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Winter and Summer Olympic Games Trivia Part Three

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Sarajevo in the Balkans was a wild card choice that surprised even Olympic officials. The 1984 Winter Games went where no democratic peacekeeping Olympic teams had gone before. Sapporo and Gothernburg lost out. Twins continue to be an Olympic sensation. Skiing twins Steve and Phil Mahre, Gymnastic twins Paul and Morgan Hamm, and more stud the [...]

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Winter and Summer Olympic Games Trivia Part Two

Sunday, December 13, 2009

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The following is part two in our three part Summer and Winter Olympic Games history trivia. We are posting this in celebration of the Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Winter Olympic Games which are sure to make all Canadians proud! Despite the telegenic reputation of the USA’s powerhouse gymnast Mary Lou Retton, it was Romanian Ecaterina Szabo who was [...]

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Winter and Summer Olympic Games Trivia

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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The following is the first part in a three part series we are offering on Winter and Summer Olympics trivia and history in celebration of the Vancouver Whistler 2010 Winter Olympic Games. If you have any interesting factoids or similar points please send them to us. Despite the democratic aura of the game’s participatory program, kings [...]

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2010 Winter Olympic Games Countdown

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics have been carefully planned, economized for, and implemented. Provisioned funds amassed before the current economic downtrend and implementation of an entire calendar of Winter weather in Canada around the time the Games are scheduled to take place is projected to be clear and cold, sunny enough for the outdoor competitions [...]

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Olympic Hockey For Beginners To The Game

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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Hockey has become one of the defining sports of the winter games and that will be no different in hockey mad Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Playing on high speed skates with sharp edges and vicious mass flying over rapid goals, hockey entertains and keeps spectators on edge. Hockey carries the trophy value for [...]

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2010 Vancouver Whistler Olympic Games Just 8 Months Away

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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Just eight months away, the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening ceremony in Western Canada will take place. The beautiful green maple leaf symbol of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games will showcase Canadian splendor and remain in the hearts of many Olympic visitors long after next February. A Cultural Olympiad of performance arts and dance, vocalists [...]

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Slalom Giant Combined Event at 2010 Winter Olympics

Monday, May 11, 2009

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The Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Olympics will separate the platinum level giant slalom skiers now competing in the world ranks. Dominating the world cup ski runs these last years are superstars like Bode Miller who shred giant runs and finish consistently in medalist positions. Variation in course grooming proves the better skiers will win the slalom. Getting bounced [...]

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Vancouver 2010 Men’s Olympic Figure Skating Competition

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Evan Lysacek is such a lyric skater watching him execute his long program is like watching a moving pen loop through a sentence. The elegance of line, continued quality, the taste of sound choreography after decades of all-stops-pulled kitchen-sink men’s routines is refreshing. Lysacek is very polished and presents a numbingly taste-forward routine with decorator [...]

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Winter Olympics Bobsleigh Competition Background

Monday, January 5, 2009

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The tradition of Olympic bobsleigh competition continues with the upcoming exciting Winter Games of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Two man, four man, and women’s competition comes to Vancouver to show the whole wide world what the most efficient and fastest executed bobsleigh run will be. The scrape of the sharp steel bobsleigh runner, the sharp [...]

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Canwest Official Regional Newspaper Publisher for the 2010 Winter Games

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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As Canada’s Games draw closer, Canwest Publishing Inc. announced today that it is partnering with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) to help inform and engage communities across the country as the Official Regional Newspaper Publisher for the 2010 Winter Games. The sponsorship provides VANOC with greater regional advertising [...]

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