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Legal Recourse Fails for Ski Jumpers

Legal Recourse Fails for Ski Jumpers
The legal attempts of the ski jumpers to have their sport included as part of the Vancouver Olympic Games have failed: “Women ski jumpers have been grounded after a B.C. court denied their appeal but they say they’re fine with men still getting their chance to soar at next year’s Olympics. The...

Stephen Colbert Supporting Speed Skating

Stephen Colbert Supporting Speed Skating
Stephen Colbert is about to learn much, much more about speed skating. In an unlikely but welcomed match, Stephen Colbert and speed skating have joined together for the Vancouver Winter Games: “… The “Colbert Report” host said that his viewers. the “Colbert Nation,”...

Lindsey Vonn Gaining Fame at Home

Lindsey Vonn Gaining Fame at Home
American Lindsey Vonn is an elite skier. She has been the World Cup overall champion twice. That is just one of her numerous accomplishments on the ski slopes. Ironically, she is better known away from the United States. By contrast, she is well recognized and immensely popular in Europe. However,...

Canadian Olympic Athletes Face Financial Crisis

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For some Olympic athletes, funding is not a problem. An example of that is the U.S. Men’s basketball team. Each member of that team is a franchise player and their combined salaries would rival the economy of some small nations. Other Olympic athletes are not so fortunate. There are not the...

H1N1 Flu Vaccine and Olympic Athletes

H1N1 Flu Vaccine and Olympic Athletes
Each country participating in the Vancouver Winter Olympics will have to made a decision. Will they make the swine flu vaccination mandatory? Dr. Bob McCormack is the team doctor for the Canadian Olympians. He considers the athletes to be a high risk group. That is understandable considering the exposure...

Google Privacy and Security Concerns at an Olympic Venue

Google Privacy and Security Concerns at an Olympic Venue
One of the most gorgeous venues for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics will be Whistler Ski Resort. Nestled in the Rockie Mountains, it is one of the world’s premier ski facilities and a place where the planet’s best skiers and snowboarders will gather. There have been extraordinary preparations...

Examining the Chicago Olympic Bid

Examining the Chicago Olympic Bid
The American delegation that travelled to Copenhagen might have been the most powerful contingent to campaign for an American city to host an Olympic Games. Even President Obama and his wife were in Copenhagen to help Chicago win its Olympic bid. It was bitter disappointment that Chicago did not win....

Golf and the Olympic Movement

Golf and the Olympic Movement
The inclusion of golf as an Olympic sport has been welcomed by most golfers. Patrick Collins, in an article for The Daily Mail, has a contrarian opinion. He views golf as at odds with the ideals of the Olympic movement: “… For an ‘inclusive’ sport, it is a shameful record of sexist...

Softball Not An Olympic Sport

Softball Not An Olympic Sport
There were celebrations among fans and participants of golf and rugby as their sports received official recognition as Olympic events. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a further ruling by exclusion. Softball remains a non-Olympic sport and will not be included in the 2016 Olympic Games...

IOC President Jacques Rogge Champions Women’s Rights

IOC President Jacques Rogge Champions Women’s Rights
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge is embarking upon dangerous ground, championing women’s right to compete in athletic competition. Western countries often are helpless when women are not allowed to participate in athletic activities for cultural or religious reasons....

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