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Sweden won its second ice hockey gold, and first in a best-on-best competition, over Finland 3–2 and the Czech Republic won the bronze medal. Three months later, Sweden won the 2006 World Championships and became the first team to win the Olympic and World Championship gold in the same year. [2]
In the men's final, the host nation beat Pakistan 3–0, after leading 1–0 before the break. In the bronze medal play-off, England lost to Malaysia 2–0. Netball New Zealand defeats Australia 60–55 in the gold medal match, to become the first country other than Australia to win Commonwealth Games gold in the sport. Closing Ceremony
In the men's competition, the Czech Republic defeats Russia 3–0 to win the bronze medal game. Short track speed skating American Apolo Anton Ohno wins the men's 500 m, earning his second career gold medal. Canada's François-Louis Tremblay wins the silver, while Ahn Hyun-soo of South Korea wins bronze, earning his third individual medal of ...
Spain won all nine games they played. Spain's gold medal in this tournament was the first medal Spain had ever won in a FIBA World Championship. Pau Gasol also became the first Spaniard to win the MVP award. It was the first time a country has won all nine of its games since 1994 when the United States won all nine games and took the gold medal ...
Apolo Anton Ohno became the fourth US Winter Olympian to win three medals in a single games, taking gold in the 500 metres to go with two bronze medals. [25] The only other American to make an 'A-Final' in Turin was Rusty Smith, who set an Olympic record time in the quarterfinals of the 1000 metres, but ended up fourth in the final. [26]
She became the first Canadian to win five medals in one Olympics, winning a gold (1500 m), two silver medals (team pursuit, 1000 m) and two bronze medals (3000 m, 5000 m). Her bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics gives her a total of six medals and the title of the most decorated Canadian Olympian, winter or summer. Tied at five medals for ...
2006 Winter Olympics; Tournament details; Host country Italy: Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Dates: 11–20 February: Teams: 8: Final positions; Champions Canada (2nd title) Runner-up Sweden: Third place United States: Fourth place Finland: Tournament statistics; Games played: 20: Goals scored: 136 (6.8 per game) Attendance: 91,609 (4,580 per game ...
Gold medal game Bronze medal game Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place 2006 Details: Melbourne, Australia: Australia: 81-76 New Zealand: England: 80-57 Nigeria: 2018 Details: Gold Coast, Australia: Australia: 87-47 Canada: New Zealand: 79-69 Scotland