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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 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 ...
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]
Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen won three medals in 2006, tying the record for most career biathlon medals (9) set by Uschi Disl. [11] American Apolo Anton Ohno won three medals in Turin, becoming one of six short track speed skaters to win five career medals. [11] Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three total medals are listed below ...
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games; Venue: Melbourne: Dates: 16–26 March 2006: ... Bronze Medal Match: Adam Robertson: 11 11 11 11 Robertson 5 9 11 2 Jason Ho: 4 6 6 4
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
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Turin, Italy, from February 10 to 26, 2006.A total of 2,508 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+3 from 2002 Olympics) participated in 84 events (+6 from 2002) from 15 different sports and disciplines (unchanged from 2002).
Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24. It proved to be the sleeper hit in terms of television ratings in Italy. According to a CBC feature, curling at the 2006 Winter Games drew 5 million viewers, eclipsing ice hockey and figure skating.