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South Korea claims cool Winter Olympics profit

Economist Lee Dong-hun reckons the fiscal value of South Korea's Winter Olympics performance is worth a cool £12bn As the England World Cup 2018 bid team announced npower as a sponsor this week, they suggested the Cup could be worth a £3bn cash injection to the British economy. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympics winter success Date: 03-13-2010

Mime and punishment

Aside from the opening and closing ceremonies, what will be the most prominent manifestation of British cultural life at the 2012 Olympics? » read more
Keywords: culture entertainment guardian.co.uk classical music recorded Date: 03-02-2010

Cigars on ice

As the Canadian women's ice hockey team found out, the Olympic fun police can catch you at any time – Britain beware The dead hand of the International Olympic Committee does randomly flop about every two years and try to squash the fun out of the games. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 canada olympic moment Date: 03-02-2010

Medvedev orders Olympics chiefs to quit

Dmitry Medvedev demands resignations after team's worst performance at winter games since break-up of Soviet Union Russia's Olympic athletes flew to Vancouver with high hopes of gold medals, world records and glory for the motherland. » read more
Keywords: world news russia russia soviet olympic Date: 03-02-2010

Russian president orders Olympics chiefs to quit

Dmitry Medvedev demands resignations after team's worst performance at winter games since break-up of Soviet Union Russia's Olympic athletes flew to Vancouver with high hopes of gold medals, world records and glory for the motherland. » read more
Keywords: world news russia russia soviet olympic Date: 03-01-2010

How Vancouver came of age

If only for a moment, the Winter Olympics gave the No Fun City a taste of what living in a world-class metropolis really feels like At some point during the night of 19 February, something changed in Vancouver. » read more
Keywords: us news winter olympics 2010 vancouver olympics canada Date: 03-01-2010

Bottle that Vancouver enthusiasm and London 2012 will really hit the spot

The London Olympics can take their cue from Vancouver, its organisers and its volunteers The first thing that hit me when I set foot in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics was just how excited everyone seemed. » read more
Keywords: politics winter olympics 2010 vancouver olympics people Date: 03-01-2010

The ridiculously sexy Winter Olympics

There were so many beautiful athletes at the Vancouver games it's no wonder they had to send in extra condoms Now that the Winter Olympics are over, and our various national vanities have been either assuaged or deflated, we can focus on the most vital and pertinent question of Vancouver 2010: Who was the sexiest athlete there? » read more
Keywords: world news sport american beautiful olympics Date: 03-01-2010

Closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics

The best images from the closing ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at BC Place, Vancouver » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 vancouver place vancouver winter olympics Date: 03-01-2010

Winter Olympics 2010: Michael J. Fox ,William Shatner and Catherine O'Hara embrace Canada at closing

Among giant inflatable beavers, dancing lumberjacks and stripping mounties, a star-studded cast of Canadians appeared to embrace their country's sterotypes at the close of the Olympics. » read more
Keywords: entertainment nydailynews.com nyc new york entertainment news canadians appeared Date: 03-01-2010

Canada gold rush continues on penultimate day of Winter Games

• Success for snowboarder, curlers and speedskaters • Hosts will end Games with most golds Kevin Martin's curlers, the snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson and the speedskating team-pursuit trio of Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky and Denny Morrison took Canada's gold medal total to 13 on the penultimate day of the Vancouver Games. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 canada bronze curlers Date: 02-28-2010

Arts funding cuts in Canada: the shape of UK things to come?

