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Local athlete wins Olympic medal

VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 24: Jordan Malone of the United States and Peter Darazs of Hungary compete in the Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m heat on day 13 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum on February 24, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Jordan Malone, short track speed skater from Denton, won a bronze medal as part of the U.S. men’s 5000m relay.  Malone, along with teammates J.R. Celski, Simon Cho, Travis Jayner, and Apolo Ohno, fell just behind Canada and Korea.

It is the first Olympic medal for Malone, who was entered in 3 events.

Katherine Reutter took the silver medal in the ladies 1000 m, a tenth of a second behind Meng Wang of China.

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