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Stephen Brunt
Will Canada's skiers be first to take gold?
As the second day of the Winter Olympics dawns and the glow of Friday's opening ceremony fades, the pressure mounts on Canada to produce a medal on the slopes with Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Robbie Dixon and Erik Guay leading our hopes
![Reinfried Herbst of Austria points at a television camera after the first run of the Alpine Skiing World Cup Slalom race in Kitzbuehel January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Michael Leckel](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00485/Didier13_485101gm-c.jpg)
The Usual Suspects
Welcome to broadcasting in the 21st century
Up close and personal at the Vancouver games: Sports media's technological renaissance shifts into high gear this weekend as television executives proclaim "everyone will be served"
![Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia comes around the 15th turn during the second Men's Single Luge training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on February 10, 2010 in Whistler, Canada. Kumaritashvili was killed on Feburary 12, 2010 after crashing while making a practice run. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00484/Luge13_484785gm-c.jpg)
Grange's Olympic Blog
The fear is real
In the wake of Friday's tragic death of Georgia's Nodar Kumaritashvili, hard questions to come after approval given to the world's fastest luge track
![Sven Kramer of the Netherlands grimaces as he trains at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00484/Sven13_484703gm-c.jpg)
Grant Robertson
Chasing Kramer
United States speed skater Chad Hendrick admits the entire field will need to team up against Dutch oval star Sven Kramer in Saturday's 5,000 metre race
Gretzky ignites Canada’s Games
Equipment glitch temporarily hampers indoor lighting ceremony as Great One kicks off Winter Olympics
Ski Jumping
Canadians see BC Place, not medal round
Canada's young quartet of jumpers fail to make the Olympic grade and find themselves at BC Place for the Opening ceremony instead of competing on the slopes
Ian Brown
A dark day for the Olympic movement
It seemed to sink in slowly, but the loss of an athlete before the cauldron has even been lit has cast a pall over the Winter Games
Figure Skating
Davison, DubĂ© can’t afford a single slip
The heat is on Canada's figure skating champions as they battle to turn around a streak of international inconsistency
Short track speed skating
Everything’s a competition for Hamelin
The feirce competitor and a relentless streak are keys to his success heading into crunch time at the Vancouver games
Alpine Skiing
Super combined race postponed
Sunday's women's event gets pushed back due to damp and soft conditions on slopes
Biathlon
Laid-back Fourcade eyes sprint gold
World Cup leader Simon Fourcade stays cool ahead of race which could pronounce his global dominance in biathlon
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![David McMahon sent us this photo of two-time Olympian Lise Meloche, cross country skiing in the Gatineau Park after a recent snow-storm](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00483/v_36324_3285846__483361gm-d.jpg)
Grange's Olympic blog
Place your winter bets
The Winter Olympics can soothe your post Super Bowl hangover
![Didier Cuche of Switzerland takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill on November 28, 2009 in Lake Louise, Canada. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00357/Cuche29_357621gm-d.jpg)
The Usual Suspects
Olympic hockey takes a backseat on NBC
American network listens to demographics and opts for figure skating instead of Canada v. United States preliminary round game
![British Sinead and John Kerr perform during an Ice Dance training session on February 11, 2010 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver before the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Getty Images/Vincenzo PINTO](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00482/Dowbiggin12_482943gm-d.jpg)
Go Figure
Kids get chance to see Chan skate
Schoolchildren in London, Ont., come out in force to see Canadian contender warm up for his shot at Vancouver gold
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Vancouver 2010
Meet the Olympic Games groupies
Some Olympic superfans travel the world as volunteers. Others trade posters and pins. All are hooked on the heady atmosphere of peace, love and understanding
![For Games groupies, the global celebration and shared festivities are like a home away from home.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00468/olympic04lf5_jpg_468701gm-d.jpg)
Gary Mason
Record-setting Games audience expected
NBC sports boss Dick Ebersol expects record ratings for Winter Games
![NBC Sport and Olmypic Chairman Dick Ebersol talk to the media about the 2007 China Bowl at a press conference on September 24, 2006 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The game between the Seattle Seahawks and the England Patriots will take place on August 8, 2007 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20100213125212im_/http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00472/DickEbersol06_472962gm-d.jpg)