Vancouver Photodesk - Maria Riesch wins 2nd gold, Canadian men win speed skating events

Maria Riesch of Germany takes a 2nd gold medal in women's alpine slalom, Canadian men win both speed skating events and Swedish women win second straight curling gold.  See the action in the Vancouver Photodesk for Feb 26.

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Maria Riesch of Germany takes a 2nd gold medal in the women's alpine slalom, while the Canadian men win both the 500m and the 5,000m relay events in men's short track speed skating. The Swedish women win their second straight Olympic curling gold, and Norwegian Ole Bjoerndalen won his sixth career gold medal while Chinese women's speed skater Wang Meng wins her third gold of the 2010 Winter Games.

See the competition from Feb 26 including Apolo Ohno's disqualification from the men's short track final, women's snowboard parallel Giant Slalom and more.

Click here to see the photo gallery for Feb 26!

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