Reuters Winter Olympics Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday Feb 14

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Reuters Winter Olympic schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday (times GMT):

VANCOUVER - Canada squandered a golden chance to win its first-ever Olympic gold medal on home soil on Saturday as mogul favorite Jennifer Heil ceded the top spot to American Hannah Kearney in a thrilling freestyle final. (OLYMPICS/ WRAPUP5 PIX TV, moved at 2200, By Mary Milliken.

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LUGE

WHISTLER - World champion Felix Loch of Germany set the halfway pace in the men's luge at a scaled-down Whistler track on Saturday as the Olympic sliding events began without any major scares following Friday's fatality. (OLYMPICS-LUGE/MEN (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 0503, by Martyn Herman) - -

ICE HOCKEY

VANCOUVER - With the National Hockey League set to shut down for the Olympic break players begin to flood into Vancouver for the Winter Games. All the top medal contenders including, Canada, Russia and Sweden hit the ice for practice sessions. (OLYMPICS-ICE HOCKEY/MEN, expect by 0300, pic, by Steve Keating, 450 words)

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BIATHLON

WHISTLER - Norway's Ole Einar Bjorndalen, widely regarded at the best biathlete of all time, will be gunning for his 10th Winter Olympics medal in the men's 10km sprint at Whistler Olympic Park. (OLYMPICS-BIATHLON/MEDALS (PIX, TV), expect by 2030 on Sunday, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words)

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FREESTYLE

VANCOUVER - Though he was born in Vancouver, Dale Begg-Smith will once again be representing his adopted country of Australia as he tries to defend his Olympic gold in the men's freestyle moguls (OLYMPICS-FREESTYLE, qualification round begins at 2230, by Deborah Charles)

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NORDIC COMBINED

WHISTLER - A strong United States team, which features two world championship winners, are set to win a first ever Nordic Combined medal in normal hill individual event. (OLYMPICS-NORDICCOMBINED (PIX), expect at 2230, by David Ljunggren)

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FIGURE SKATING

VANCOUVER - China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongo will kick off the pairs short programme at the Pacific Coliseum. Those hoping to ruin the couple's fourth attempt at winning an elusive gold include world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy. (OLYMPICS-FIGURE SKATING/PAIRS, pix, expect by 0400 (Monday), by Pritha Sarkar and Sonia Oxley, 500 words)

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FIGURE SKATING

VANCOUVER - American Hannah Kearney avenged a poor race in the 2006 Olympics by winning gold in the women's freestyle moguls on Saturday, snatching the title from the hometown favourite Canadian Jennifer Heil. (OLYMPICS-FREESTYLE/MEDALS (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 0506, by Deborah Charles.

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SHORT TRACK

VANCOUVER - South Korean Lee Jung-su avoided a last-corner crash with his team mates to win the men's 1,500 short track Olympic gold medal on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-SHORT TRACK/MEDALS (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 0430, by Sonia Oxley)