Moseley, street fail to add to medal collections

AP Sports WriterSALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Jonny Moseley and Picabo Street couldn't bring their Nagano magic home to Salt Lake City.

Moseley pulled off his Dinner Roll to perfection but wound up fourth in the moguls Tuesday. The 1998 Olympic champion lost his spot on the medals stand when teammate Travis Mayer finished second.

Janne Lahtela of Finland won the gold and Richard Gay of France got the bronze.

Street failed in her bid to become the first American woman to win three Olympic skiing medals, finishing 16th in the last event of her Olympic career.

Carole Montillet of France, who's never won a World Cup event, won the gold, followed by Isolde Kostner of Italy and Renate Goetschl of Austria.

At least the reigning Olympic champion U.S. women's hockey team lived up to expectations, defeated Germany 10-0 in its opener.

And, in men's 500 meter speedskating, Casey FitzRandolph went into the finals in position to become the first American since Eric Heiden to win the event.

Also Tuesday, Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia won the men's 15-kilometer classic style cross-country race, topping Frode Estil of Norway. Jaak Mae of Estonia took the bronze.

The women's 10-kilometer classical cross-country race went to Bente Skari of Norway, followed by Russians Olga Danilova and Julija Tchepalova.

Still brewing Tuesday was the figure skating controversy involving the pairs victory Monday night by Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia. Many felt silver medalists Jamie Sale and David Pelletier of Canada were better.

"When Jamie and David finished skating I thought, 'That was easy, they made it easy,"' Sally Rehorick, head of the Canadian delegation and former Olympic skating judge, said at a news conference. "So I certainly think it's bad for judging."

Earlier Monday, U.S. snowboarders continued thrusting themselves and their radical sport to the forefront of these games as Ross Powers, Danny Kass and J.J. Thomas took gold, silver and bronze in the halfpipe.

The sweep in the halfpipe marked the first time Americans took all three medals in an event since men's figure skating in 1956.

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-- MOGULS: Mayer is a latecomer, having competed in just two World Cup events before the Salt Lake City Games. He thought so little of his Olympic chances that late last year he told his family not to buy tickets.

"I thought if I skied my best for a couple runs, that would be a great day," Mayer said. "To end up second behind one of the greatest moguls skiers ever, it's the ultimate Olympic experience, pretty much."

Moseley was disappointed by the scoring of his signature move, saying "it's not even in the same league" as what it's compared to.

"It's as good as I've got," he said. "I thought I had a gold-medal run."

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-- WOMEN'S DOWNHILL: Street had the best time at the top of the mountain but lost speed in the middle of the course as she fought to control her skis.

"It was a wonderful last day of my career," said Street, who overcame severe injuries. "In my eyes and in my heart, qualifying for the Olympics felt like winning a gold medal."

Montillet's victory was salve for a French squad that has been in mourning since the October death of team leader Regine Cavagnoud, killed in a training accident.

Street finished behind compatriots Jonna Mendes, who was 11th, and Kirsten Clark, who was 12th.

The fourth U.S. skier, Caroline Lalive, missed a gate near the bottom of the course and did not finish.

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-- WOMEN'S HOCKEY: Natalie Darwitz, one of six first-time Olympians on the U.S. team, scored twice and fellow newcomer Julie Chu had a goal and an assist against Germany.

Karyn Bye, the team's leading goal scorer four years ago 1998, had two goals and two assists.

Canada, the defending silver medalist, beat Kazakistan 7-0, and Sweden beat Russia 3-2. The Russians must beat or tie the Canadians on Wednesday to advance to the medal round.

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-- FIGURE SKATING: Sale and Pelletier were so good that fans serenaded them with chants of "Six! Six!" -- begging the judges to give them a perfect score. Pelletier even kissed the ice before leaving to celebrate.

Instead, they got four 5.9s for artistry. Russia got seven, with the 5.9 from the Chinese judge making the difference, giving the country its 11th straight title in the event.

China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the bronze medal. Americans Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman finished fifth but called their performance "the greatest thing we've ever done."

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SNOWBOARDING: The power of the U.S. sweep was best illustrated at the medals ceremony late Monday, when three U.S. flags were raised side-by-side.

"It was pretty cool," said Kass, the 19-year-old poster boy for this X-Games crossover sport. "Everybody was psyched."

The trio left the medals podium to chants of "USA!" then stirred up the crowd by tossing out their baseball caps.

And what about their bouquets of yellow roses?

"I saved them for my mom," said Powers, smiling.

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-- SPEEDSKATING: FitzRandolph's medal bid was aided when Canadian star Jeremy Wotherspoon wiped out Monday. American Kip Carpenter went into the final day a surprising third, while U.S. record holder Joey Cheek was seventh at 34.78.

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-- LUGE: Germany's Georg Hackl settled for the silver medal after three straight Olympic golds. He missed becoming the first winter athlete to win the same event four times, but set a record with a medal at five straight Winter games.

Armin Zoeggeler of Italy won gold and Markus Prock of Austria got bronze. Adam Heidt was fourth, just missing America's first luge medal in 38 years. It was still the best singles finish in U.S. team history.

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-- MEN'S HOCKEY: Latvia and Germany play Tuesday night with the winner joining Belarus in taking on the six giants of international hockey.

Belarus (2-0-0) beat France 3-1 Monday night to clinch a second straight trip to the eigh-team medal round. Ukraine (1-1-0) beat Switzerland 5-2 Monday, but was eliminated because of its 1-0 loss to Belarus on Saturday.

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-- BIATHLON: Magdalena Forsberg of Sweden, already considered the most successful female biathlete, bronze in the 15-kilometer event, finishing third to Andrea Henkel of Germany and Liv Grete Poiree of Norway.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway won the men's 20-kilometer, followed by Frank Luck of Germany and Victor Maigourov of Russia.

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-- CURLING: The U.S. men's curling team upset defending world champion Sweden 10-5 in the opener, then lost to 2000 world champion Canada.