Posts Tagged ‘Olympic’

US Olympic skier Zamansky retires from racing
US skier Jake Zamansky steps away from racing after career that included spot on Olympic team.

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1) They are not as political as the Summer.

2) The athletes often state how it is really just about having fun while they are there(Shawn White, Hannah Teter, Chris Witty, Bode Miller, and Julia Mancuso all spoke about how the Olympics are supposed to be fun and nothing more).

3) Lake Placid, NY and Park City, Utah both give public bobsled rides charged through admission as well as the speed skating rinks, ski mountain, etc.

Did anyone go to any Olympic events?? And if you did, what did you attend?

White, Teter highlight Olympic snowboarding qualifiers
PARK CITY, Utah – Catch the Olympics next month, and you’ll see Shaun White doing things nobody else is capable of doing on a snowboard. You’ll see the steadiness of Kelly Clark, the spunk of Hannah Teter and the elegance of Gretchen Bleiler….

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2010 Olympic commemorative stamp debuts in Utah
A U.S. postage stamp that commemorates the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, shows an airborne snowboarder against a snow-capped mountain backdrop.

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U.S. halfpipe riders anticipate Olympic challenge
The pressure is building for U.S. snowboarders to continue their Olympic dominance. Americans have won 14 medals and five golds in halfpipe since snowboarding debuted at the Olympics in 1998 – more than any other country. That includes a men’s…

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Snowboarding: White is as good as gold
The penultimate U.S. Olympic snowboard qualifying event made only one thing clear: If the Olympics were held today, Shaun White would remain the gold medalist.

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Snowboarding: Olympic halfpipe hopeful injured, out for 2010
Snowboarder Danny Davis won’t have a chance to dedicate his Olympics to a fallen friend after a season-ending back injury in a four-wheeling accident in Utah.

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Snowboarders make final bid for Olympic berths this weekend
This weekend, the country’s best snowboarders will have one final chance to make the 2010 Olympic Team.

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Olympic halfpipe hopeful Davis in hospital after non-snowboarding accident
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Snowboarder Danny Davis has been admitted to a Utah hospital with a back injury he endured in a non-snowboarding accident.

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