Topic: 2006 Winter Olympics

IOC retesting some doping samples from 2006 Olympics for use of blood-boosting drug CERAOlympic officials, acting on a tip-off from the World Anti-Doping Agency, are retesting some doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin to check for use of the ...

S.Korean medallists to get cash rewards

South Korean medallists and coaches will receive cash rewards worth tens of thousands of dollars after their triumphant performance at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, officials said Tuesday. The sports ministry said the government would provide 40 million won (34,722 dollars) to each ...
Belbin-Agosto can't add another medal to their 2006 Olympic silverThe leaders of the North American uprising in ice dance will leave the Vancouver Olympics without a medal. Their place in history is secure anyway. Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto took their sport ...

Lund misses Olympic medal by hair's breadth

A place on the podium proved just out of reach in the men's Olympic skeleton on Friday for US racer Zach Lund as he rose from an initial tenth to place fifth. Lund, a 30-year-old from Salt Lake City who has twice ...
Strong ratings for opening ceremony of Winter Olympics in VancouverTelevision ratings show a strong initial appetite for the Vancouver Olympics on NBC. The Nielsen Co. says an estimated 32.6 million people watched Friday's opening ceremony. That's up 48 percent from the 22.2 ...
To walk or not to walk? For some Saturday competitors, that is the Olympic opening questionTony Benshoof missed the opening ceremony at the 2006 Turin Games, opting to rest before competing the following day. This time, there's no way the three-time U.S. ...
Japan speed skaters offered giant bonus for winning Olympic goldThe sponsor of a Japanese speedskating team has pledged $219,054 to any of its athletes who win a gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. Nidec Sankyo Corp., an electronic component maker that runs ...
Still with the memories of what might have been, Pikus-Pace returns to the scene of 2006 GamesNoelle Pikus-Pace has her own hotel room in Italy for the next few days, a perk of being the top-ranked American woman so far this season ...
Canada is entering the final countdown before the 2010 Winter Olympics by applying the finishing touches to facilities and sending the flame farther north this week than ever before. With just 12 weeks to go before the opening ceremony, Vancouver organizers say ...

Plushenko wins on figure skating return

Russian Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko got his campaign to retain his title at the Vancouver Games off to a successful start by winning the Rostelecom Cup, the Russian leg of the ISU Grand Prix series here on Saturday. The 26-year-old Russian, who ...
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