Medal picks
From Alpine skiing to speedskating, Associated Press beat writers pick the following for medals at the Turin Winter Olympics:
ALPINE SKIING
Men
Downhill
GOLD – Daron Rahlves, United States
SILVER – Michael Walchhofer, Austria
BRONZE – Fritz Strobl, Austria
Super G
GOLD – Hermann Maier, Austria
SILVER – Bode Miller, United States
BRONZE – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Giant Slalom
GOLD – Benjamin Raich, Austria
SILVER – Bode Miller, United States
BRONZE – Massimiliano Blardone, Italy
Slalom
GOLD – Giorgio Rocca, Italy
SILVER – Benjamin Raich, Austria
BRONZE – Ted Ligety, United States
Combined
GOLD – Bode Miller, United States
SILVER – Benjamin Raich, Austria
BRONZE – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Women
Downhill
GOLD – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria
SILVER – Janica Kostelic, Croatia
BRONZE – Renate Goetschl, Austria
Super G
GOLD – Janica Kostelic, Croatia
SILVER – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria
BRONZE – Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria
Giant Slalom
GOLD – Anja Paerson, Sweden
SILVER – Janica Kostelic, Croatia
BRONZE – Tina Maze, Slovenia
Slalom
GOLD – Janica Kostelic, Croatia
SILVER – Marlies Schild, Austria
BRONZE – Anja Paerson, Sweden
Combined
GOLD – Janica Kostelic, Croatia
SILVER – Anja Paerson, Sweden
BRONZE – Lindsey Kildow, United States
BOBSLED
Men
Four-man
GOLD – Todd Hays, Pavle Jovanovic, Steve Mesler and Brock Kreitzburg, United States
SILVER – Martin Annen, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti and Cedric Grand, Switzerland
BRONZE – Andre Lange, Rene Hoppe, Kevin Kuske and Martin Putze, Germany
Two-man
GOLD – Pierre Lueders and Lascelles Brown, Canada
SILVER – Todd Hays and Pavle Jovanovic, United States
BRONZE – Alexandr Zoubkov and Alexey Voevoda, Russia Women
GOLD – Sandra Kiraisis and Anja Schneiderheinze, Germany
SILVER – Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming, United States
BRONZE – Jean Prahm and Vonetta Flowers, United States
CURLING
Men
GOLD – Canada
SILVER – Norway
BRONZE – Sweden
Women
GOLD – Canada
SILVER – United States
BRONZE – Sweden
FIGURE SKATING
Men
GOLD – Evgeni Plushenko, Russia
SILVER – Stephane Lambiel, Switzerland
BRONZE – Jeffrey Buttle, Canada
Women
GOLD – Irina Slutskaya, Russia
SILVER – Shizuka Arakawa, Japan
BRONZE – Sasha Cohen, United States
Pairs
GOLD – Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, Russia
SILVER – Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, China
BRONZE – Maria Petrova and Alexe Tikhonov, Russia
Dance
GOLD – Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, Russia
SILVER – Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, Ukraine
BRONZE – Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, United States
FREESTYLE SKIING
Men
Moguls
GOLD – Dale Begg-Smith, Australia
SILVER – Jeremy Bloom, United States
BRONZE – Toby Dawson, United States
Aerials
GOLD – Ryan St. Onge, United States
SILVER – Kyle Nissen, Canada
BRONZE – Ales Valenta, Czech Republic
Women
Moguls
GOLD – Kari Traa, Norway
SILVER – Michelle Roark, United States
BRONZE – Jennifer Heil, Canada
Aerials
GOLD – Nannan Xu, China
SILVER – Emily Cook, United States
BRONZE – Jacqui Cooper, Australia
ICE HOCKEY
Men
GOLD – Canada
SILVER – Czech Republic
BRONZE – Russia
Women
GOLD – Canada
SILVER – United States
BRONZE – Finland
LUGE
Men
Singles
GOLD – Armin Zoeggler, Italy
SILVER – Tony Benshoof, United States
