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(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Finland's Heikki Sorsa falls at the finish line after his first run of the men's snowboarding halfpipe competition at Park City Mountain Resort. Sorsa led after the first run, but fell to a disappointing seventh after the second.
2002 Olympics gallery: American snowboarding sweep

First Published Feb 11 2012 02:48 pm • Last Updated Feb 18 2012 04:49 pm

The Tribune relives the heady days of the 2002 Winters Olympics in pictures — with a daily gallery from the torch relay to the Opening Ceremony, from Team USA’s medal haul to the fireworks-filled finale.

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Feb. 11 » Ross Powers leads a dramatic American sweep of the men’s halfpipe in snowboarding, Italy’s Armin Zoggeler wins the men’s luge, and Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wins the first of four golds in men’s biathlon. But the big story is the erupting scandal in figure skating, where Russia’s Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze take gold in pairs despite almost worldwide dispute that Canada’s Jamie Sale and David Pelletier should have won.



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