2010 Olympic Games

WHISTLER — Canada has won its first medal of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, a silver in women’s 10-kilometre sit-ski cross-country from Saskatoon’s Collette Bourgonje.

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Canada’s Collette Bourgonje wins silver in 10-km sit-ski cross-country

Russia’s Irek Zaripov scooped a second gold during Day 2 of the Paralympics in Whistler Sunday, beating fellow countryman Roman Petushko (silver) and Italy’s Enzo Masiello (bronze) in the men’s 15-km sitting cross-country ski race.

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Cross-country skiing: Russia’s Irek Zaripov scoops second gold in 15-km

The family of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died at the 2010 Winter Olympics, will receive insurance money through the Vancouver organizing committee.

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Luger’s family gets Olympic insurance funds

Attendance figures for the 2010 Brier in Halifax are expected to be around 120,000, much lower than the 158,414 that the Metro Centre drew in 2003, and organizers are blaming the Olympics and curling fatigue as the main reasons for the drop off.

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Olympic hangover hurts Brier attendance

Lead Sonja Gaudet of Vernon, B.C., is the only member of the Canadian wheelchair curling team at the Paralympic Games that also competed on the gold medal team in Turin four years ago.

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Canada rocks early over Great Britain at Paralympic Games

Canada’s biathletes didn’t come away with any medals here at Whistler Olympic Park on Day 1 of the 2010 Paralympic Games. Victories? That’s a whole other story.

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Canadian biathletes find Paralympic triumph in spirit of Games

Canada kicked off another giant party Friday for the world’s best athletes, hoping to reignite the sense of pride that stormed the country during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

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Paralympic Games puts spotlight on ‘exceptional athletes’

Canada’s biathletes didn’t come away with any medals here at Whistler Olympic Park on Day 1 of the 2010 Paralympic Games. Victories? That’s a whole other story.

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Canadian biathletes inspire with winning approach at Paralympic Games

7-time Paralympic medalist trails behind Eastern European 1-2-3

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Canada’s Brian McKeever finishes sixth in biathlon for the visually impaired

Russia’s Anna Burmistrova won Paralympic gold in the women’s three-kilometre pursuit, standing, cross-cpountry ski event just ahead of an overjoyed Maija Loytynoja of Finland at Whistler Paralympic Park Saturday.

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Russia’s Burmistrova wins gold in cross-country