Topic: Skiing
The Vancouver Games local organizing committee is convinced concerns about the warm weather's affect on conditions at Cypress Mountain soon will be forgotten. Dave Cobb, VANOC's executive vice president, says both the freestyle skiing and snowboarding courses are at an Olympic-quality caliber. Tuesday marks the second day ...
Cypress Mountain passed a major test Monday, as freestyle skiers completed their first pre-Olympic practice sessions and Winter Olympic organizers kept dumping snow on competition courses in unseasonably warm weather. "It's absolutely fine," World Cup champion Hannah Kearney said after her training runs. "It's as ...
No money, no opening ceremonies and maybe no really meaningful competition. It's not easy being a part of the U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping team. Not only will the cash-starved American squad miss the opening ceremony Friday night, they face the possibility of being eliminated from ...
