km double pursuit, women: Kristina Šmigun wins Estonia's first gold medal at these Games by overtaking Kateřina Neumannová on the final stretch. (NBC Olympics) 15+15 km double pursuit, men: Russia's Yevgeny Dementiev wins an event decided in the final 100 metres, overtaking several skiers to win a three-man sprint. Frode Estil takes the fifth medal for Norway in these Games, but fails to reach gold; Estil broke his ski in a fall at the start, but caught up with the pack to beat Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer and win silver. (CBC.ca) Figure skating: Michelle Kwan (United States) withdrew from the Ladies' Figure Skating competition due to her illness and injuries. Despite not winning an Olympic gold medal, Kwan finishes her career as a five-time World Champion and nine time US Champion. Emily Hughes, pending approval from IOC and the ISU, will be Kwan's replacement. Ice hockey, women's group stage: Group A:Canada 12–0 Russia: Despite angry e-mails following their record 16–0 win over Italy in the tournament opener (Reuters/Yahoo), the Canadian women have now outscored their opposition 28–0. Group B:Germany 0–5 United States Luge, men's singles: Defending Olympic and World champion Armin Zöggeler takes the first gold medal for the host nation by defending his lead in the singles competition, ahead of Russian Albert Demtschenko and Latvian Martins Rubenis (CBC.ca) Short track speed skating, men's 1500 meters: Koreans Ahn Hyun-soo and Lee Ho-suk win the first medals for their country, and make it a 1–2 finish, and Li Jiajun makes it an all-Asian podium. Defending Olympic champion Apolo Ohno stumbles in the penultimate lap of the semi-final, fails to qualify, and eventually finishes eighth. (AP) Ski jumping, normal hill (HS106): Lars Bystøl is the first Norwegian to strike gold in Turin; he leapt from seventh to first place by soaring 103.5 metres in the second round to claim gold ahead of Matti Hautamäki, Finland, and another Norwegian, Roar Ljøkelsøy. (Reuters) Snowboarding, men's halfpipe: Americans Shaun White (46.8 points) and Danny Kass (44.0 points) claims gold and silver at the halfpipe event, keeping the defending World Champion Antti Autti out of the podium. Mason Aguirre also takes fourth place, but Finn Markku Koski splits the Americans with a run worth 41.5 points (CBC.ca). Speed skating, Women's 3000 metres: The Dutch women complete the third 1–2 finish of the day; 19-year-old Ireen Wüst skates a time of 4:02.43 in the tenth pair and