Danish men and women finish 'marathon' to reach Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Frans Nielsen played in almost 1,000 NHL games and knew this would be his final season playing hockey. It was now or never for Denmark to reach the Olympics. Nielsen and his teammates finally got over the last stumbling block to win their qualifying tournament last summer, and the women’s team followed suit shortly after.

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