A howl of pain comes my way from British Columbia: not from the British curling team, but from Mark Leiren-Young, a Vancouver ­playwright who has written a piece for the Tyee, an online paper, ­bemoaning the ­province's 88% cuts to public ­spending on the arts. » read more
Keywords: culture entertainment guardian.co.uk culture british Date: 02-23-2010

Canada takes a trouncing on ice

Nobody takes a defeat in hockey quite the same way Canadians do – and a loss to the US is not like any other loss Before the start of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, told Sports Illustrated , "Although there are important sports in Canada – our own football, lacrosse – nothing does compete with hockey. » read more
Keywords: us news winter olympics 2010 canada hockey canadian Date: 02-22-2010

War of words over luckless Olympics

Canadians mystified by barrage of criticism from British media They are two nations entwined by a rich shared history, culture and head of state. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympic winter olympics Date: 02-19-2010

War of words over Vancouver's luckless Olympics

Canadians mystified by barrage of criticism from British media They are two nations entwined by a rich shared history, culture and head of state. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympic winter olympics Date: 02-19-2010

Letters: Vancouver sees the weather changing for Olympic critics

On behalf of all of Vancouverites and all Canadians may I apologise to Lawrence Donegan ( Sport , 16 February). » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 vancouver london donegan Date: 02-18-2010

Flaming Canada's Olympics

The media can trash Vancouver as the 'worst Olympic games ever' if they must – but criticising us for being un-Canadian? » read more
Keywords: world news canada vancouver olympics people Date: 02-18-2010

Vancouver Winter Olympics go green with recycled metals for medals

Circuit boards from trashed computers in Belgium recycled to provide tiny amounts of metal to make winter olympic medals The gold, silver and bronze medallions slung around winning athletes' necks as they step on to the winners' podium at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games could well be made from the guts of an old Belgian computer. » read more
Keywords: world news recycling medals recycled olympic Date: 02-18-2010

NBC is skating on thin ice

NBC's futile efforts to restrict coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics feels increasingly ridiculous in the digital era There was fantastic drama in the Winter Olympics women's downhill event today, as the US skier Lindsey Vonn made a high-risk, flashing run to overtake her American teammate and seize the gold medal. » read more
Keywords: us news nbc olympics results sports Date: 02-17-2010

Video: Tessa Jowell attacks UK media coverage of Winter Olympics

People of Vancouver are behind Games '1,000%', says UK Olympics minister after 2010 organisers hit back at press criticism » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 press criticism minister after olympics minister Date: 02-17-2010

Jowell attacks UK coverage of Winter Olympics

People of Vancouver are behind games '1,000%', says UK Olympics minister » read more
Keywords: politics winter olympics 2010 olympics minister behind games Date: 02-17-2010

Winter 2010 masks indigenous discontent

Funding and development for the Winter Olympics risks hiding the continuing injustice against Canada's indigenous people Sumi is not like most mascots. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 indigenous olympics people Date: 02-17-2010

Georgian luger said he 'feared' track

• Nodar Kumaritashvili was afraid Olympic track was too fast • I will either win or die, luger told his dad The Georgian luger killed at the Winter Olympics on Friday had told his father that he feared the lightning-quick track in Whistler. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 kumaritashvili father federation Date: 02-16-2010

Georgian luger told father he 'feared' track

• Nodar Kumaritashvili was afraid Olympic track was too fast • I will either win or die, luger told his dad The Georgian luger killed at the Winter Olympics on Friday had told his father that he feared the lightning-quick track in Whistler. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 kumaritashvili father federation Date: 02-15-2010

Luge speeds discussed before death

• Talks centred on limiting future tracks to 85mph • Competitors 'surprised' by speeds at Whistler A speed limit for luge tracks had been discussed shortly before the death of 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili at the Whistler Sliding Centre, according to today's Wall Street Journal. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 higher speeds tracks Date: 02-15-2010

A gold medal in reality

If the Olympics are a snapshot of the times, then things are looking pretty grim in Canada. » read more
Keywords: world news canada olympics olympic canada Date: 02-15-2010

Georgian president questions luge safety

• 'No sports mistake is supposed to be fatal' says Saakashvili • Nodar Kumaritashvili's father will not watch footage of accident The president of Georgia has questioned the safety of lugers at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the wake of the death of his countryman Nodar Kumaritashvili . » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 kumaritashvili saakashvili mistake Date: 02-14-2010

Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili questions Vancouver luge safety

