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21st Winter Olympics Open in Vancouver, BC Friday, Feb. 12

The 21st Winter Olympics open Friday, February 12, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 5,000 athletes from 80 countries will compete over the 17 day competition. China will be sending the largest team of over 91 athletes to seek gold. There will be over 80 medals available for the...

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Vancouver Olympics Medal Count for Day 5

Day 5 of the Vancouver Olympics proved to be successful for Germany, who takes the lead in gold for the day. Here are the results of the latest medal count: Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Germany 3 4 2 9 2. U.S. 2 2 4 8 3. France 2 1 4 7...

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How Many Medals Did the Countries of the Former Ussr Win in the 2008?

The United States dominated the 2008 Olympics, as the country with the biggest number of medals (110). However, China had more gold medals (getting 51, far more than the United States’ 36). Russia ranked third with a sum of 72 medals. This would have been far different if this had been before...

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Apollo Ohno Disqualified, Wins 8 Medals

Apollo Ohno was disqualified from the 500 meter speed skating race but earned 8 medals overall. The year old Seattle native was disqualified from the 500 meter competition Friday night for bumping into Canadian Francois-Louis Tremblay. This bump sent Tremblay skidding and Ohno was disqualified...

Gillian Cooke Olympic Sized Wardrobe Malfunction

Gillian Cooke Olympic Sized Wardrobe Malfunction

The Winter Olympics are right around the corner but female bobsledder Gillian Cooke has already given us the first Olympic sized faux pas. While preparing for an Olympic qualifying run at the World Bobsled Championships in Switzerland, Gillian Cooke split her bobsledding uniform right in the...

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Olympic Condom Shortage

As the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver draw to a close, the revelers face a huge problem: a condom shortage. An emergency shipment of condoms is traveling west through Canada to Vancouver where the crowd waits for the truck. On Wednesday, Vancouver health officials had already dispensed a...

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2010 Winter Olympics Schedule

Looking to catch all the action at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Below we've included a schedule with time and date for each event. Saturday, February 13» Alpine skiing (men's) - 11:45 a.m.» Biathlon (women's) - 1 p.m.» Freestyle skiing (women's) - 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.» Hockey (women's) - noon, 5...

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Shaun White's Double McTwist and Olympic Gold

The Vancouver Olympics snowboarding competition broke records and made history. Snowboarder Shaun White succeeded in defying gravity, amazing spectators, and securing the U.S. 5th Gold medal. The event occurred yesterday at Cypress Mountain, British Columbia. White secured the title of "one of...

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Evan Lysacek Wins Gold at 2010 Olympics

Evan Lysacek, age 24, from Naperville, Illinois, won America's free skate gold medal last night. This is the first Olympic gold won by the U.S. since Brian Boitano. Lysacek outskated, outperformed, and out energized Russia's "quad-master" Evgeny Plushenko. Lysacek's figure skating routine centered...

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Jennifer Capriati, Former Olympic Gold Winner, Possible Overdose

Jennifer Capriati a former Olympic Gold winner, was hospitalized for possible overdose.  The thirty four year old record breaking, right handed Tennis prodigy was found unconscious at a Riviera Beach, Florida hotel room on June 27, 2010. Capriati was rushed to a nearby hospital and per reports...