Topic: 2006 Winter Olympics
During the first anniversary of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics we're looking back at the highlights ... and the lowlights. Today, Terry Bell on...
The author reflects on several figure skaters who are making a come back for the 2009-2010 season. She mentions three-time World Figure Skating Championships pairs champions Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao of China who had been assigned to Cup of China and ...
U.S. skater Rena Inoue said she was inspired by some of the older female athletes during the event. DECEMBER 2008/WWW.IFSMAGAZINE.COM/IFS 43 From the unprec-edented success of American swim- mer Michael Phelps to the colossal breach of sportsmanship ...
Olympic speed skating takes place on a 400 meter oval ice rink. Team Pursuit is another way of speed skating that was introduced at the Olympic event at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games . Speed skating has been around since the 13th century ...
The 2010 Olympics featured six snowboard competitions, all of which were hosted at Cypress Mountain , which is approximately 30km from the Vancouver Athletes Village . In the short history of Olympic snowboarding , the United States leads all nations with 14 medals, Switzerland is ...
Olympic Ladies' Snowboard Cross made its debut at the 2006 Torino Olympics . This opened the door for Tanja Frieden (SWZ) who emerged as the surprise gold medal winner. Gold Medalist Tanja Frieden Injured, Will Miss Vancouver Games According to a report on ...
Cross-country men's skiing has been an Olympic event since 1924, however the Cross-Country Men's Team Sprint first debuted at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy . The defending Olympic champions for this event from the 2006 Winter Games in Turin ...
>Cross-Country Men's 30 km Pursuit is one of the Winter Olympics' newer sports. While introduced at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, this exciting event was created in 2005 to bring something new to the cross-country world. In the 2006 ...
Taryn Zychal works in an unusual medium: busted umbrellas.. The Philadelphia-based industrial designer has been recycling the tossed nylon...
There are those of us who get a little nervous moving at 90 miles per hour protected by steel, air bags and anti-lock brakes. And then there are...