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World Cup luge to return to fateful Whistler track

05/18/11 NEW YORK (AP) -- The sliding track that hosted the crash-marred 2010 Vancouver Olympics may soon have new start ramps in an attempt to make the treacherous course more safe.
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Women's ski jumping approved for 2014 Olympic Games

04/06/11 After an unsuccessful legal battle for inclusion at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, women's ski jumping won its place Wednesday on the program for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
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Alta. fiddler goes unnoticed in L.A.

04/03/11 LOS ANGELES -- Alberta musician Calvin Vollrath has the reputation in Canada of being one of the most talented fiddlers alive and was even asked to write several tunes for the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics.
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IOC asks Vancouver head for details of bid claims

02/23/11 The IOC is asking the head of the Vancouver Olympics for more details on his claims of a deal with Russia during the bidding for the 2010 Winter Games.
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Olympic Items Being Auctioned

02/17/11 Olympians Bill Demong, Andrew Weibrecht and Haley Johnson among others are donating items they used during the Vancouver Olympics to an auction that will help raise money for the Empire State Winter Games.
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Guay writes different story at world championships

02/13/11 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany The Canada ski team was a flop at the Vancouver Olympics. Erik Guay made sure it was a different story at the world championships.
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Canada's Guay wins downhill at worlds

02/13/11 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- The Canadian ski team was a flop at the Vancouver Olympics. Erik Guay made sure it was a different story at the world championships.
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Guay wins downhill title at worlds, Miller 15th

02/12/11 The Canada ski team was a flop at the Vancouver Olympics. Erik Guay made sure it was a different story at the world championships. Guay won the prestigious downhill title Saturday ahead of pre-race favorites Didier Cuche of Switzerland and Christof Innerhofer of Italy, speeding down the 3.3-kilometer Kandahar course in 1 minute, 58.41 seconds.
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Q&A: VANOC boss John Furlong

02/10/11 Near the anniversary of the opening of the Vancouver Olympics, organizing committee boss John Furlong spoke to CBCSports.ca about his role in the Games, including the controversy surrounding a luger's death and what he thinks the legacy of Canada's Games will be.
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Zize Matters: How our golden boys are doing a year later

02/05/11 Hard as it might seem to believe, next Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the magnificent opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics.
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Changes on and off ice have Mroz revitalized

01/27/11 Visions of the Vancouver Olympics "plastered all over the place" in his mind's eye, Brandon Mroz felt the walls squeezing in during his short program and plopped into 10th place at last year's U.S. Figure Skating Championships and de facto Olympic trials.
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Olympic hockey prank flag desecration case finally settled

01/08/11 Ah, the drunken bar bet: The source of so many $20 bills changing hands and police charges being filed. Please recall the story of Matthew Seifert and Ryan Smith, both 26 and Canadian citizens, who had a few dozen too many at the Beer Hunter Sports Pub and Grill in La Quinta, Calif., while watching Canada beat the U.S. in the gold medal game at the Vancouver Olympics in February. During the game ...
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Local Sports

11/10/10 Heading into his third season of international competition, Peter Frenette is hoping to build off a strong year that included a trip to the Vancouver Olympics and a record-breaking jump at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex in Lake Placid.
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Canada's Virtue skated in pain at Olympics

10/30/10 Canadian ice dancer Tessa Virtue admits she competed in pain at the Vancouver Olympics. Virtue and partner Scott Moir captured Canada's first-ever Olympic ice dance gold medal in Vancouver, despite chronic pain in Virtue's legs.
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Businessmen are finding in its their best interests, too

10/15/10 During the Vancouver Olympics last winter, the city threw all barriers aside and did its best to convince everyone coming downtown to do so without their cars. Dozens of extra bike lanes were created, transit schedules were pushed to their limits and entire streets were set aside for pedestrians.
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Bicycling on the rise

10/15/10 During the Vancouver Olympics last winter, the city threw all barriers aside and did its best to convince everyone coming downtown to do so without their cars.
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Whistler files for public offering

10/08/10 Fortress Investment Group LLC has announced plans to take the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort public, in an attempt to capitalize on the attention brought by the Vancouver Olympics
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U.S. bobsledder won't face charges in Vancouver

08/17/10 NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia(AP) -- American bobsledder Bill Schuffenhauer will attend counseling after charges were dropped of assault and uttering threats to his fiancee during the Vancouver Olympics.
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Vonn's victory lap runs through Vail

08/05/10 Skier Lindsey Vonn sampled the powder on Vail Mountain Thursday. Vonn is back in Vail after winning two medals at the Vancouver Olympics this winter.
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Dew-ling halfpipe standards

08/04/10 Last December we covered the controversy regarding the Winter Dew Tour's choice to hold marquee halfpipe contests in 18-foot rather than Olympic-standard 22-foot pipes. The gist of that feature was this: Heading into the Vancouver Olympics, a number of the top pipe riders chose not to attend the Dew...
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Dew-ling halfpipe standards - Winter Dew Tour raises its halfpipe standard to 22 feet

08/04/10 Last December we covered the controversy regarding the Winter Dew Tour's choice to hold marquee halfpipe contests in 18-foot rather than Olympic-standard 22-foot pipes. The gist of that feature was this: Heading into the Vancouver Olympics, a number of the top pipe riders chose not to attend the Dew Tour, due largely to the mini pipes, in order to save their routines from modification. We're ...
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