2010 Olympic Games

Shortly after she’d just prequalified for her fifth Olympics with a fourth-place finish Saturday in a World Cup 5,000 metres in Norway, Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes went looking for teammate Lucas Makowsky.

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Makowsky reaches first podium, bloodied Hughes earns Olympic berth

MOSCOW (AP) — Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the second edition of the parallel slalom Champions Cup on a giant ramp in a promotion of Alpine ski events for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

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Hirscher, Borssen win parallel slalom in Moscow

Downhill skier Jan Hudec knew instantly he had blown out his left knee as he was sliding towards the netting on the 2009 world championships course at Val d’Isere, France.

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Downhill skier Jan Hudec could write the most remarkable story of 2010

Esther Weng has a bachelor of fine arts degree but had a tough time finding work after returning home from San Francisco last year. Now she builds wood products for the 2010 Olympics and hopes to design her own furniture one day.

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Olympic building program nails down jobs for women, inner city youth, aboriginal people

B.C. residents are more skeptical than average Canadians about the potential benefits of the 2010 Olympics, but a majority still believe the Games will have a positive impact on the province, according to an Angus Reid survey.

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Many British Columbians underwhelmed by Olympics: poll