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Winter Olympics 2010: warm weather threatens Vancouver event...

Cypress Mountain, just 25 minutes from the centre of Vancouver, is the scene of desperate activity as the Olympic organisers make hay – literally. On Thursday helicopters were flying in straw bales and wood to support the base for [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Speedskating

Now that Shani Davis has settled his absurd feud with Stephen Colbert, the American speedskating star is free to take over the billing that seems destined to be his. That of the next great Olympic star. The first black athlete ever [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Short Track Speedskating

In a series of pictures he posted to his Twitter feed recently, Apolo Anton Ohno can be seen grimacing as he uses the leg press machine at the gym, large black weights being thrust towards the ceiling by his short left leg. Even more w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Winter Olympics 2010

The Lake Placid, N.Y., area has sent at least one athlete to every Winter Olympics since they began in 1924. This year, 10 athletes will go to Vancouver, including Nordic combined world champion Bill Demong. NPR's Melissa Block talke [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Going For Gold: Team USA's Chances at 2010 Olympic Games in ...

The 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver are just two weeks away. Shaun White and Team USA will look to continue their dominance on the half pipe; Lindsey Jacobellis will look to make amends for a showboating error that cost her a gold me [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Women’s Cross County Skiing 4...

dds are out for which country will win the gold medal in the 4x5 kilometer relay, which is the lone team cross country skiing event in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Bet The 2010 Winter Olympics In this event, four skiers from each [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Canada unveils its 2010 Olympic Pavilion

VANCOUVER It lacks the Canadian cache of the log house done for the 2006 Turin Winter Games, but Canada's white tent pavilion for the 2010 Winter Games should still be a hit. That is the view of Canadian Heritage Minister James [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Alpine Skiing

Some of the biggest names competing for the United States at the 2010 Winter Games will vie for gold in the Alpine Skiing events. On the women's side there is Lindsey Vonn, who has won more World Cup titles than other female in [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Biathlon

Biathlon is one of the most demanding sports in the Olympics, combining skiing and shooting, and consists of 10 disciplines spread out over five events: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay. The mass start became an Oly [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Ski Jumping

Ski jumping has been an event at each and every Olympic Winter Games beginning in Chamonix, France in 1924. Back then there was just one generic brand of ski jumping, whereas, today it is broken up into three separate events. The ol [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Figure Skating

Women from the United States had won two straight gold medals in singles competition at the Olympics until Shizuka Arakawa of Japan broke that string in Italy four years ago. Now it's up to a pair of American teenagers to rekindle th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Doping-related cases still possible for Russians at 2010 Oly...

Doping-related cases among Russian athletes are still a possibility at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, though their preliminary tests proved negative in Moscow, a senior sports doctor said. "Before going to the Olympics [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Record warm January in Vancouver on eve of 2010 Olympics

Vancouver is set to register the warmest January on record with an average temperature more than twice as warm as normal, according to Environment Canada. "It's quite possible this will be the warmest January. We're sitting [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

British Columbia To Protect Public Transit During 2010 Olymp...

Police will flood Park & Ride lots with bait vehicles to help keep auto theft at a six-year low, Solicitor General Kash Heed announced today. “This year, B.C.’s auto crime enforcement month coincides with the largest [...]