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The 2010 Winter Olympics in
Vancouver XXI Olympic Winter Games - February 12-28 Paralympic Winter Games - March 12-21 |  |
* Luge * Nordic Combined * Short Track * Skeleton * Ski Jumping * Snowboarding * Speed Skating 2006 Medals
| US team medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2006 Games in Torino 2006 Medals | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 2010 Games in Vancouver 2010 Medals (Pictures) | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 |
NOTE:
Last
Olympics NBC did not offer computer users live video of any events also delivered
live via traditional TV broadcast methods.
NBC
Again Will Limit Live Olympic Broadband Coverage To Pay TV Subscribers.
Women
Lose Chance to Ski Jump - Judge says women ski jumpers were discriminated
against, but won't help.
The
Women of the Vancouver Winter Olympics - Some Pictures
Schedule of events - Calendar By Event
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 Snowboarding - 5(2002) 7(2006) The events are - Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom, Ladies’ Parallel Giant Slalom, Men’s Halfpipe, Ladies’ Halfpipe, Men’s Snowboard Cross, Ladies’ Snowboard Cross. The events will be held at Cypress Mountain between February 15th and 27th. Torino Women's snowboard cross final Torino Men's snowboard cross final |
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| Short track
- (2002) 3(2006) Apolo Ohno is going back to the Olympics. Ohno earned a trip to his third Winter Games, winning the 500 and 1,000 meters at the U.S. short track national championships in September when crashes sent two skaters to the hospital. Ohno, the injured J.R. Celski, Jordan Malone, Travis Jayner and Simon Cho earned spots on the men's Olympic team. Ohno finished first in the overall standings with 6,912 points. |
Speed
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Figure
skating - (2002)
2(2006) | Alpine
skiing - (2002)
2(2006) Olympic alpine athletes will be selected primarily from individual race finishes on the 2009-10 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup. The top two athletes, by selection criteria, have a guaranteed start right in that respective event. Athletes must be ranked in the top 500 in the world on the FIS Points List to be eligible. In addition, athletes in speed events must have a maximum of 120 FIS points. Lindsey Vonn, who has hopes of winning up to five gold medals in Vancouver, crashed during a training run last month in Leinz, Austria but her painfully bruised left arm isn’t getting in the way. She won her third World Cup downhill of the season in Haus im Ennstal, Austria. Lindsey Vonn's appearance in this month's Sports illustrated, complete with cover shot of the skier posed bent over, rolling down a mountain, has drawn fire from critics as "sexualized.". The United States Womens Alpine Ski Team - Photos, info and FIS results. The United States Mens Alpine Ski Team - Photos, info and FIS results. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bobsled
- (2002) 1(2006) Three U.S. women finished in the top ten in the women’s bobsled World Cup competition. Only two nations are granted three sleds in the women’s bobsled competition at the Olympics, and the U.S. is currently the second ranked nation behind Germany. The American men have not won an Olympic bobsled gold medal since Francis Tyler led the four-man team to victory in 1948 at St. Moritz. Geoff Bodine says, "We really feel like we have the equipment, the athletes to go up and win some gold medals." From Blocking Sled to Bobsled for Football Players - Nearly all converted football players are bobsled pushers, who thrust the sled down the hill as fast as they can at the start of the race before hopping in. Their frames are nearly uniform - around 6 feet 2, 220 pounds. "We can’t get the real big guys," US bobsled coach Bill Tavares said. "They just won’t fit in the sled." |
Ice
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Curling
- (2002) 1(2006) Video - Stephen Colbert visits the Team U.S.A curling team. | Freestyle
skiing - (2002)
1(2006) What to expect - The United States has no competitors in women's ski cross, but is likely to be very competitive in men's ski cross, fueled by two former U.S. Alpine ski racers. Daron Rahlves is the most successful speed event skier in U.S. history - he won 12 World Cup races and one world championship title. Even at age 36, he is a legitimate threat to win in 2010. A four-time Olympian in Alpine skiing (1992, 1994, 1998, 2002), 37-year-old Casey Puckett believes he enters Vancouver with his best chance at an Olympic medal in his new sport. Puckett was fifth at the 2009 World Championships and was the 2004 and 2007 X Games ski cross champion. Photos / Facts - United States Mens Freestyle Ski Team. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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How
the US team did in the 2006 Games in Torino, Italy
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