Asian figure skating sensation Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing at the Vancouver Games as she was crowned Olympic champion on Thursday. The 19-year-old - dubbed 'Queen Yu-Na' in her native South Korea - achieved her country's first Olympic figure skating title with a resounding victory in the Pacific Coliseum.
As skiing fans turn their attention towards the men's Giant Slalom in Vancouver on Saturday, competitors from countries as diverse as Iran, the Cayman Islands and Pakistan are preparing to take to the piste. Among those likely to catch the crowd's attention, two young Peruvian hopefuls as well as the so-called "Snow Leopard" and Olympic Solidarity scholarship holder from Ghana.
From the most desolate frozen outpost to the crowded bars of every major city, Canadians celebrated their National Hockey League stars' 7-3 victory over arch-rival Russia in Wednesday's Vancouver Olympics quarter-finals.
When Giorgio Di Centa won the 50km cross-country skiing gold at the Turin 2006 Games, his sister Manuela Di Centa, a seven-time Olympic medallist herself, presented his medal.