The Google Curling Doodle

Apparently – this isn’t the first doodle of the Torino 2005 Olympics .. they have .. (yes, you guessed it) oodles and oodles of other Google Doodles!

The Google Freestyle Skiing Doodle

The Google Ski Jumping Doodle

The Google Speedskating Doodle

The Google Luge Doodle

The Google Pair Figure Skating Doodle

The Google Snowboarding Doodle

The Google Opening Ceremony Doodle

But .. That’s not all!

Not only have do we have these 2006 Winter Olympic Doodles .. we also have …

* Greece ‘04 – 2004 Summer Games Doodles
* Salt Lake ‘02 – 2002 Winter Games Doodles
* Sydney ‘00 – 2000 Summer Games Doodles\

And .. We didn’t have to suffer only during the Olympics ..

* 1999 Holiday Logo and Event Doodles
* 2000 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles
* 2001 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles
* 2002 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles
* 2003 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles
* 2004 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles
* 2005 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles
* 2006 Holiday Logos and Event Doodles

Will it ever stop?

Well, you’ll just have to thank Dennis the Menace for all of the above ..

PS: I’m just kidding! I like seeing something different with I’m googling

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Google’s 2006 Winter Olympics Doodle

There are more posts about Seth Wescott at Snow Skills as well as a video clip of Seth Wescott on Letterman. Congratulations Seth, I guess this means I owe you a Beer when you get home. :)

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Snowboard Cross Champion Seth Wescott

Ligety hoisting the American Flag (Source: NBC)

Bode was disqualified earlier today for ’straddling a gate’ on his first slalom run, i.e. running over the gate.

Some thought Ligety’s victory was a stroke of good luck because the Combined leader, Benjamin Raich of Austria, skied off course in his final slalom run. Ligety later remaked that, “I would prefer to win standing up to him.”

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A Ligety Win.

Two thirds of the way into her second run, Samantha Retrosi bumped into a wall on the straightaway, lost control, and smashed into the high side of the track. She laid on the track motionless as the medical team tended to her.

Retrosi bumped into a wall on the straightaway (Source: NBC)

Retrosi ricocheted off the left wall onto the right side of the course (Source: NBC)

Retrosi losing control (Source: NBC)

Later reports indicate that Retrosi suffered a concussion and laceration on her chin, but is otherwise O.K.

German Luger Silke Kraushaar remarked before the competition that, “the track is unbelievably fast…it’s very important that you get the curves right.”

Concerned fans (Source: NBC)

This is the second U.S. ‘CASULATY‘ in what would be remembered as the darkest day in American Winter Olympic History.

Again, to the injured athletes, our thoughts are with you and your family. Let’s all pray for their speedy recovery!

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Another accident…

Norwegian Kjersti Buaas (42.0) won the bronze, preventing a clean sweep of the medals by the Americans. Salt-Lake City Gold Medalist, Kelly Clark, could only manage a fourth place finish.

Teter and Bleiler elated (Source: NBC)

Teter’s and Bleiler’s victories represent an encore performance for the U.S. Snowboarding Team, where Shaun White and Danny Kass had won Gold and Silver just the day before.

19 year old Teter comes from a Snowboarding family where everyone in her family is involved in the sport. Two of Teter’s brothers are also on the U.S. Snowboarding Team.

Read: Americans take another two in halfpipe

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Teter and Bleiler – a 1-2 punch for the U.S.!

You can watch it sometime tonight, with coverage kicking off at 8pm Eastern.

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U.S. Women go 1-2 on the halfpipe

Michelle Kwan dropped out of the Olympics on Sunday morning, one day after she cut short a practice because of a recurring groin injury.

The U.S. figure skater said Saturday she didn’t want to drop out, but would have to “listen to my body.” She missed last month’s U.S. nationals with a groin injury, and needed a medical bye onto the Turin team…

…The U.S. Olympic Committee submitted a request to replace Kwan with Emily Hughes, the third-place finisher at last month’s nationals. An answer is expected later this week, and Hughes was expected to travel to Turin on Sunday.

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Kwan pulls out

Tricia Dunn-Luoma scored a 5-on-3 shorthanded goal and captain Krissy Wendell added two of the Americans’ four third-period goals as the U.S. overcame Patricia Elsmore-Sautter’s superb 50-save performance in a 6-0 victory over Switzerland on Saturday night.

American first lady Laura Bush and daughter Barbara arrived at the Esposizioni rink during the second period and were there to witness as the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team began to shine!

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U.S. women shut out Swiss in Olympic opener

Miller, who hasn’t talked to reporters since arriving in the mountains, sent a strong message on the course with a blazing run before slowing down just before the finish. His time of 1 minute, 31.87 seconds through the fifth and final intermediate clocking was the fastest of the field. Maier was second-fastest at 1:32.34, and Antoine Deneriaz of France was next at 1:32.39.

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Bode Miller earns solid spot for Sunday’s downhill