US Hockey Team’s Road to Glory
In front of yet another near-capacity crowd, Team USA took on Team Germany, its last obstacle in the search for gold, on February 9.  Team USA’s record was 3-1 going into the game, and Germany’s was 0-4. The first period saw no goals between the two teams until 15:39, when American Brian Van Vlyman ... (Read more...)
Gustafson Medals in Halfpipe
Yesterday’s Half Pipe finals brought a number of fans hoping to be dazzled by the impressive repertoire of aerial stunts and tricks possessed by snowboarders participating in those games, and they didn’t disappoint. Each snowboarder was allowed three runs through the Half Pipe ... (Read more...)
USA Curling
In the women’s curling quarterfinals, only three teams competed for the gold medal: Canada, USA and Slovakia. Canada, with a record of 3-0, waited to see who would win the match between USA and Slovakia scored 7 against USA’s 11, and received the bronze medal. The USA will play ... (Read more...)

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USA Burns Finland 4-2 in Ice Hockey
Yesterday’s 3:00 Hockey match between Team USA (2-1) and Team Finland (3-0) was a must win match for both teams. A Finnish win would guarantee the gold medal. While an American victory would mean that the only obstacle left to guarantee a gold medal was a victory over Germany (0-3) on Friday night. (Read more...)
Alpine Ski Giant Slalom Race
On February 8, the Alpine Ski Giant Slalom race was held at the Park City Mountain Resort, with 18 women and 25 men competing for a medal. The women went first, finding the mountain skiing conditions icy. Packed snow was the result of several days worth of racing on the courses with no fresh snow. But regardless, the first run went smoothly. However, the second run saw more crashes in one particular spot, halfway down the run. (Read more...)

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Pollock a Bronze Medal Winner in Snowboarding
Yesterday, under a warm and beautiful February sun, snowboarders from all over the world participated in the Snowboard Parallel Slalom event at Park City Mountain Resort. The powerhouse Japanese Snowboarding team won its third gold medal ... (Read more...)
Larry Farovitch: The Oldest Winter Deaflympian Ever
Larry Farovitch was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. Farovitch started curling in 1979 when he was 32 years old and quickly became a rising star in the deaf Canadian curling circuit. (Read more...)
The Youngest USA Athlete at 16th Winter Deaflympics
The 16-years old Carina Crosby is the youngest U.S. athlete at the 16th Winter Deaflympics. (Read more...)

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USA Storms Canada in Hockey, 4-3
On Tuesday, February 6, emotions ran high as the USA met Canada in a much hyped, standing-room-only game at the Steiner Ice Center. Canada, the gold medalists at the 2003 Winter Deaflympic Games in Sundsvall, Sweden, was the favorite – but this was match was on USA’s turf. The two teams battled it out ... (Read more...)
Goyne and Nelson Medal in Alpine Super G
At yesterday’s noonday Alpine Super G Race at Park City’s Payday Hi–Speed Six–Pack run at the Mountain Resort, Amanda Goyne helped the USA Women’s Ski Team win their second gold medal. Austin Nelson on the USA Men’s Ski Team tied for the Bronze medal. Goyne posted a time of 1:02.76 handily defeating the heavily favored Czech runner up, Petra Kurkova who finished ... (Read more...)
Curling Makes its Deaflympics Debut
On Monday night, fans that trekked out to the Steiner Ice Arena were treated to history in the making: the first official curling matches to ever happen under the Deaflympics banner. Three games were played: the Canadian Men versus the Chinese, the Swiss Men’s team versus the Finnish team ... (Read more...)

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Final Results of Alpine Ski Combined Race
The women’s pool featured four Americans - Terry Brill with a downhill time of 56.85 but she did not finish in the slalom, Raeden Zavis, who also did not finish; Carina Crosby, who earned a total 103.39; and ... (Read more...)
Lone U.S. Nordic Athlete Finishes Fourth
Competing at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, site of the 2002 Olympic Nordic events, Angus McCusker gave everything he had, finishing fourth behind a powerful contingent of Russians who swept the top three places. (Read more...)

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USA Downs Sweden 4-1 in Hockey
Team USA drew Team Sweden last night at the Steiner Ice Arena. After spending the entire first period trading physical hits, near misses, and beautiful saves, one after the other, both teams entered the first intermission deadlocked in a 0-0 tie. (Read more...)
Snowboard Parallel
Perfect snowboarding weather greeted athletes and fans alike at the Park City Mountain Resort as the Parallel Giant Slalom qualifiers began. The competition was fierce as 11 women from six countries and 15 men from eight countries vied for the best spot in the finals. The USA had three contenders in the ladies’ pool – Nixo Lanning, Rachel Loftus and Gracie Wildman – and three in the men’s pool – William Loftus, Jeffrey Pollock, and Greg Reger. (Read more...)
Duran Captures First U.S. Medal
Kelley Duran won the United States first 2007 Winter Deaflympics medal, a Silver in the Woman’s Downhill event. Duran an All-American ski racer at Smith College, was one of only two racers to break the 56 second barrier on Park City’s downhill course... (Read more...)

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Opening Ceremonies
The air was full of anticipation as people filed into the Jon M. Huntsman Center for the Opening Ceremony, a two-hour affair that included the parade of countries, a torch run, the lighting of the cauldron, and an assortment of entertainment. Altogether, a crowd of well over 5,000 ... (Read more...)
Bearing the Fire of the Games
It was a mere few days before Christmas, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, when Tamara Marcinuk was beginning to get annoyed by her ringing phone. After several tries to catch the person who was calling her, Marcinuk got the surprise of her life. Over a TTY, Edward Ingham, the Secretary-General of the 16th Winter Deaflympics Management Team, extended to Marcinuk the honor of lighting the cauldron in Salt Lake City at the Opening Ceremony. (Read more...)

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Team Russia Surpasses Team USA 9-6 in Ice Hockey
The 2007 Winter Deaflympics started off with a head-to-head match as Team Russia, winners of the bronze medal at the 2003 Sundsvall Deaflympics, took on the defending silver medalists, Team USA, at the Steiner Ice Arena in Salt Lake City. Russia took a quick 2-0 lead within the first five minutes of the first period. Not to be discouraged ... (Read more...)