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Mountains Face Lack of Snow in Vancouver

With just 17 days to go before the Vancouver Olympics, the mountains where the events are scheduled to be held are facing a lack of snow. Particularly, Cypress Mountain, where the snowboarding and...

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Countdown to Vancouver: 10 Days

10 Days left until the Vancouver opening ceremonies. I saw this article about Canada’s Brian McKeever on Yahoo! Sports today. McKeever is legally blind, and will be competing in the 50km cross-country...

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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: 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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Countdown to Vancouver: 1 Day

Tomorrow’s the day! Are you excited? Athletes are starting to get some practice runs in, and final preparations are being made for the opening ceremonies. The ski slopes were closed down partway...

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Vancouver 2010 Day 2

On day 1 of Vancouver 2010’s competition ski jumping, speed skating, and biathlon took place early on. Women’s moguls, male luge, and short track speed skating will occur later on in the day. Fog and...

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Nagano 1998

The 1998 games in Nagano saw a few changes, and had several spectacular moments. Each Olympic sport is allowed to set the rules for professionalism in the Olympics, and in 1998, professional hockey...

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Vancouver Day 3

On the second day of competition, Canada finally received its first gold medal while hosting an Olympics. Alexandre Bilodeau skied an outstanding performance in the men’s freestyle moguls in order to...

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Vancouver Olympics Day 13

The thirteenth day of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games were exciting and held a few upsets. The snow returned to Vancouver yesterday, and weather has been affecting some of the events. It was unlucky...

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