European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Turner gives . A by Alan Robinson Albertville France a Cathy Turner kept her Cool a and her balance a to become americans newest Golden girl. Turner who gave up the sport for eight years survived a near fall just feet from the finish to claim the olympic Gold medal in women a 500-meter Short track Speed skating saturday. Turner 29, of Rochester n.y., became the second american woman Speed skater to win two medals joining double Gold medallist Bonnie Blair. A i keep telling myself i won an olympic Gold medal but i still done to believe it a More Winter olympics on Page 26 Turner said. A a it a like being in the Eye of Hurricane a everything going on around me but i can to hear or feel  Turner a a Singer and songwriter who returned to Short track after it became a medal sport a also got a Silver As part of the . 3,000-meter relay team. The United states won 11 medals in the olympics one Short of the country Sall time High for the Winter games. Turner one of the oldest competitors in one of  olympics newest sports took the Lead Early in the women a finals after earlier finishing first in both her quarterfinal and semifinal heats. She was clearly in the Lead As she rounded the final turn but China Sli Yan appeared to clip her right skate As she tried to pass Turner to the inside. I led for a split second As Turner tottered momentarily. Turner maintained her balance and somehow got her skate Over the finish line ahead of i who at first thought she had won. Turner Hung her head after finishing. �?o1 saw her Blade but i  see mine a said Turner. A i thought id  Turner won in 47.04 seconds. I took the Silver in 47.08, and Hwang Oksil of North Korea got the Bronze in 47.23. Meanwhile South Korea edged Canada at the wire to win the 5,000-meter relay in a world record 7 minutes 14.02 seconds. South Korea broke its own record of 7 20.57 set in the semifinal. The stars and stripes february 24,1992 b Page 28 1992 Winter olympics medals final standings g s b t Germany 10 10 6 26 unified team 9 6 8 23 Austria 6 7 8 21 Norway 9 6 5 20 Italy 4 6 4 14 United states 5 4 2 11 France 3519 Finland 3 1 3 7 Canada 2327 Japan 1 2 4 7 s. Korea 2 114 Netherlands 1 1 2 4 Sweden 10 3 4 Switzerland 1 0 2 3 China 0 3 0 3 Luxembourg 0 2 0 2 Czechoslovakia 0 0 2 2 new zealand 0 10 1 n. Korea 0 0 11 Spain 0 0 11 a Gold a Silver 8-Bronze, to total Short track skating Winner Cathy Turner displays Joy and patriotism at medal ceremony. Does not include demonstration sports . Miracle ii winds up medal 0 by Robert j. Murphy Meribel France up what began snowballing toward a Miracle on ice ii ended As an Avalanche that sent the United states tumbling Down the French Alps. Czechoslovakia overpowered a defenceless . Team saturday night rolling to a 6-1 Victory in the Bronze medal hockey game. Only the sixth seed coming into the olympic tournament the czechoslovakian received two goals apiece from Tomas Jelinek and Robert Lang to trample the United states. A a we re disappointed a . Coach Dave Peterson said. A we had two games each for a medal and came up  Czechoslovakia the Only team in the tournament to defeat the unified team picked up its first hockey medal since taking the Silver in 1984. The czechoslovakian closed the tournament 6-2, their Only two losses coming against Canada which was to play the unified team in sundays final. A for us this olympic games this medal maybe Means More because of unified team wins hockey Gold see Page 26 the situation in Czechoslovakia and hockey there the past couple of years a Czechoslovakia coach Ivan Hlinka said. The United states which finished seventh in the previous two olympics entered the tournament As the no. 4 seed and went 5-0-1 before falling to the former soviets in fridays semifinal and finishing in fourth place. While the americans stayed close to the unified team before finally falling 52 in the semifinals they never really were in this one. After facing 55 shots against the former soviets 24 hours earlier goalie Ray Leblanc faced 24 shots in the opening period. A we  get anything going. We just  a . Forward David Emma said. A it Wasny to Leblanc a  the czechoslovakian built a 2-0 Lead after one period and 3-0 after two and it just As easily could have been 10-0. When Jelinek notched his second goal of the game at 2 38 into the final period Leblanc was spared further harassment replaced by backup Scott Gordon for the first time in the tournament. A i relieved Ray Only because i thought he was getting worn Down a Peterson said a and Scottie Gordon had not gotten a Chance to  the americans managed to snap Petr Brizar a shutout bid with 13 05 remaining on a slap shot by Ted Drury and showed some signs of life in the final period but by then it was too late. Lang then sealed it with his two goals. The . Team was out shot 47-29 for the game 309-207 for the tournament. A your game is to control the puck and play the body a Captain Clark Donatelli said. A but they out skated us and controlled the  Czechoslovakia out shot the United states 24-9 in the first 20 minutes without Benefit of one Power play. Frantisek Prochazka re directed an untouched pass right up the Slot at 16 12, and Jelinek tallied 1 11 later after working several Back and Forth passes with Otakar Janecky As if the . Defense did not exist. The second period started the Sam inside sports lakers losing Streak upped to 7 a Page 21 notre Dame upsets Urcla a Page 22 nil summaries standings Page 24 Walters wins first Lyga title a Page 27 Way and Kamil Kastak stretched the Lead to 3-0 at 5 51 after another unimpeded passing play in the . Zone. Each team managed 11 shots on goal in the second period but that did not reflect the play which Czechoslovakia controlled. Any Hopes of a . Comeback were erased when Jelinek converted off a 2-on-1 break Early in the third. Leblanc received a standing ovation from Many in the crowd and pats from his teammates As he left the ice