Men's hockey
The Czech Republic shut out Russia 3-0 in a matchup worthy of a gold medal. Too bad they were only playing for the bronze.

Tomas Vokoun, filling in for Dominik Hasek, made 12 of his 28 saves in the third period and the Czech Republic skated off with the win over Russia in men’s hockey.

Both teams had gold-medal hopes but had to settle for a bronze game after dropping semifinals a night earlier to Nordic countries. Sweden knocked out the Czechs, and Finland topped Russia — which didn’t score in the medal round.

Russia, which lost 4-0 on Friday after winning five straight, had its offense bolstered by the return of teenager Evgeni Malkin, who had to sit out against Finland because of an infraction against Canada in the quarters.

But the Russians lost Ilya Kovalchuk — its second-leading scorer — after he was ejected for an elbow to the face of Pavel Kubina behind the Czech net in the second period that left the Tampa Bay defenseman bloodied.

Marek Zidlicky made Russia pay when he ripped a shot from the blue line off a pass from NHL-leading scorer Jaromir Jagr at 6:36. Martin Straka sealed it with 8 seconds left with an empty-net goal on the Czech’s 15th and final shot.

Jagr was injured in the second period and went to the locker room. He returned to the bench in the third period but didn’t play.

Women's 5,000-meters speedskating
Canada’s Clara Hughes passed Claudia Pechstein with two laps to go to win the gold medal in women’s 5,000-meter speedskating Saturday, keeping the German from becoming the first Winter Olympian to win the same event four times.

Hughes’ teammate Cindy Klassen took the bronze for her fifth medal of the games.

Hughes, who won two bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 Atlanta Games, trailed Pechstein for 10 of the 12½ laps before coming back with a devastating kick to finish in 6 minutes, 59.07 seconds.

Pechstein was 1.01 seconds back, while Klassen skated poorly over the final two laps and finished with a time of 7:00.57. She still became Canada’s most-decorated Winter Olympic athlete.

Catherine Raney, the only American in the race, finished seventh with a time of 7:04.91. That finished off a shutout for the U.S. women, who failed to win a speedskating medal for the first time since the 1984 Sarajevo Games.

With her eighth career individual medals, Pechstein tied former East German speedskaters Karin Kania and Gunda Niemann for the most by a woman in Winter Olympics history.

When Hughes crossed the finish line and saw her time, her mouth dropped open in shock. Moments later, she was laid out flat on the inside of the oval, panting heavily with her head buried in her hands.

She got up and Klassen greeted her with a hug. Klassen applauded her teammate and handed over a Canadian flag before Hughes took it on a victory lap, a look of disbelief on her face.

Pechstein crossed the line and bent over, gasping for air. She has had breathing problems throughout the Olympics.

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