Whistler British Columbia Canada

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Sport Venues Completed

With the one-year countdown to the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Winter Games still fresh in Canadian’s minds, the Vancouver Organizing Committee has announced that the sporting venues for the games have been completed both on time and on budget. The total amount budgeted was $580 million Canadian. The Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre opened today and was the last [...]

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Mixed Doubles Curling

The Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 will see the most technically adept yet brutally competitive matchup in years, due to equivalence of professional training and elite world cup standings. Curling style has evolved to a sliding gait over the ice following the toss while two brushing players smooth the ice in front if the slowly [...]

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2010 Winter Olympics Curling Basics

The winter games for any Olympic year features curling, an event of skill hidden in a deceptive contest of judged balance and weight throwing. Strategy against the other team and thrown stones predictive of the other player’s skills can decide a game before two ends are up. Curling is played at the Olympic level in teams [...]

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