Police: Freestyle Olympic Skier Kills Self In Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Olympic silver medalist Jeret "Speedy" Peterson was found dead in a remote canyon in Utah in what police are calling a suicide. Peterson, a freestyle skier who patented the so-called "Hurricane" and took second place at the Vancouver Games with it, called 911 before shooting himself, police said.

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