2010 Olympic Games

AP – The CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association says U.S. Olympic freestyle skiers Daron Rahlves and Casey Puckett are recuperating at home and should be ready for the Vancouver Games.

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US Ski CEO: Rahlves, Puckett will be ‘ready to go’
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West Vancouver’s Taylor Way is one of the main routes to the 2010 Olympic mountain venues at Cypress and Whistler, and for the past 430-some days, anyone driving up it couldn’t help but notice just how little time was left before the Games begin.

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Cute animal cut-outs count down to Games, welcome visitor to
West Van

A plan to berth an 1,100-room cruise ship in North Vancouver for use as a floating hotel during the Olympic Games appears to be in serious danger of sinking.

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Olympic cruise ship as floating hotel plan could be sunk

The New York Post reported Monday that the parent of Intrawest ULC, the company which owns one of the venues for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, wants the Canadian government to put up $90 million US before the Games start or it will sue.

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Whistler owner wants Ottawa to pay $90M US: report

AP – Zach Lund can laugh it about it, finally.

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Lund embracing baldness, and it’s paying off
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With just 10 days to go until the opening of the 2010 Winter Games, nearly 1,000 security cameras have been turned on to monitor the crowds, which are already starting to fill the streets.

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Nearly 1,000 Olympic security cameras go live

The New York Post reported Monday that the parent of Intrawest ULC, the company which owns one of the venues for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, wants the Canadian government to put up $90 million US before the Games start or it will sue.

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Intrawest owner wants Ottawa to pay $90M US: report

ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Daron Rahlves dislocated his right hip after a nasty wreck in his opening skicross race Sunday at the Winter X Games.

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U.S. skier Rahlves dislocates right hip at Winter X

The showing by the Canadians in a new Olympic sport made a strong statement less than a month before the Games. But the hopes for an Olympic medal by the United States men’s team were put in doubt when Daron Rahlves crashed and injured his hip.

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Good Day for Canada, Painful One for Rahlves in Skier X

The calendar turns to the shortest month of the year on Monday, although for some Canadian athletes with Olympic medal aspirations the next two weeks may seem interminably long.

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Athletes must manage pressure leading up to Games