Koreans' crash gives Ohno a Skating silver; Kearney claims gold

In the 1,500 meter race at the Winter Olympics held in Vancouver the American skater, Apolo Anton Ohno, got a record-breaking silver while on the final lap two of the three South Korean races crashed, giving Ohno a chance to get a medal and Ohno, being 27 years old, gained his sixth Winter Olympics medal, which makes him the most successful U.S. male competitor. One of the three South Korean racers was disqualified from the six-man final cut across his teammate on the final turn, and his teammate, escaped the mishap, claiming the gold ahead of Ohno. J.R. Celski, another U.S skater, finished with a bronze medal. Kearney, for team U.S. won her first Olympic medal with points totaling 26.63, giving her a lead over Heil's 25.69, a Canadian Olympic racer. Other Olympic competitors, Schilerenzauer from Austria has a total of 268 points, and Malysz from Poland has a total of 269.5 points. Russian, Ivan Skobrev won a bronze medal in 6:18.05 in the 5,000 speed skating, while U.S. racer Chad Hendrick finished in 11th place. Weather has had its say in the Olympics, due to adverse weather the men's alpine skiing downhill competition, at Whistler Creekside, was postponed until Monday, it was originally set to occur on Saturday. Also, the women's super-combined and slalom skiing events, originally planed for Sunday, were postponed as well; the competitors were unable to finish practice runs on Saturday.

So far, team U.S. is doing fairly well, taking some medals is always a good thing. Other teams are doing a good job as well. Although weather has been an issue for some events, sometimes an extra day to practice might not be a bad thing for the competitors. Sometimes luck is a good thing as well, Ohno got a medal because two people in front of him happen fall. As of now, the Olympics have be very entertaining to watch, and hopefully team U.S. continues to do well.

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3 Killed When Two Planes Collide Near Colorado Airport

On Saturday, two planes crashed in Boulder, Colorado, that killed three people. One plane was a single-seat Piper Pawnee that was towing a glider, in the crash, the pilot died. The pilot of the glider, which had two passengers, detached from the plane, and had a safe landing. On the second plane, a Cirrus SR 20, holding two passengers, died as well. There were reports of the crash, people said that they saw flames in the air that was 5 or less miles from the Boulder Municipal Airport. They also said that it looked like a fireball in the sky, referring to the crash. In the article, Jennifer Rodi, who is an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, stated that pilot in the glider saw that the planes were going to crash and he chose to separate the tow strap from the Piper Pawnee. She also stated that the Cirrus was going south and the Pawnee was going west when they collided. The Cirrus aircraft has an airframe parachute system that sets off when there is an in-air emergency.

It is sad that people died in this crash. What i want to know, though, is why did they crash? The article just said that the two planes crashed, but not what caused it. If there was a problem with fight systems, hopefully that it can be fixed so that this does not happen again. If there was something like a wire or some sort of object in one plane's way that made it change its path, then that object might need to be moved or have something done so it doesn't lead to another crash. I hope that the families of those who died are hanging in there.

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