VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Shaun White defied gravity, Joannie Rochette choked back tears of grief and Petra Majdic ignored medical advice to haul her battered body to the podium. Inspirational examples of courage, heartache and pain burned brightly at the Vancouver Olympics. Yet none of the athletes who lived their dreams on the biggest sporting stage of all left their mark on ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Six memorable moments from the Vancouver Olympics. - - - Bode Miller (Alpine skiing) As a multiple world champion and World Cup winner, Bode Miller had already staked a claim to being America's best all-round male skier. Only one thing was missing from his resume -- Olympic gold. He won two silver medals at Salt Lake City in 2002 then bombed ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Blunders, malfunctions and a belly-sliding finish marked competition at Richmond Olympic Oval but a slender marvel from the Czech Republic emerged as queen of speedskating in the Vancouver Games. While Sven Kramer of the Netherlands and American Shani Davis failed to deliver on campaign promises, Czech Martina Sablikova was golden in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters ...