K.C. ALFRED / Union-Tribune Ben Agosto carries very recent U.S. citizen Tanith Belbin to the country's first ice-dancing medal in 30 years.

What's Inside Medalists need nerves of ice Naked truth:Curlers willtry anythingfor attention Chronicle of the games Rohbock driving to spotlight Austrian ski coach in psych facility Olympics results (1) Olympics results (2) Battlin' teammates ready for prime time More Turin 2006

Sterling skating

U.S. gets rare medal; Russia wins handily

By Mark Zeigler
STAFF WRITER

TURIN, Italy – The United States won't get shut out of Olympic figure skating medals for the first time in 70 years, and for that it can offer gratitude to two of the least likely sources.

• Figure skating: Ladies singles

By John Shipley
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS

TURIN, Italy – This was not the kind of moment the U.S. women's hockey team wanted bronzed, and perhaps the statement of the night was a verbal misstep by forward Jenny Potter.

By Chris Jenkins
STAFF WRITER

SESTRIERE, Italy – Best in the world, huh? More like a crashing bore. In lieu of anything gold, silver or bronze, you wanted to pin a medal of some lesser metal on Bode Miller and Erik Schlopy just for finishing both giant-slalom runs yesterday, which is more than you can say for the rest of a U.S. Ski Team that simply cannot get over itself at the XX Winter Olympics.