Marit Bjoergen reigned supreme to lead a Norwegian resurgence in cross country skiing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics where radically different team tactics heralded a new future in the gruelling sport.

Clumsiness, bad luck and Apolo Anton Ohno scuppered South Korea's bid for their usual short track domination at the Vancouver Olympics, allowing China to take their place and dream of a 2014 clean sweep.

Though Mother Nature provided very little help, the Olympics freestyle skiing events established themselves as a real focal point at Cypress Mountain, providing some of the most exciting moments of the Vancouver Games.

Shaun White delivered one of the most enduring moments of the Vancouver Games with a dangerous new halfpipe trick and proved that snowboarding is a welcome and lasting addition to the Olympics.

The Winter Olympics began on a low with the death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili but will end on a high Sunday with an ice hockey final set to bring Canada to a standstill and the host nation topping the medals table.

Sidney Crosby scores to defeat the United States in overtime and hand Canada the last gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics in the men's ice hockey final.

Canada face the United States for the last gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics in the men's ice hockey final, after Petter Northug wins the men's cross-country mass start.

Vancouver puts an exclamation point on the Winter Olympics.

The US and Canada split the overall and gold-medal count lead at the Vancouver Olympics, with the US breaking the record for overall medals won in a Winter Games and Canada winning a record number of golds.

VANCOUVER - For Patrick and Penny Lawless, watching the Finnish women's hockey team defeat Sweden for the bronze medal at the Vancouver Olympics only left them wanting more.