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The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
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The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSRace maneuvering starts the afternoon before the race, when a gunshot turns loose a mad dash of contestants carrying kayaks, canoes and surf skis, all vying for the best spots for their boats on the banks of the Deschutes.
The race proper starts high on Mount Bachelor with a short uphill sprint in the snow in ski boots and helmet to the top of Pine Marten chair, where contestants snap into alpine skis and head downhill through a giant slalom course to West Village Lodge.
There they switch to cross country skis for an 8-kilometer groomed course at the Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center.
Then it is onto a bike for the 22 miles to Bend. Jump off the bike and into running shoes for 10 kilometers on a trail along the Deschutes. Then into a boat — surf skis, sea kayaks and downriver whitewater kayaks are fastest, but also tippiest — for a half mile upstream, three-quarters of a mile downstream, and a quarter mile upstream to the takeout and a mad sprint of about a third of a mile to the finish.
Greene won last year in 1 hour, 43 minutes. The goofy teams can take four hours.
There are cash prizes for elite racers, but the most coveted awards are clay mugs that go to top finishers in each division.
“It’s a thinking event rather than putting the pedal to the metal the whole time,” Weiland said. “It’s not like the fittest guy will win, necessarily. It’s the guy who is fittest, smartest and cleanest through the transitions in that race.”
Luck has a role, too.
“If you dump your boat, you’re done,” Weiland said. “Little things like a flat tire. A race like that it doesn’t matter how fast you change your flat, you’re out of the race. I won’t even carry a spare tube.”
And don’t fall down running to the start of the giant slalom.
“You fall down there you get run over by 49 other people with ski boots on,” said Weiland. “Which is never a good thing.”
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
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Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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