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Wild night in Innsbruck
YOG: First Olympic hockey skills challenge goes down to the wire
The most skilled players on the podium: Attila Kovacs (HUN, 2nd), Augusts Valdis Vasilonkos (LAT, 1st) and Seiya Furukawa (JPN, 3rd). Photo: Oliver Lerch / GEPA pictures
INNSBRUCK – In a riveting contest that was not decided until the final heats, Latvia’s Augusts Valdis Vasilonoks and Julie Zwarthoed of the Netherlands won the first hockey skills challenge competition ever to be held as an Olympic event.