Abbott falters early, winds up in ninth
Jeremy Abbott
Aspen native, formerly of Colorado Springs, figure skating: Fell on his opening quad in Thursday’s free skate to finish ninth (218.96 points).
Lanny Barnes
Durango, biathlon: Finished 23rd in the women’s 15K individual race, the best by an American since 1994.
Gretchen Bleiler
Aspen, snowboarding: Qualified fifth but fell on both of her final runs Thursday and finished 11th overall.
Peter Budaj
Denver, hockey: Avs goalie did not play in Slovakia’s 3-1 loss to the Czechs on Wednesday. The Slovaks met Russia in a late game Thursday.
Ruslan Salei
Denver, hockey: Belarus plays Sweden today.
Paul Stastny
Denver, hockey: The forward played 17 1/2 minutes and had one shot in Thursday’s 6-1 win over Norway. Team USA next plays Sunday.
Katie Uhlaender
Breckenridge, skeleton: Two-time World Cup champion was in ninth after her first two runs Thursday (1.08 seconds behind first place) and has two more runs today.
Lindsey Vonn
Vail, alpine skiing: After leading the downhill portion of the super-combined Thursday, she caught a gate and fell in the slalom.
