Olympics
After more than a decade of petitioning, women have finally gained the right to participate in the ski jump portion of the Olympic Games. Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it will include female ski jumping in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Ever since his 2006 Tour de France victory was stripped because of blood doping allegations, things have gotten progressively worse for professional cyclist Floyd Landis. His marriage fell apart. He lost his savings. His reputation was destroyed. Now, after spending the past four years (and $2 million) fighting the charges… Read the rest
Amidst the Olympic excitement, rock climbers are becoming giddy with idea that their sport could earn a them a gold medal in the future.
The International Federation of Sport Climbing was recently recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the governing body for climbing. Recognition by the IOC gives the… Read the rest
The biathlon is such an amazing event: going from chest pounding pain to quiet zen like focus in a split second.… Read the rest
The Olympic Games, other than being a venue for athletic awe, is also a veritable playground of young, healthy people who want to do more than just compete. Vancouver health officials are obviously aware of the potential for some “sexual healing” after a long day of intense competition, which is… Read the rest
Vancouver, BC may be running low on snow for the Winter Olympic Games due to climate change, but the East Coast is certainly getting more than enough of the white stuff. Enjoy this time lapse of the past couple of days in Washington DC.
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Pretty soon, you’ll be able to use Google Street View to see slopes and ski trails around the country, and perhaps, eventually, around the world. In light of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, Google is expanding its Street View option to contain images of Whistler Resort in Vancouver, the site… Read the rest
Sassy the Sustainable Sasquatch is packing his bags and leaving the Wend HQ for Vancouver for a while. Apparently, Sassy will be moseying around in the Great White North under the alias “Quatchi” to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Wend… Read the rest crew has been giving Sassy a lot of crap
The Olympic Games have always had some sort of controversy bubbling around them. In 2000, protests about the mistreatment of aborigines broke out during the Summer Games in Australia. The China Games in 2008 received a lot of flack for the oppression in Tibet.
This year, the Winter Games in… Read the rest
The Olympic kick-off is just around the corner and with the winter games comes a lot of fast, aerial action that spells guts or glory. Among the craziest of the wild events is the ski jump. These guys (unfortunately not women as well) drop into near vertical approach ramps and… Read the rest
The Olympics are just around the corner and when it comes to wipeouts, the winter games take the gold. High- flying ski acrobatics, tandem figure skating with sharp skates, and fiercely competitive curling all provide solid foundation for the bone-crushing wipeouts our valued Wipeout Wednesday fans crave. When it comes… Read the rest
Danny Davis has a lot in common with his friend, and fellow snowboarder, Kevin Pearce. After Pearce–who was set to take on icon Shaun White–sustained a head injury while training on a half-pipe last month, Davis was to replace him in his assignment. But now, like Pearce, Davis is also… Read the rest
Olympic organizers in Vancouver, British Columbia are closing Cypress Mountain early this year in order to preserve snow for the games.
With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games only 30 days away, officials in the city of Vancouver are feeling the squeeze to make sure all the loose ends come together.… Read the rest
Austria’s anti-doping goons have provisionally suspended 2002 Olympic cross-country ski champion Christian Hoffman for alleged blood doping.
There is a certain irony to the accusations. In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Hoffman was awarded the gold medal in the 30 km freestyle mass start event despite coming… Read the rest
Last week the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a case that, if successful, would have included Women’s ski jumping in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The outcome is the culmination of a year-and-a-half long legal battle between Canada’s female ski jumpers and the International Olympic Committee, which decides which sports will… Read the rest
