2010 Winter Olympics

This month, 216 Americans, 123 men and 93 women, will take the ultimate sporting stage at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.  Starting Feb. 12, 97 nations will seek gold in any of the 15 perspective sports.  The USA is looking for its veterans and young new faces to step up to bank on beating the odds.

In years past, Americans have taken home 216 medals, third all-time behind the Soviet Union with 217 and Norway with 280, from the Winter Games (78 gold, 80 silver and 58 bronze).

Thirty-one veterans return to the big stage to add to their collection of 48 medals. Lindsey Vonn, considered the greatest female American skier of all-time, looks to take home gold after a devastating crash in 2006 while downhill training in Torino kept her from competing.  Ted Ligety, has emerged as a medal contender in the giant slalom in alpine skiing, and men’s figure skating world champion, Evan Lysacek will be highly favored in Vancouver.  Shaun White will look to steal the snow and ice stage in the half pipe, while Torino gold medalist Hannah Teter will be the main competition for the women’s half pipe. Seth Wescott, gold, and Lindsay Jacobellis, silver, at Torino are the favorable winners for the snowboard cross.  Apolo Anton Ohno looks to steal the stage for the men’s short track speed skate, but 19-year-old phenom J.R. Celski looks to emerge as a medal contender as well.  The men’s hockey team should make it to the medal round with a young rejuvenated team, and the women’s team is predicated to face Canada in the gold medal game.

The Opening Ceremony will kick off at 6 p.m. with an anticipated 55,000 people in attendance, and hundreds of millions watching from home.  All scheduled events will be according to Eastern Time. The Games will start with qualifying rounds of ski jumping at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, and conclude on Feb. 28 with the men’s ice hockey gold-medal game at 12:15 p.m.

All information regarding Olympic standings and times of events can be found on www.nbcolympics.com.

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Thu Feb 25 2010 18:33

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