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MOSCOW,
Friday, February 8, 2013
Russia has launched the one-year countdown to its first ever Winter Olympics amid fears that the games will be too high on costs and too low on snow. Giant timers, set up in Moscow, St. Pete...
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NEW DELHI,
Friday, February 8, 2013
Popping gulab jamuns into his colleagues’ mouths was an expected consequence to the big news that Anil Kumar Dhingra received on Monday morning. It was “around 11.30 a.m.”, says Dev Anil’s...
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NEW DELHI,
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Shiva Keshavan, the fastest Indian on ice, talks about his journey as a luge racer
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Vancouver (British Columbia),
March 1, 2010
An Olympics that began with the death of a luger ended with an exuberant celebration of Canada - reflecting a determined comeback by the host country’s organisers and athletes.A festi...
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Vancouver,
February 27, 2010
Canada barely survived a late push in beating Slovakia 3-2 in Friday’s semi-finals in the Olympic men’s Ice hockey, setting up a Super Sunday rematch against U.S. for the gold me...
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Canada,
February 26, 2010
Alexei Grishin salvaged Belarusian pride when he claimed the Olympic gold in the men’s aerials by beating American Jeret Peterson on Thursday.Grishin, 30, took the gold after bronze in...
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Vancouver,
February 24, 2010
Carlo Janka captured his first Olympic title and Switzerland’s sixth at the winter Olympics with victory in the men’s giant slalom while South Korea bagged another speed skating win an...
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Vancouver,
February 22, 2010
Bode Miller collected his first Olympic gold medal and his third medal of the Vancouver Games and there was more joy for the United States on Sunday when the ice hockey team stunned hosts Canada 5...
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VANCOUVER,
February 20, 2010
The Canadian men and Chinese women made easy work of their Danish opponents Friday in Olympic curling.Men’s favourite Canada beat Denmark 10-3, with the Danes conceding after six ends...
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Vancouver,
February 18, 2010
Lindsey Vonn shrugged off a shin injury to deliver the women’s downhill for one of three United States gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics.Speed skater Shani Davis and snowboarder S...
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Vancouver,
February 16, 2010
Switzerland celebrated two skiing golds at the Winter Olympics when Didier Defago captured the men’s downhill and Dario Cologna swept to a men’s cross-country victory on Monday.
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Vancouver,
February 15, 2010
Alexandre Bilodeau ended Canada’s Olympic gold medal drought on home soil by winning the men’s freestyle moguls.After winter Games in Calgary and summer Games in Montreal finish...
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WHISTLER, British Columbia,
February 13, 2010
Sliding faster than ever before, 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili crashed into the wall entering the final straight of a training run and was killed after smashing into an unpadded...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
February 28, 2010
Canada won the gold medal in its No. 2 sport of curling Saturday, with Kevin Martin’s team defeating a Norwegian foursome that charmed the Olympics with their celebrated flamboyant trousers....
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Vancouver,
February 26, 2010
South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na was in a class of her own to capture the Olympic figure skating title with a world record score after the free programme on Thursday.
The 19-year-old r...
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Richmond,
February 25, 2010
Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic captured her second speed skating gold medal of the Games when she charged to victory in the women’s 5,000 metres.Sablikova posted 6 minutes 50....
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Vancouver,
February 23, 2010
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir brought the house down on Monday when they skated to a first ice dance Olympic gold for Canada.Virtue, 20, and Moir, 22, took the gold with 221.57 points from th...
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Vancouver,
February 21, 2010
Simon Ammann of Switzerland bagged his second ski jump gold medal of the Games and a place in the Olympic record books while Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher left favourite Lindsey Vonn trailing...
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Vancouver,
February 19, 2010
Evan Lysacek of the United States upset defending champion Evgeni Plushenko for the men’s figure skating title while Canada captured a third gold medal and Norway enjoyed a biathlon double a...
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Vancouver,
February 17, 2010
Germany bagged gold medals in biathlon and luge, hosts Canada celebrated another victory while South Korea triumphed again in speed skating at the Winter Olympics.However, overnight snow fo...
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Vancouver,
February 15, 2010
The row over uniforms in India’s Winter Olympics contingent has intensified with luger Shiva Keshavan seeking chef-de-mission R K Gupta’s resignation and threatening to open a “c...
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Vancouver,
February 13, 2010
The 21st Winter Olympics opened here on Friday night amid pomp and pageantry at the famous BC Place.Canadian Governor-General Michaelle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Vancouver Olympic...
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New Delhi,
February 11, 2010
A stress fracture in his back threatened to come in the way but fit-again Indian luger Shiva Keshavan is all set to represent the country for the fourth time in the Winter Olympics this weekend, ho...
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