Tuesday, Day 5•

CLOSE FINISH: Japan's curlers rallied from a three-point deficit to spoil U.S. skip Debbie McCormick's Olympic return, beating the Americans 9-7 in a dramatic finish that was so close it required an official measurement. A U.S. curler said the margin was a half-inch.•

MEDALS LEADERS: Germany took the lead with nine overall medals, three of them gold, while the United states had eight total, with two golds. France has seven overall, two gold. Both South Korea and Switzerland have three golds each. Host Canada has five total medals, two of them gold.•

NORTHERN HIGH-LIGHTS: Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won the women's 500-meter race, giving her country a sweep of that event. Before Vancouver, South Korea had never won a Winter Olympics gold in any sport other than short track. ... Germany's Tatjana Huefner won the luge to give her country its ninth women's gold in 13 Olympic competitions. ... France's Vincent Jay won the bronze in the men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit, hours after his girlfriend, Marie Laure Brunet, won the bronze in the women's 10-kilometer pursuit.