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Article: U.S. COMES UP EMPTY-HANDED.(SPORTS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- February 22, 1994
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Byline: LARRY McSHANE - Associated Press
LILLEHAMMER -- No medals Monday for America -- not for Bonnie, and not for Picabo. A shot at one, though, for the U.S. hockey team after its first victory of the Olympics.
If the 7-1 U.S. victory over Italy raised hopes for a repeat of 1980, Torvill and Dean skated in hopes of repeating 1984 -- and they came up short. The Sarajevo gold medalists settled for bronze in Lillehammer.
In Hamar, the ice dancing climaxed with the free dance. Sentimental favorites Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Great Britain, who came into the night tied for first, settled for third.
The gold went to ...