Shaun White of the USA competes in the men's halfpipe final in the men's halfpipe at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

(NYT36) TURIN, Italy -- Feb. 23, 2006 -- OLY-FIGURE-SKATING-14 -- Irinia Slutskaya of Russia falls as she skates her long program routine during the Women's Free Skating program on the last night of the women's Figure skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, Turin, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006. Slutskaya recovered to win the bronze medal (Vincent Laforet/The New York Times)

Sweden's Anja Paerson skis to the gold medal in the Womens Slalom at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere Colle, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Gold medalist United States Shani Davis, from Chicago, Ill., center, waves to spectators as his teammate and silver medalist Joey Cheek, Greensboro, N.C.,left, and Netherlands' bronze medalist Erben Wennemars, congratulate during a flower ceremony of the Winter Olympics men's 1,000 meter speedskating competition at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen)

Anja Paerson of Sweden celebrates after clinching the gold medal of the Womens Slalom at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere Colle, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Janica Kostelic of Croatia skis on her way to clinching the gold medal of the Women's Combined Downhill at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in San Sicario Fraiteve, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Russia's Evgeni Plushenko performs a triple axel during the finals of the Men's Figure Skating Free Skate competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Canada's Duff Gibson navigates his first run in Men's Skeleton at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Cesana Pariol, Italy, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Germany's Christophe Schmidt sail the sun to take the 8th place at the Men's Halfpipe Snowboard competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006. American Shaun White won the gold medal, fellow American Daniel Kass took silver and Finland's Markku Koski took bronze. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Fireworks light up the stage during opening ceremonies for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool)

Sarah Hughes of the United States competes in the women's free skating program at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002. Hughes won the gold medal in the event. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Austria's Hermann Maier makes a turn during the Men's Giant Slalom at the XVIII Winter Olympic Games on Mount Higashidate in Shiga Kogen Thursday Feb. 19, 1998. Maier took the gold medal. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Steven Bradbury of Austrailia crosses the finish line to win the men's 1,000-meter short-track speedskating race at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2002. Bradbury crossed the line after all of the other racers fell in the final stretch. On the ice behind Bradbury is Canada's Mathieu Turcotte. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

This Image, taken by Thomas Kienzle of the Associated Press, Germany on Feb.18, 1998 showing Norway's Thomas Alsgaard, right, lunges at the finish line to beat Italy's Silvio Fauner to win the gold medal by 0.2 seconds at the men's 4 X10 kms Cross Country Relay at the Snow Harp venue in Hakuba at the Nagano, Japan, Winter Olympic Games, was awarded 1st prize in the General Sports Photo category by the German Sports Journalists Association. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle/- 02/18/1998 -)

Simon Ammann of Switzerland soars over the crowd on his final gold medal winning jump during the K90 Individual ski jump at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Vonetta Flowers, right, cries as she hugs her teammate Jill Bakken of the United States after their final and gold medal winning run in the Two Woman Bobsled inaugural event at Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Flowers, 28, is the first black athlete to win a medal at any Winter Games. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

USA's Karyn Bye hold up an American flag following their gold medal win against Canada during their finals match at the XVIII Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)

Picabo Street of Sun Valley, Idaho, passes a gate on her way to winning the gold medal in the Women's Super-G at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Hakuba Wednesday Feb. 11, 1998. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)

Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul gives a gold medal performance during the women's free skate program in Hamar, Norway, on Friday, February 25, 1994. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Ross Rebagliati of Canada skis to victory in the first-ever Men's Giant Slalom snowboarding competition Sunday Feb. 8, 1998 in Yamanouchi, Japan. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)