Women’s Hockey

The U.S. women’s team scored four goals in 8 minutes late in the second period on its way to a 7-1 victory over Sweden. The outmanned Swedes managed just three shots in the game - one each period - as the Americans cruised to their second straight win.

The Americans got two goals from Karyn Bye and one each from Laurie Baker, Katie King, Sue Merz, Gretchen Ulion and Shelley Looney.

Men’s combined slalom

Three U.S. skiers all failed to finish their two runs over the dicey course, including Matt Grosjean of Aliso Viejo, Calif., who was third after his first run but buried his head in his hands after missing a gate on his second trip.

A dozen skiers failed to finish the first run.

Mario Reiter of Austria was the leader after the first part of the combined, followed by Lasse Kjus of Norway and Andrzej Bachleda of Poland.

Women’s cross country skiing

Russia’s Larissa Lazutina finally has an individual Olympic gold medal.

Lazutina, after frustrating near-misses at Albertville and Lillehammer, won the 5-kilometer classical cross-country race.

Lazutina finished in 17 minutes, 37.9 seconds over the rough Snow Harp course, with silver medalist Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic 4.8 seconds slower. World Cup standings leader Bente Martinsen of Norway was third in 17:49.4.

Women’s snowboarding

The women’s giant slalom, postponed 24 hours by the snow, went off - much to the chagrin of the favored U.S. team, which slipped out of medal contention on the tricky course.

The highest American finisher, Sondra Van Ert of Ketchum, Idaho, was 16th after the first run and finished 12th.

Karine Ruby of France won the gold medal, while Heidi Renoth of Germany won the silver. Brigitte Koeck of Austria was third.

Men’s speedskating

Casey FitzRandolph of Verona, Wis., stands third after the first leg of the men’s 500 meters. FitzRandolph set an Olympic record in his spin around the M-Wave arena; unfortunately, so did three others, and FitzRandolph trails two of them.

World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu of Japan is first and Kevin Overland of Canada second heading into the final run.

Men’s luge singles

The Olympics could not have started better for Wendel Suckow, or ended more bitterly. The luger from Marquette, Mich., who had hoped to win the first U.S. medal ever in the luge, set a track record on his first run - but wound up finishing sixth as Germany’s Georg Hackl captured his third consecutive gold medal, tying an Olympic record held by five others.

Men’s curling

The U.S. men’s team, which talked confidently of a medal before the Olympics began, lost 11-3 to Canada and fell to 0-2 in round-robin play.

The U.S. team, composed mostly of members of captain Tim Somerville’s team from Superior, Wis., fell behind 3-0 in the first end - or inning - and trailed the 24-time world champion Canadiens 5-1 in the third end. Most matches run 10 ends.

Women’s Super G skiing

Heavy snow forced the postponement of the women’s super-giant slalom ski race.

Organizers haven’t decided on a makeup date for the event.

It is the third time that snow has postponed an alpine skiing event during the first four days of the Games.