Kearney's win came after a 22nd-place finish at the Turin Olympics -- a bitter disappointment after she came in as a favorite. It denied Heil, the defending Olympic champion, the chance to become the first Canadian to win Olympic gold on home turf.
Kearney wins first gold of winter games for U.S.
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia
Kearney scored 26.63 points in the final Saturday night, to
defeat Heil by the wide margin of .94 points. American Shannon
Bahrke took bronze to add to her silver medal from 2002.
