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Medal standings after day 4

After day 4 in Vancouver, the Americans stay on top of the leaderboard with 8 Olympic medals. Team Canada added a silver medal to their collection today keeping them tied for fourth in the medal count…



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Equipment malfunction but the race goes on

Despite an extended delay in competition, Canadians were able to position themselves in top spots for the medal round in the men’s 500m speed skating race on Monday. The ice cleaner, Olympias, broke down after the…



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Canada claims silver in snowboard cross

  Edmonton’s Mike Robertson captured the silver medal in the men’s snowboard cross final on Monday night at the Vancouver Olympics. American Seth Wescott surged past Robertson in the final turn to take home the…


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Disappointing day for Canadian cowboys

  The sun that finally pierced the clouds over Vancouver was golden for Swiss skier Didier Defago on Monday. But dark clouds of dissapointment remained for Manuel Osborne-Paradis and his Canadian alpine teammates.   Defago…



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Hey, Canada! Your pants are too tight, eh?

When Olympic snowboard-cross racers hit Cypress Mountain today for training prior to their event, the slope-side conversation was not on the competition itself – but fashion sense – or Canada’s lack-there-of. Snowboarders have always been…


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Sweden skis to first medal in Vancouver

The last time a Swedish woman won an individual gold medal in cross country skiing was at the 1968 Olympics. All that changed on Monday. The later starting competitors hadn’t even crossed the finish line…