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Christine Nesbitt
Date of Birth:
May 17, 1985
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Ht: 5'7"
Events: 500m, 1000m, 1500m, team pursuit
Coach: Marcel Lacroix, Ingrid Paul
Language Spoken: English, French
Occupation: student
Training site: Richmond Olympic Oval/Calgary Olympic Oval
Specialty: 1000m
Pronunciation: NEHZ-bit
Previous Competitions: Turin (2006)
DateEvent RankResults
Feb 18 - 1:00 p1000mMedal Gold11:16.56
Feb 21 - 3:00 p1500m 61:58.33
Feb 16 - 1:00 p500m - Race 1 1338.88
Feb 16 - 2:52 p500m - Race 2 1077.57
Feb 26 - 1:20 pTeam Pursuit -- Quarterfinals 23:02.24
Feb 27 - 1:13 pTeam Pursuit -- Finals 53:01.41

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Canadian women out in team pursuit; men go for gold
Canadian women out in team pursuit; men go for gold

Canadian women will not medal in the long track speed skating team pursuit, while the men have advanced to the final where they'll go head-to-head against the United States for the gold medal.

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In 2008-09, Nesbitt won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the World Championships, and also clinched her first World Cup title.

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Four-Man Bobsleigh: USA 1 - Gold
Reigning world champion Steven Holcomb leads the US to a gold medal.
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Four-Man Bobsleigh: Germany 1 - Silver
Led by the most decorated bobsledder in Olympic history -- Andre Lange -- Germany claims the silver medal.
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Four-Man Bobsleigh: Canada 1 - Bronze
A third-place finish for the Canadian foursome, missing out on silver by just 0.01 seconds.
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Men's slalom: Cousineau run
Julien Cousineau was the top Canadian in men's slalom with an eighth-place finish.
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Men's slalom: Gold medal run

Italy's Giuliano Razzoli takes the gold medal in the men's slalom.

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Men's slalom: Silver medal run
Croatia's Ivica Kostelic wins the silver medal in the men's slalom.
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Men's slalom: Bronze medal run
A third-place finish for Andre Myhrer of Sweden.
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Men's Snowboard PGS: Anderson gold
Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson with a first-place finish ahead of Austria's Benjamin Karl.
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Men's team pursuit: Canadian gold

Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky and Denny Morrison win a tight race with the US.

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Ladies' 30km mass start: Gold medal
Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland edges Marit Bjoergen of Norway for the gold in an incredible finish to the ladies' cross-country 30km mass start.
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