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BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Claudia Pechstein and Sven Kramer put their Olympic careers on ice in the final speedskating event in Beijing. Two of the sport鈥檚 greatest names own a combined 18 Olympic medals.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Five-time world champion. Olympic bronze medalist. Olympic silver medalist.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Journalists who spent weeks covering the Beijing Olympics while hermetically sealed inside the 鈥渃losed-loop鈥� system will leave with an incomplete picture of what reporting in China entails.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Journalists who spent weeks covering the Beijing Olympics while hermetically sealed inside the 鈥渃losed-loop鈥� system will leave with an incomplete picture of what reporting in China entails.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� The International Olympic Committee member who oversaw preparations for the Beijing Games was voted back onto the body's executive board on Saturday.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� The International Olympic Committee member who oversaw preparations for the Beijing Games was voted back onto the body's executive board on Saturday.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Members of the U.S. men鈥檚 hockey team were involved in a noisy late-night party at the Olympic athletes village that prompted a conversation between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Hockey.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Members of the U.S. men鈥檚 hockey team were involved in a noisy late-night party at the Olympic athletes village that prompted a conversation between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Hockey.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) 鈥� The Frenchman fared better in the first week. The Norwegian nailed it in the second.

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Irene Schouten grew up dreaming of an Olympic gold medal. She鈥檒l head home from the Beijing Games with three of 鈥檈m.