Topic: Vancouver
The Olympic Men's Slalom is a downhill Olympic Alpine skiing event that takes place in two heats on the same day and involves skiing around pairs of poles (called gates) set about thirty feet apart vertically and only 6 or so feet ...
Massimiliano "Max" Blardone was born on November 26 , 1979 in Domodossala, Italy . Blardone will represent Italy in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia . He has consistently fallen short in big races, and looks to reverse that ...
Before I left the office on Friday, one of my idols stopped by to say hi... You know her as the Olympic gold medalist in the downhill at Vancouver and also as the beautiful and strong, athletic and fierce competitor who made ...
Didier Cuche of Switzerland wins World Cup downhill title with victory in Norway Didier Cuche of Switzerland won his third straight World Cup downhill title with a dominant run Saturday, his first race after missing the podium in the event at the ...
With the Olympics drawing to a close, I just realized something--we didn't see any speed skiing at these games. In fact, we haven't seen speed skiing's extreme take on the old go-down-a-hill-on-wooden-planks tradition since 1992 in Albertville, France, when for a brief ...
Canada and Russia renew their long-standing rivalry in a heavyweight Olympic quarter-final ice hockey battle on Wednesday as Lindsey Vonn looks to overcome her alpine jinx in the giant slalom.With just five days of action left, the United States and Germany top ...
Lindsey Vonn lived up to her reputation as the best downhill skier in the world by claiming the women's Olympic title as Shaun White and Shani Davis made it a golden day to remember for the United States.Vonn delivered organisers some relief ...
Warm weather puts men's Olympic downhill in Whistler at high risk of postponement The men's downhill that is to open Alpine skiing at the Olympics on Saturday is at high risk of being postponed."Right now, we need the temperature to go down," ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Heavy rain washed away most of the fresh snow at Cypress Mountain and thick fog and snow forced the cancellation of the women's downhill ski training at Whistler on Thursday.On Cypress, a mountain on the outskirts of Vancouver, heavy ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn, the overwhelming favorite for the blue riband women's downhill gold in Vancouver, said on Wednesday she was a doubtful starter for the Winter Olympics because of a shin injury.Vonn said she had suffered an "excruciatingly painful" ...