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Australian Torah Bright comes through in clutch, takes Olympic gold on halfpipe

WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Torah Bright's parents drove six hours, flew 20 more, then hid in a closet at their daughter's place in Vancouver so they could surprise her later.These are the lengths people go to celebrate a gold medal at the Winter Games for Australia .Bright sure made the surprise trip worth it for her folks, bringing a timely flash of exellence to an otherwise messy night on the halfpipe Thursday to win Australia's fourth winter gold."I burst into tears," Bright said of her reaction when she spotted her parents, Marion and Peter, in the stands after the winning run. "I told them to stay home. But it's the Olympics. Of course, they were going to come."Bright overcame a fall on her first run to score 45 points on the second and defeat defending champion Hannah Teter by 2.6. The 2002 champion, Kelly Clark , fell on her first run, hit the deck on an awkward landing on her second but still took bronze.The Brights came all the way from Cooma, about a six-hour dri...

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