Brian Cazeneuve's Medal Stand

1 MARCIE VAN DUSEN Wrestling The 121-pound 25-year-old from Colorado Springs beat five-time world champion Saori Yoshida on Jan. 19 in Taiyuan, China, snapping the Japanese wrestler's 119-match unbeaten streak.

2 BILL DEMONG, Nordic Combined Demong, 27, ranks second in the World Cup standings of his sport (which combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing) and could become the first American to finish in the top three.

3 KATIE UHLAENDER, Skeleton The defending overall World Cup champion (right) won her third event of the season last Friday to take the lead in the standings with 1,245 points.

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