Canada's Bilodeau wins gold in men's moguls

Alexandre Bilodeau of Rosemère, Que., has won the gold medal in the men's moguls at the Vancouver Olympics - Canada's first-ever first-place finish on home soil. Canadian expatriate Dale Begg-Smith, the reigning Olympic champion, took the silver for Australia, where he moved when he was a teenager. American Bryon Wilson claimed the bronze on Sunday.

Canada's Groves wins speedskating bronze

Kristina Groves won Canada's first Olympic speedskating medal at the Vancouver Games, capturing bronze on Sunday in the women's 3,000 metres. The Ottawa native won her second career individual Olympic medal and third overall. Groves finished in four minutes 4.82 seconds.

Dubé, Davison 6th after short program

Skating first out of 20 competitors might be an unenviable assignment for most figure skaters, but not for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo. Competing in their fourth Olympics, the Chinese athletes broke their own world record in the short program of the pairs competition with 76.66 points on Sunday at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.

German lugers triumph after tragedy

Flowers, stuffed animals, a photograph and two white candles, gently flickering in the chilled mountain air. All around the small, trackside memorial to Nodar Kumaritashvili, there was noise.

France's Jay wins biathlon gold; Le Guellec 6th

Vincent Jay of France shot perfectly in both rounds to propel himself to a surprise Olympic gold medal in the biathlon 10-kilometre sprint on Sunday, while Jean-Philippe Le Guellec set a new Canadian men's standard by finishing sixth. The 24-year-old Jay, ranked 40th in the World Cup sprint standings and 20th overall, went 10-for-10 with his rifle under a heavy snowfall at Whistler Olympic Park and finished with a winning time of 24 minutes, 7.8 seconds.