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...
View ArticleCountdown 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...
View ArticleCountdown 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...
View ArticleCountdown 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...
View ArticleCountdown 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...
View ArticleVancouver 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...
View ArticleNagano 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...
View ArticleVancouver 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...
View ArticleVancouver 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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