Women's super-G
Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister won her second gold medal of the Turin Games and Janica Kostelic of Croatia became the most decorated woman in Olympic Alpine skiing history with a silver in the super-G.

Lindsey Kildow was the top American finisher, in seventh place.

Dorfmeister, the last of the top 30 skiers to race, overcame a course softened by the sun to edge Kostelic by .27 seconds in a time of 1 minute, 32.47 seconds.

The 24-year-old Kostelic’s silver was her sixth Olympic medal — four of them gold — and her second these games. No other woman Alpine skier has more than five.

Austria’s Alexandra Meissnitzer won the bronze, .59 behind the 32-year-old Dorfmeister, who is retiring after this season.

Women's hockey
No more Swedish surprises. Hockey is Canada’s game, and their gold-medal win was a fitting finale for the most dominant women’s team ever assembled.

The Canadians scored with pinpoint passes and dazzling pirouettes, soft wrist shots and firm tip-ins. The victory wasn’t the rematch with the U.S. everyone expected, but Canada still sent upstart Sweden home with the same thrashing it had planned for its American archrivals.

Behind Kim Martin, its 19-year-old wall of a goalie, Sweden managed a 3-2 semifinal shootout win over the U.S. on Friday.

But Gillian Apps’ goal on a surreal backhand just 3:15 in, showed Canada was on its game. The Canadians’ relentless forechecking, heady passing and sturdy defense — improbably questioned by the cocky Swedes beforehand — were practically flawless in a game just as one-sided as every other in their 46-2 march through Italy.

In the bronze-medal game, the U.S. women hustled to loose pucks, finished their checks and showcased their superior talent, jumping to an early lead and dominating Finland.

Katie King scored two of her three goals in the first period to give the Americans a three-goal lead, and they glided to a 4-0 victory over Finland on Monday, playing in the third-place game they would’ve rather watched on TV from their dressing room.

Germany won the fifth place game in a shootout after 70 minutes of scoreless hockey with Russia. Goalie Jennifer Harss stopped all four Russian attempts in the shootout, while Maritta Becker and Nikola Holmes converted penalty shots for the Germans.

In the seventh place game, five players scored two goals apiece for Switzerland, which found a tonic for its scoring woes by shutting out the winless Italians. Overall, Italy was outscored 48-3 in the tournament.

Men's curling
Canada clinched the fourth and final spot in the medal round with a late rally that secured a win over the U.S. in men’s curling.

The Americans (6-3) had already wrapped up a spot in the medal round. They will face Canada (6-3) again Wednesday in one semifinal. Finland (7-2) is to play Britain (6-3) in the other.

Pete Fenson’s shot tied the match at 2 in the fifth end, or inning, and the U.S. went ahead 3-2 in the seventh. But in the eighth, Brad Gushue’s takeout gave Canada a 4-3 lead.

Canada stole another point in the ninth, and the Americans couldn’t mount a challenge in the 10th. They conceded after Gushue knocked their only stone in the house, or target area, out of play. The U.S. had only one stone remaining.

Italy (4-5) conceded to Switzerland, and New Zealand (0-9) did the same against Germany (3-6), as the Kiwis became the only squad in men’s and women’s curling to finish the games without a win.

Women's curling
Norway and Canada clinched the final two spots in the women’s curling medal round.

Britain (5-4) ended the tournament run of the American “Curl Girls,” who were officially eliminated Monday and finished 2-7. Only Italy (1-8) had a worse record.

Sweden (7-2) is to face Norway (6-3), while Switzerland (7-2) faces Canada (6-3) in semifinals Wednesday. The winners play for the gold on Thursday, while the losers play for bronze.

Russia (5-4) and Japan (4-5) both kept their medal-round hopes alive with wins in the morning session, but Canada’s win meant they were done for the tournament.

Canada’s game against Denmark (2-7) was the last of the evening session finish. Skip Shannon Kleibrink won it on the last shot, knocking one of Denmark’s stones out of the center and keeping hers just close enough to earn a point for a 9-8 win — and a semifinal berth.

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