BRONZE – David Moeller, Germany
Doubles
GOLD – Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch, Germany
SILVER – Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber, Italy
BRONZE – Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin, United States Women
GOLD – Sylke Otto, Germany
SILVER – Silke Kraushaar, Germany
BRONZE – Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova, Italy
SKELETON
Men
GOLD – Jeff Pain, Canada
SILVER – Gregor Staehli, Switzerland
BRONZE – Zach Lund, United States
Women
GOLD – Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards, Canada
SILVER – Kerstin Juergens, Germany
BRONZE – Maya Pedersen, Switzerland
SNOWBOARDING
Men
Halfpipe
GOLD – Shaun White, United States
SILVER – Danny Kass, United States
BRONZE – Mason Aguirre, United States
Parallel Giant Slalom
GOLD – Philipp Schoch, Switzerland
SILVER – Jasey Jay Anderson, Canada
BRONZE – Simon Schoch, Switzerland
Snowboardcross
GOLD – Jasey Jay Anderson, Canada
SILVER – Seth Wescott, United States
BRONZE – Drew Neilson, Canada
Women
Halfpipe
GOLD – Gretchen Bleiler, United States
SILVER – Hannah Teter, United States
BRONZE – Doriane Vidal, France
Parallel Giant Slalom
GOLD – Isabelle Blanc, France
SILVER – Manuela Riegler, Austria
BRONZE – Julie Pomagalski, France
Snowboardcross
GOLD – Lindsey Jacobellis, United States
SILVER – Karine Ruby, France
BRONZE – Doreisa Krings, Austria
SHORT TRACK
Men
500 Meters
GOLD – Ahn Hyun-soo, South Korea
SILVER – Li JiaJun, China
BRONZE – Eric Bedard, Canada
1,000 Meters
GOLD – Lee Ho-suk, South Korea
SILVER – Apolo Anton Ohno, United States
BRONZE – Ahn Hyun-soo, South Korea
1,500 Meters
GOLD – Apolo Anton Ohno, United States
SILVER – Ahn Hyun-soo, South Korea
BRONZE – Lee Ho-suk, South Korea
5,000 Relay
GOLD – South Korea
SILVER – China
BRONZE – United States
Women
500 Meters
GOLD – Wang Meng, China
SILVER – Fu Tianyu, China
BRONZE – Evgenia Radanova, Bulgaria
1,000 Meters
GOLD – Wang Meng, China
SILVER – Yang Yang (A), China
BRONZE – Jin Sun-yu, South Korea
1,500 Meters
GOLD – Jin Sun-yu, South Korea
SILVER – Wang Meng, China
BRONZE – Yang Yang (A), China
3,000 Relay
GOLD – China
SILVER – South Korea
BRONZE – Canada
SPEEDSKATING
Men
500 Meters
GOLD – Joey Cheek, United States
SILVER – Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada
BRONZE – Dmitry Dorofeyev, Russia
1,000 Meters
GOLD – Jan Bos, Netherlands
SILVER – Shani Davis, United States
BRONZE – Joey Cheek, United States
1,500 Meters
GOLD – Chad Hedrick, United States
SILVER – Enrico Fabris, Italy
BRONZE – Shani Davis, United States
5,000 Meters
GOLD – Chad Hedrick, United States
SILVER – Sven Kramer, Netherlands
BRONZE – Eskil Ervik, Norway
10,000 Meters
GOLD – Chad Hedrick, United States
SILVER – Carl Verheijen, Netherlands
BRONZE – Lasse Satre, Norway
Team Pursuit
GOLD – Italy
SILVER – Netherlands
BRONZE – United States
Women
500 Meters
GOLD – Svetlana Zhurova, Russia
SILVER – Wang Manli, China
BRONZE – Chiara Simionato, Italy
1,000 Meters
GOLD – Anni Friesinger, Germany
SILVER – Chiara Simionato, Italy
BRONZE – Jennifer Rodriguez, United States
1,500 Meters
GOLD – Anni Friesinger, Germany
SILVER – Cindy Klassen, Canada
BRONZE – Chris Witty, United States
3,000 Meters
GOLD – Cindy Klassen, Canada
SILVER – Claudia Pechstein, Germany
BRONZE – Anni Friesinger, Germany
5,000 Meters
GOLD – Claudia Pechstein, Germany
SILVER – Cindy Klassen, Canada
BRONZE – Clara Hughes, Canada
Team Pursuit
GOLD – Germany
SILVER – Canada
BRONZE – Netherlands