UPS AND DOWNS OF GOLD-MEDAL RACES!
Combination photo shows Germany's Anna Friesinger-Postma laying on the ice after falling during the women's team pursuit speed skating semifinals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on Saturday. Friesinger-Postma swam across the finish line in the nick of time after a tragic-comic fall on the ice and put Germany into the gold medal final of the women's speed skating team pursuit on Saturday. Friesinger-Postma, a four-times Olympic medalist, lost her balance coming around the last curve of the three-skater, 2,400-metre race against the U.S. and then fell to the ice when her legs gave out.
REUTERS PHOTOS: JERRY LAMPEN
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THIS TAKES GUTS, EVEN IF IT'S CALLED A SKELETON RACE!
Shelley Rudman of Britain trains in the women's skeleton group two during the FIBT International Training Week in Whistler. Rudman was Britain's only medallist at the Turin Games when she took silver in the women's skeleton.
REUTERS PHOTO: Lyle Stafford
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