2010 Olympic Games

LONDON (AP) — Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the games.

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IOC strips Ramzi of ‘08 Olympic 1,500-meter gold

Gold medal favorite Lindsey Vonn has announced a competition for fans to design her ski helmet for the Vancouver Games.

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Skier Lindsey Vonn Wants Your Artwork on Her Head

American hockey defenseman Caitlin Cahow is feeling Olympic pressure mounting as the Games draw nearer.

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Cuts Nearing for U.S. Women’s Hockey Team

AP – Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the Beijing Games.

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AP – Middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal for doping, officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Seven weeks ago Brendan Shanahan surprised the hockey world by unanimously dissolving his one-year, $1m contract with the New Jersey Devils. On Tuesday he announced his expected retirement. “I would like to thank my family and all of the friends who have helped me achieve and maintain my childhood dream of playing in the National Hockey League,” reads Shanahan’s statement about the end of his playing career after 21 years in the NHL. The 40-year-old played for New Jersey, the New York Rangers, Detroit, Hartford and St. Louis during his 21-year career. In 2008 Shanahan went back to the New Jersey Devils, where his magnificent career had started as a number-two draft pick in 1987.

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Shanahan leaves the stage

AFP – Veteran Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin who tested positive for the new generation of EPO (CERA) at the 2008 Olympic Games is to be stripped of his road race silver medal the sport’s governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Tuesday.

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The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Games will tap into a large number of medical volunteers if the simmering dispute between the B.C. Ambulance Service and its unionized paramedics threatens events, Vanoc’s medical services director said Wednesday.

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Vanoc to use medical volunteers if events threatened by paramedics’ dispute

Rusty Goepel has been named chairman of the board of directors of the organizing committee for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

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Rusty Goepel named new Vancouver Olympic chairman

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