28 February 2008 – On his second visit to Vancouver since the city was awarded the 2010 Olympic Winter Games five years ago, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, praised the progress that the Organising Committee (VANOC) is making. The President was in town at the same time as the Coordination Commission, the group of IOC members and experts monitoring preparations and guiding VANOC throughout the challenging journey leading to the staging of the Olympic Winter Games in 2010.
“The work that is being done here by the VANOC team and its partners is of a very …read more

There we go…no moh ohno jokes…
Apolo Ohno finally won his first Gold at these Winter Games by taking the Men’s 500m Short Track event.
All competitors were so pumped up for the ‘Superbowl’ of the Short Track event that there were two false starts. But as soon as the race started, Apolo clawed his way to an early lead in the first corner and was uncatchable.

It was a close battle for Ohno and the Canadians in the 500m event(Source: NBC)

The 2006 Winter Olympics is one Bode Miller wants to forget.
Coming in as the Poster Child of the American delegation, Miller exits the game, frustrated, ego-bruised, and empty-handed.

Some Miller would be great for Bode right about now… (Source: Newsweek Magazine)
This is not a slam on Bode, he is still a great athlete. But looking back, it would have been great had he exercised a little shrewd discretion, a little more caution.
So, what happened really?

The Czech Republic wins the Bronze in a lopesided game!!!
The Gold Medal Game between Sweden and Finland is tomorrow. DON’T MISS IT!!!

A tough fight for a Bronze Medal Finish (Source: NBC)
Czech Republic beats Russia 3-0

O.K. , since nobody seems to think Figure Skating is a sport, much less want to cover it, I’ll do the readers a favor by writing the story.
Over the last couple of days, after a tough back-and-forth battle for first place between Sasha Cohen (U.S.) and Irina Slutskaya (Russia), many were stunned when Shizuka Arakawa (Japan) quietly took the Gold away from the two.

Cohen, Arakawa, and Slutskaya performing their programs(Source: NBC)

What is it with the Swiss and Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS)?
After the SHEER, “SCHOCHING” victories of the Schoch Brothers yesterday, Swiss Miss Daniela Meuli took the Gold at the same event today.

Meuli competing at a pre-Olympic event (Source: NBC)

American Rosey Fletcher took the Bronze, vindicating the U.S. Men’s defeat yesterday. By the way, though Tyler Jewell didn’t win the PGS event, his struggles and story of determination is a must-read.

Meuli went head-to-head with Fletcher in the semifinals. The former snowboarded to an easy victory after Fletcher fell. The same thing happened to her competitor, Silver Medalist …read more

The Schoch Brothers (SUI) of Philipp and Simon took HOME (literrally) the Gold and Silver in the Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS) event. No prize for guessing correctly for whom mom and dad rooted?

The victorious Schoch brothers (Source: NBC)

The results of the Men’s Hockey Quarterfinals are in:
Sweden (B3) beats Switzerland (A2) 6-2
Finland (A1) beats United States (B4) 4-3
Russia (B2) beats Canada (A3) 2-0
Czech Republic (A4) beats Slovakia (B1) 3-1

So, Finland meets Russia and Sweden meets the Czech Republic in the Men’s Semifinals on Friday (Feb. 24).

The German Women Team (Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze) zoomed to a Gold in their light blue bullet of a bobsled (Total Time – 3 minutes 49.98 seconds).
American Pilot Shauna Rohbock and Braker Valerie Fleming took America’s first ever medal (Silver) at the event. A Silver that feels more like a Gold indeed.

A flying start for the American Women Bobsled Team (Source: NBC)

Italy’s Gerde Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco took the Bronze.
There was a scare at the events when the bobsled of Ilse Broeders and Jeannette Pennings of the Netherlands flipped over. The two escaped serious injuries but were …read more

The results of the Men’s Hockey Preliminary Round are in:
Kazakhstan beats Latvia (Group B) 5-2
Italy TIES Switzerland (Group A) 3-3
Finland beats Germany (Group A) 2-0
Canada Czech beats Republic (Group A) 3-2
Slovakia beats Sweden (Group B) 3-0
Russia beats United States (Group B) 5-4