It looked a little strange: Georg Hackl standing in the spot reserved for the silver medalist.
After three straight Olympic gold medals, the German luger's unprecedented run success ended Monday when he settled for a silver medal -- finishing behind gold medalist Armin Zoeggeler of Italy.
Hackl did not appear upset by his near-miss at winning an unprecedented fourth straight gold in the same Winter Olympics event. He still won a medal in a record-setting fifth games, he applauded Zoeggler's winning effort, and his temporary Utah home has a refrigerator full of his beloved German beer.
The complete list of medal winners in Monday's competition:BIATHLON
Men's 20Km
GOLD--Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway
SILVER--Frank Luck, Germany
BRONZE--Victor Maigourov, Russia Women's 15Km
GOLD--Andrea Henkel, Germany
SILVER--Liv Grete Poiree, Norway
BRONZE--Magdalena Forsberg, SwedenFIGURE SKATING
Pairs
GOLD--Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, Russia
SILVER--Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, Canada
BRONZE--Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, ChinaLUGE
Men's Singles
GOLD--Armin Zoeggeler, Italy
SILVER--Georg Hackl, Germany
BRONZE--Markus Prock, Austria SNOWBOARDING
Men's Halfpipe
GOLD--Ross Powers, South Londonberry, Vt.
SILVER--Danny Kass, Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
BRONZE--JJ Thomas, Golden, Colo.
-- ASSOCIATEDPRESS
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