Archive for November 1st, 2009

Nov 01 2009

Gimpl celebrates birthday with snowboarding gold

LONDON (AP) — Stefan Gimpl celebrated his 30th birthday Saturday with a victory in the Big Air snowboarding World Cup event as he prepares for the Vancouver Olympics.

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Nov 01 2009

Torch carrier burning mad after protesters disrupt his relay segment

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Protesters weren’t able to stop Nicholas Dronsfield, who has cerebral palsy, from getting his Olympic-torch relay moment Saturday — although they tried.

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Nov 01 2009

Torch carrier burning mad after protesters disrupt his relay segment

Protesters weren’t able to stop Nicholas Dronsfield, who has cerebral palsy, from getting his Olympic-torch relay moment Saturday — although they tried.

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Nov 01 2009

2010 Games given ‘extraordinary’ help: Rogge

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OLYMPIA, Greece — The depth of the financial crisis that hit the world last year was so severe that the International Olympic Committee felt it had to offer extraordinary help to the organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, IOC president Jacques Rogge said.

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Nov 01 2009

2010 Games given ‘extraordinary’ help: Rogge

OLYMPIA, Greece — The depth of the financial crisis that hit the world last year was so severe that the International Olympic Committee felt it had to offer extraordinary help to the organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, IOC president Jacques Rogge said.

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Nov 01 2009

Day Three: Olympic flame catches a wave in Tofino

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Long Beach surf ride follows torch-relay stops from Nanaimo to Port Alberni, including a brief visit to the goats on the roof of Coombs market.

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Nov 01 2009

Ruth Sadler, left, hands off the Olympic Torch to Raph Bruhwiler as he surfs at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park located near Tofino, B.C. The Olympic Flame which traveled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country…

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Ruth Sadler, left, hands off the Olympic Torch to Raph Bruhwiler as he surfs at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park located near Tofino, B.C. The Olympic Flame which traveled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country…

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Nov 01 2009

Ruth Sadler, left, hands off the Olympic Torch to Raph Bruhwiler as he surfs at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park located near Tofino, B.C. The…

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