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Countdown to Vancouver: 6 Days

Vancouver is only 6 days away, and athletes and officials alike are scrambling to get ready for the games. One particular concern is the amount of snow on Cypress mountain. Vancouver has seen...

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Countdown to Vancouver: 4 Days

Even though the Vancouver Olympics are only 4 days away, there still isn’t much winter around. Flowers are blooming in the city. As a result, training for the parallel giant slalom had to be cut. Snow...

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Countdown to Vancouver: 2 Days

With the Vancouver Olympics only two days away, there’s some good news… for skiers, snowboarders, and Australian bobsledders. A storm front is on the horizon for Vancouver, and this is causing the...

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Women’s Ski Jumping

One of the more recent controversies in the Olympics (and there have been plenty) involve women’s ski jumping. There are two separate disciplines, ski jumping and nordic combined, that involve ski...

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IOC, Meet the 21st Century with YouTube

The IOC is really missing out on a gold mine, and its too bad, because one simple move could be a win-win situation for all. I’m talking about YouTube. Universal Sports is already on the bandwagon, and...

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IOC President Samaranch dies at 89

Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was head of the IOC from 1980 to 2001, died in Barcelona on Tuesday at age 89. His condition started to go downhill on Sunday, when he was admitted to the hospital....

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US Gets Bronze Gymnastics Medal; China Loses Theirs

It’s time to dust off any Olympic history books that you might have, because history has changed. The U.S. team of Elise Ray, Amy Chow, Kristin Maloney, Dominique Dawes, Tasha Schwikert-Warren, and...

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Sydney Relay Racers Will Keep Their Medals

The 2000 Olympic track. The Americans who raced in the women’s 4×400m relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics have a reason to smile today: they will not have their medals taken away from them, even though...

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