<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><mod type="interactive" ID="ss_060225_pod" WB_ID="11557526" dataversion="1.0" navsectionID="5114933" updated="2/26/2006 2:02:17 AM GMT" width="" height="" format="0" layout="2" title="" template="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Interactives/Tools/slideshow.swf" printable="0" border=""  cellpadding="" instrument=""><altPath>http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss_060225_pod/</altPath><background>#EEEEEE|#CCCCCC</background><navStyle>6</navStyle><copyBorder>0</copyBorder><MOVIE length="" autoplay="" preload=""></MOVIE><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="205" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_14.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Jed Jacobsohn</byline><credit>Getty Images</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Tie that binds]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Andre Myhrer of Sweden competes in the men's slalom on Feb. 25. Myhrer ended up in a tie for fourth place with Japan's Kentaro Minagawa.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="196" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_11.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Franck Fife</byline><credit>AFP-Getty Images</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Cutting edge]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Short track speedskaters compete in the mens' 5,000-meter relay 'B' final. South Korea won the event in Olympic record time. Canada claimed the silver while the United States took home the bronze.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="289" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_15.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Amy Sancetta</byline><credit>AP</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Collide-o-scope]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>China's Li Haonan, center, collides with Italy's Roberto Serra, right, while Canada's Eric Bedard attempts avoid them during the men's 500-meter quarterfinals. The heat was restarted after Li Haonan was disqualified.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="233" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_01.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Mladen Antonov</byline><credit>AFP via Getty Images</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Bronze babe]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Supporters wave German flags as compatriot Uschi Disl heads to a bronze finish in the women's biathlon 12.5km mass start event in Cesana San Sicario. Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson won the gold and fellow German Kati Wilhelm took silver.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="191" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_04.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Diether Endlicher</byline><credit>AP</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Human chain]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Led by Germany's Alexander Wolf, competitors in the men's biathlon 15km mass start ski past a pond in Cesana San Sicario, Italy.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="208" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_02.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Michael Probst</byline><credit>AP</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Cloudy competition]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson, left, and Germany's Kati Wilhelm ski past the Olympic rings. Olofsson won the gold medal and Wilhelm the silver in the women's biathlon 12.5km mass start.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="194" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_03.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Donald Miralle</byline><credit>Getty Images</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Gold standard]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Michael Greis of Germany smiles after winning his third gold medal of this Olympics. Alexander Wolf of Germany and Mattias Nilsson Jr. of Sweden are seen collapsing at the finish in the men's biathlon 15km mass start. Tomasz Sikora of Poland won the silver medal and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway won the bronze.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="225" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_05.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Itsuo Inouye</byline><credit>AP</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Golden Os]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>An employee at Tokyo pastry chain Doughnut Plant NYC shows off Olympic medal-shaped pastries in Tokyo, where sales of the special doughnuts sprinkled with gold-leaf have more than doubled since Friday. Japan's euphoria over Shizuka Arakawa's gold medal performance showed no signs of abating, as doughnut stores rolled out golden, medal-shaped pastries and fans rushed to buy CDs featuring the music used in her free-program win.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="219" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_10.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Stefano Rellandini</byline><credit>Reuters</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Downhill from here]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Thomas Grandi of Canada passes a gate during the first run of the men's slalom. Grandi finished ninth in the event.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="202" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_09.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Pascal Le Segretain</byline><credit>Getty Images</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Living legends]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Italy's Alberto Tomba, right, and Sweden's Ingmar Stenmark attend the final of the men's slalom. Tomba is Italy's greatest skiing legend, who won five medals and more than 50 World Cup events. He is an ambassador for the Games' Organizing Committee. He consults with Stenmark, who holds the second highest wins total in men's World Cup history.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="216" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_08.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Fabrizio Bensch</byline><credit>Reuters</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Harnessing power]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Team Germany 2 competes in the men's four-man bobsled event. The team - Rene Spies, Christoph Heyder, Enrico Kuehn and Alex Metzger - was in the running for a medal after the third run.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="171" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_07.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Alessandro Bianchi</byline><credit>Reuters</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Over the top]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>An Italian fan watches the men's four-man bobsled. Both Italian teams finished out of the running for a medal.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="211" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_06.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Thomas Kienzle</byline><credit>AP</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Going down]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Krsytof Kryzl of the Czech Republic sends up a cloud of snow as he crashes on the first run of the men's slalom. More than a third of the skiers failed to finish the event.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="214" width="298" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_12.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Charles Krupa</byline><credit>AP</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Missing the mark]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Norway's Hans-Petter Buraas crashes during the first run of the men's slalom. He did not finish the event.]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM level="" timein="" timeout=""><image type="" height="298" width="205" align=""><src><![CDATA[ss_060225_pod_13.jpg]]></src><alttext></alttext><byline>Clive Mason</byline><credit>Getty Images</credit><border>#000000</border></image><headline><![CDATA[Needing a lift]]></headline><caption><![CDATA[<headline/><br>Skiers ride the chairlift as the sun sets over the Mens Alpine skiing slalom finals. ]]></caption><a href="" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM ><headline><![CDATA[Write us]]></headline><a href="mailto:multimedia@msnbc.com" type="" target="" params="" /></ITEM><ITEM ><headline><![CDATA[More Olympic images]]></headline><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10685869/" type="" target="_blank" params="" /><label><![CDATA[btn]]></label></ITEM></mod>