Witty wins another gold for U.S. skaters

SALT LAKE CITY UTAH- They&#39;re celebrating in West Allis, Wisconsin, today. That&#39;s because their hometown girl Chris Witty is an Olympic gold medalist and world-record holder. Witty won the gold in the women&#39;s one-thousand meter speedskating final in world record time of one minute, 13-point-83 seconds. <br> <br> Witty was diagnosed with mono last month, and it&#39;s affected her training. She often skates one day and rests the next. <br> <br> Fellow American Jennifer Rodriguez of Miami took the bronze in the one-thousand skating event. <br> <br> In other Day Ten Olympic highlights: <br> <br> American Todd Hays missed a bronze medal by just three-hundredths of a second in the two-man bobsled. Germany&#39;s Christoph Langen won the gold. <br> <br> Americans finished fourth in the Nordic combined skiing event, the best finish for the U-S ever in that event. <br> <br> The U-S women&#39;s curling team beat Great Britain 6-to-5. The U-S is tied for third with one match left in the round-robin standings. The top four teams go to the medal round. <br> <br> Canada&#39;s hockey team made up for its opening-game loss to Sweden by nipping Germany 3-to-2 last night. Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux (leh-MYOO&#39;) sat out the contest with a sore hip. Lemieux expects to play today when Canada plays the Czech Republic. <br> <br> Germany leads the medal count with 22. The U-S is second with 18, including four gold, seven silver and seven bronze. <br>

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