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Olympic Profiles
A closer look at some of the athletes likely to make headlines in Salt Lake City:

• Freestyle skier Eric Bergoust of the United States
• Biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerbdalen of Norway
• Alpine skier Kristen Clark of the United States
• Nordic combined's Bill Demong of the United States
• Cross-country skiing's Per Elofsson of Sweden
• Curling's Cari Erickson of the United States
• Ice hockey's Cammi Granto of the United States
• Luge's Georg Hackl of Germany
• Bobsledding's Gea Johnson of the United States
• Alpine skiing's Anja Paerson of Sweden
• Biathlete Olena Petrova of the Ukraine
• Snowboarding's Natasza Zurek of Canada
• Snowboarding's Chris Klug of the United States
• Alpine skiing's Kristina Koznick of the United States
• Figure skating's Yevgeny Plushenko of Russia

U.S. Athletes With the Most Medals From the Winter Games
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	Today's Columnists • Sally Jenkins: The games were marred by Cold War sentiment. • Leonard Shapiro: Television's performance was above-average.


	Salt Lake Snippets • Here's what our Bill Grant learned at the Winter Olympics on Sunday. • E-mail us with your comments and questions.


	Multimedia SLOC chief Mitt Romney says the Salt Lake Games struck the right balance. • USOC's Lloyd Ward • Shannon Bahrke • Wayne Gretzky • Mike Richter • Chris Chelios • Brian Shimer • Todd Hays • Bode Miller • Sarah Hughes • Derek Parra


	March to The Medals During Sunday's closing ceremonies, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson passed the white Olympic flag to the mayor of Turin, Italy, host city of the 2006 Winter Games.


	Update Americans won 34 medals — 10 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze. Their goal before the games was 20, and their previous winter high was 13. They finished second in the medals standings, one behind Germany. • Medal Standings • List of Medalists • U.S. Medalists • World Records


	By the Numbers • $25,000: The amount of money the USOC has promised athletes who win gold medals: Athletes get $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.


	Chat It Up! The United States and Canada meet Sunday to decide who gets the gold medal in men's hockey. Who's going to win? • Take our survey.


	Quotable "I've been lucky in the NHL to be with a great organization and win two Stanley Cups. And now this. I'll always remember this." -- goalkeeper Martin Brodeur after Canada beat the United States, 5-2, to win the gold medal. • Story

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