Sven Fischer of Germany edged out two-time defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen to take the Gold at the Biathlon event.
Fischer finished the 10km sprint in 26 minutes 11.6 seconds. His closest rival, Silver Medalist Halvard Hanevold of Norway, was 8.2 seconds behind.

Fischer elevated (Source: International Olympic Committee)

Unfortunately, here in Canada .. we don’t get those NBC Google videos … But, I thought it would be nice to have ONE great post with tons of great links of pictures and videos that EVERYONE around the world can view and enjoy! Feel free to post your own URL of photos from the 2006 Torino Olympics .. whether they are posted on your website, your blog, flickr, etc etc …
I’ll start.
Torino2006.org
CBC.ca
NBCOlympics.com
Olympic.ca

Like what I predicted on the day of the Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony, recorded videos of various Olympic events are now available at Google Video.

Olympic Videos at Google Video (Source: Google)

You can watch events ranging from Alpine Skiing to Figure Skating to Snowboarding to Speed Skating.

Could a doping scandal be brewing or is this just a case of cross country skiers keeping up with the Jones’?  Hey, he/she is doing it, so I have to do it to compete with them.  Whatever the case, why if this practice is illegal is the suspension only for five days?
Eight Olympic cross-country skiers, including two Americans and one former gold medalist, were suspended for five days after they were found to have excessive hemoglobin levels — the first hint of scandal at the Turin Games.
The suspensions, announced Thursday by the International Ski Federation, last five days from the …read more

The Opening Ceremony for 2006 Winter Olympics (Torino, Italy) is officially underway.
Hi! My name is YC. I am the Chief Resident Technocrat from the Technocrat Soapbox. I would like to thank Mr. Jeremy Wright for the opportunity to blog on the 2006 Winter Olympics.
An avid Snowboarder myself living in California, I will definitely be keeping my eyes glued to the TV for Snowboarding and Skiing events. I am also very interested in Bobsleding and Figure Skating.

Incidentally, I found some very interesting pre-Olympics videos at Google Video. I have no doubt that, in the days to …read more

I’ve been confused lately about the whole Turin/Torino thing. For the longest time I thought it was “Torino”, then I saw “Turin” poping up everywhere, so I started calling it that. Then I started seeing it referred to as “Torino” again.
If you’re a bit on the slow side like me, then allow me to help you out-
The “real” Italian name of the city is “Torino”. The American butchered version is “Turin”.
Normally it’s the other way around, with Americans having to add an extra vowel for some reason. But not here. It’s “Turino”.
If anyone is left doubting, then …read more