes takes the women's 5000m speed skating gold medal in a time of six minutes and 59.07 seconds

Italy's Giorgio Rossa crashes out of the slalom

Italy's Giorgio Rossa crashes out of the slalom

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In the men's slalom, home favourite Giorgio Rossa is one of a number of high profile names who crash out on the first run

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America's Bode Miller and Olympic combined champion Ted Ligety both straddle gates and are disqualified

Briatin's Alain Baxter completes his first run in the slalom

Briatin's Alain Baxter completes his first run in the slalom

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Britain's Alain Baxter makes it down unscathed in his second run of the men's slalom and finishes in a credible 16th

Benjamin Raich celebrates winning gold

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Austria celebrates as Benjamin Raich takes slalom gold ahead of Reinfried Herbst, with Rainer Schoenfelder in bronze.

The Germany four-man bobsleigh team celebrate winning gold

The Germany four-man bobsleigh team celebrate winning gold

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Germany's four-man bobsleigh team, piloted by Andre Lange, celebrate after successfully defending their Olympic title

Great Britain's John Eley (right) and Korea's Hyun-Soo Ahn in the 500m final

Great Britain's John Eley (right) and Korea's Hyun-Soo Ahn in the 500m final

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Britain's John Eley survives several event-filled qualification heats to reach the 500m short track speed skating final

Apolo Anton Ohno is ecstatic after winning gold

Apolo Anton Ohno is ecstatic after winning gold

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Eley is fifth in the final which is dominated by America's Apolo Anton Ohno with Canada's Francois-Louis Tremblay second

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South Korea's Jin Sun-Yu celebrates after winning gold in the women's 1000m speed skating final

Marek Zidlicky is congratulated by his team-mates

Marek Zidlicky is congratulated by his team-mates

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The Czech Republic win bronze in the third place play-off in the men's ice hockey, beating Russia 3-0

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