Reuters Winter Olympics Schedule at 2210 GMT on Thursday Feb 18

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Reuters Winter Olympic schedule at 2210 GMT on Thursday (all times GMT):

VANCOUVER - Germany's Maria Riesch snatched the women's super combined crown on Thursday after American Lindsey Vonn lost control and blew her chances of a second gold in as many days at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. (OLYMPICS/ WRAPUP3/, moved at 2204, by Julian Linden)

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ALPINE SKIING

WHISTLER - Maria Riesch won the Olympic women's super combined for Germany on Thursday after American Lindsey Vonn's quest for two golds in as many days ended with a painful fall. (OLYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING/MEDALS (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 2131, By Alan Baldwin)

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BIATHLON

WHISTLER - Norwegian Tora Berger held her nerve after delivering a superb shooting performance to win her first Olympic gold medal in the women's 15km individual event at Whistler Olympic Park on Thursday. (OLYMPICS-BIATHLON/WOMEN-MEDALS (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), by Mark Lamport-Stokes, moved at 2030)

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SPEED SKATING

VANCOUVER - Canadians Christine Nesbitt and Kristina Groves lead a charge to claim a home gold in speed skating in the women's 1,000 metres at Richmond Olympic Oval. (OLYMPICS-SPEEDSKATING/MEDALS (PIX), races start 2100, by Larry Fine, 350 words)

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SNOWBOARDING

VANCOUVER - American women hope for a repeat of the men's performance in halfpipe, but are aiming to sweep the podium unless Australian Torah Bright proves a spoiler (OLYMPICS-SNOWBOARDING, qualifications started at 2030, by Deborah Charles)

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FIGURE SKATING

VANCOUVER - Yevgeny Plushenko, the leader after the short programme, hopes to out-jump his rivals and become the first man in more than half a century to retain the Olympic men's figure skating title. (OLYMPICS-FIGURE SKATING, pix, expect by 0500 Friday, by Pritha Sarkar and Sonia Oxley, 500 words)

(Duty Editor, Miles Evans, Winter Olympics desk, +17783739753)