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Italian skiers lead men's downhill training at the Olympics as an Austrian crashes

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Skiers from host Italy still trying to secure starting spots led the second downhill training session at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday and Austria’s Daniel Hemetsberger crashed. Mattia Casse posted the fastest time but missed a gate midway down. Teammates Florian Schieder and Giovanni Franzoni were second and third, respectively.

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Lomberg scores tiebreaking goal in 3rd and Flames top scuffling Oilers 4-3 to take season series

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Matvei Gridin had a goal and an assist for the rookie's first multipoint game in the NHL, leading the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Ryan Lomberg scored the go-ahead goal at 6:44 of the third period. Jonathan Huberdeau and Connor Zary also scored for Calgary.

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Robertson gets 200th goal, Benn scores 2 and Stars top Blues 5-4 for 6th straight win

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Stars captain Jamie Benn snapped a 15-game goal drought by scoring twice, including the game-winner with 23 seconds left, and Dallas beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Wednesday night to go into the Olympic break with a six-game winning streak. Jason Robertson became the first player from the NHL's 2017 draft class to score 200 career goals.

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Israel’s first Olympic bobsled team heads to Italy in bid they have dubbed ‘Shul Runnings’

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A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games, unlikely ambassadors of their diplomatically isolated nation. Another founding member of the team, Ward Farwaseh, will likely to be the first Druze Olympian. The athletes say they are proud to represent Israel.

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