• Nodar Kumaritashvili's death ascribed to human error • 'No sports mistake is supposed to be fatal' says Saakashvili The president of Georgia has questioned the safety of lugers at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the wake of the death of his countryman Nodar Kumaritashvili . » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 kumaritashvili saakashvili supposed Date: 02-14-2010

Athletes blame hosts for Olympic death

Canadians are accused of limiting practice runs and turning luge racers into 'crash-test dummies' at Whistler The Olympic juggernaut rolls on in Vancouver – a $6bn (£4bn) celebration of sporting excellence and Canadian pride that has been seven years in the planning and waits for no man, not even one who lost his life in pursuit of what organisers called "his Olympic dream", but which others suggested was a tragedy waiting to happen. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympic kumaritashvili limited Date: 02-13-2010

Canada under fire over luge death

Canadians are accused of limiting practice runs and turning luge racers into 'crash-test dummies' at Whistler The Olympic juggernaut rolls on in Vancouver – a $6bn (£4bn) celebration of sporting excellence and Canadian pride that has been seven years in the planning and waits for no man, not even one who lost his life in pursuit of what organisers called "his Olympic dream", but which others suggested was a tragedy waiting to happen. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympic limited kumaritashvili Date: 02-13-2010

Luge to go ahead despite death

• Event scheduled for 5pm local time • Coroners conclude track not to blame for death International Luge Federation (FIL) officials say their Olympic competition will go ahead as planned after local coroners completed their on-track investigations into the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili . » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 accident athlete officials Date: 02-13-2010

Athlete dies hours before Olympics opens

Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, killed hours before winter games open The 2010 Winter Olympics in ­Vancouver opened under a pall last night after a Georgian athlete was killed in a training accident on a luge track said by many competitors to be too fast and too dangerous. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympic training kumaritashvili Date: 02-13-2010

Luge athlete's death in training casts shadow over Vancouver Olympics

Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, killed hours before winter games open The 2010 Winter Olympics in ­Vancouver opened under a pall last night after a Georgian athlete was killed in a training accident on a luge track said by many competitors to be too fast and too dangerous. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 olympic training kumaritashvili Date: 02-12-2010

Video: Finally, snow for the winter Olympics in Canada

Snow has begun to fall on Cypress mountain in Vancouver, site of the freestyle skiing at the winter Olympics » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 winter olympics freestyle skiing cypress mountain Date: 02-12-2010

Canada's Winter Olympics short of snow

• Organisers in Vancouver having to shovel snow to the slopes • January temperatures in host city were warmest on record Providing snow in the midst of a Canadian winter ought to be relatively uncomplicated. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 vancouver mountain cypress Date: 02-10-2010

Canada's mild climate leaves Winter Olympics short of snow

Organisers in Vancouver shovel snow to the slopes to ensure smooth start to the Games Providing snow in the midst of a Canadian winter ought to be relatively uncomplicated. » read more
Keywords: world news winter olympics 2010 vancouver cypress mountain Date: 02-10-2010

Winter games? Oh, the horror

Contrary to what you may have heard, Vancouver isn't gripped by dread – Canada is embracing this opportunity to celebrate No matter the situation, there's always someone intent on spoiling other people's fun. » read more
Keywords: world news canada canada vancouver community Date: 02-09-2010

Winter Olympics? Oh, the horror

Contrary to what you may have heard, Vancouver isn't gripped by dread – Canada is embracing this opportunity to celebrate No matter the situation, there's always someone intent on spoiling other people's fun. » read more
Keywords: culture entertainment guardian.co.uk canada canada Date: 02-09-2010

Snowboarders' double cork flip becomes hot issue for Olympics

Ban on Shaun White's halfpipe could follow if attempts to copy it at the Vancouver games lead to more injuries It has an innocuous enough name, but for competitors and millions of viewers it could just prove to be one of talking points of the Winter Olympics, which start next week. » read more
Keywords: world news guardian winter olympics 2010 double winter Date: 02-05-2010
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