Olympic Games | Whistler British Columbia Canada

Olympics Are Over – Now What?

Thursday, June 17, 2010

If you are asking yourself what is to become of Whistler now that the Olympic Games are over you obviously haven’t been there during the summer months! Whistler British Columbia is certainly more than just a world-class ski resort for the winter months – oh no – it is rapidly becoming a choice destination for [...]

The 2010 Winter Olympics – They Are Here

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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The Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Winter Olympics are upon us. While the weather outside in Greater Vancouver is mild and wet, the spirits of Canadians, fans and athletes from around the world are hitting a high point. You can feel the excitement building. Much has been made of the cost over-runs and of American workers being brought in [...]

2010 Canadian Mens Figure Skating Hopeful Patrick Chan

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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Canadian Patrick Chan has been setting an amateur seniors men’s skating performance bar for some time. Internationally recognized and esteemed, Chan could sweep hometown crowd and deliver a bid for Olympic gold that resonates with the audience. Ranked 9th in the world, Chan showed a particularly strong 2009 skating year of European competition in ISU [...]

Vancouver Mens Figure Skating Preview For Stephane Lambiel

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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Lambiel is a competent skater who is often placing at the Grand prix events of the ISU due to a dearth of other skaters missing events, not getting the nomination, or being assigned elsewhere. There is a pastiche quality to his routines and choreography, and a boyish aura about his skating that will clash [...]

Mens Figure Skating Preview For Brian Joubert

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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Brian Joubert has dazzled even his critics with occasionally spine tingling athletic brilliance matched with artistic conceptions well inside the legendary scope of virtuosity in artistic figure skating. Joubert has handled many European meets capably and emerged as the one to beat in a axis of European recovery after many years of dominance over the [...]

A Winter Olympics With No Snow?

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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A combination of environmental factors this Olympic year could see the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver – Whistler be nearly snow free. The world-class resort of Whistler which will be the scene of many of the skiing events is not fairing too badly, but the locations closer to the city of Vancouver are in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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