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Painful first weekend, in more ways than one

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Monday, February 13, 2006

TORINO, Italy -- Our men's curling team smoked the defending gold medalists Monday morning, beating Norway 11-5. That aside, the past couple of days contained some of the worst moments for U.S. Olympic hopefuls since the release of the movie "Ice Castles." The bad news began Saturday morning, when Michelle Kwan hurt a groin muscle during a practice session. The pain grew worse during the day until she was forced to call in a doctor around 2 a.m. The prognosis was not good. Kwan withdrew from ...

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