road, over the Bulls, who got a bonus point for their 6-point loss. XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day seven: Cross-country skiing, 15 km men: Andrus Veerpalu wins Estonia's third cross-country gold medal, successfully defending his gold from the 2002 Games. Czech Lukáš Bauer wins silver, 15 seconds behind Veerpalu, while German Tobias Angerer bronze. (CBC) Snowboarding, women's cross: Tanja Frieden of Switzerland takes the first ever Olympic gold medal in women's snowboard cross, passing the American Lindsey Jacobellis near the end of the race. Canada's Dominique Maltais finishes with bronze. Maltais's teammate Maëlle Ricker suffered a bruised hip and a mild concussion after a spectacular crash early in the race. (CBC) Ice hockey, women's semifinal: In a remarkable upset, Sweden defeats the United States 3–2 in a shootout to advance to the gold medal game against Canada. The United States had previously never been defeated in Olympic play by any team except Canada; however, an incredible game by Swedish goaltender Kim Martin brought the Swedes an unexpected victory. The United States will play for the bronze medal against Finland. (CBC) Canada soundly defeats Finland 6–0 in their semi-final, to set up a Canada – Sweden gold medal game. The United States will play Finland for bronze. (CBC) Skeleton, men's: Canadians Duff Gibson and Jeffrey Pain win gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. Switzerland's Gregor Staehli finishes third, beating out Canadian Paul Boehm by only two-tenths of a second to prevent a Canadian sweep of the podium. The 39-year-old Gibson becomes the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history. (CBC) 16 February 2006 (Thursday) Football: 2005–06 UEFA Cup – Round of 32, First leg. VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Middlesbrough Slavia Prague 3–1 Palermo FC Thun 1–0 Hamburg Cricket: West Indies in New Zealand Twenty20: Tied match. New Zealand defeat West Indies in a bowl off 3–0. Note: Chris Cairns' final international cricket game for New Zealand. The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126–7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the game in the bag, needing just 47 off nine overs. However, in the next 7 overs,