Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SPEED SKATING Shani Davis Shani Davis, the first black Winter Olympic individual event champion, will attempt to match fellow American Eric Heiden’s one-Games record of five speedskating gold medals at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Davis, a three-time [...]
Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SHORT-TRACK SPEED SKATING Apolo Anton Ohno American Apolo Anton Ohno – with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals – is set to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater. Five other short-trackers have picked five [...]
Montréal (AFP) – Genevieve Simard, a two-time Canadian Olympic Alpine skier, retired Wednesday from competitive ski racing after battling the past two seasons to recover from left knee surgery. Simard, 29, won her only World Cup race at a 2004 super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and also reached four podiums in the giant slalom during [...]
Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SHORT-TRACK SPEED SKATING Apolo Anton Ohno American Apolo Anton Ohno – with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals – is set to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater. Five other short-trackers have picked five [...]
Sydney (AFP) – They may be world champion figure skaters, but Russia’s Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin have “got it all wrong” when it comes to their “Aboriginal” dance routine, Australian experts said Friday. The Russian stars, favourites to win gold at next month’s Olympic Winter Games, wear dark skin-toned bodysuits complete with bright red [...]
The Blue Dragon A broken bottle of maple syrup in luggage arriving from Canada; the elegant, dramatic strokes of Chinese calligraphy; the romantic Old World sails of a junk gliding past the hulking steel of a modern ocean-going vessel. These seemingly disparate visuals are magically weaved together by Québécois theatre visionary Robert Lepage in his [...]
Karleen and James The intensity is what I have seen out of professional NHL games. Source: Karleen Gill For months, Karleen Gill has had May 6 circled on her calendar. She plans to buy Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games tickets the instant they become available. “I’ve been telling people the tickets go on sale in early [...]
CODE is about who we are. It’s the things we do every day. It’s the words we use to describe our selves and our communities. Source: Burke Taylor, VANOC vice-president, culture and celebrations The Cultural Olympiad’s digital edition (CODE) is a suite of programs best described by three words: Connect. Create. Collaborate. CODE creatively engages national [...]
The Lost Fingers Flash forward to January of 2010: Where will your interests take you? Cultural Olympiad 2010, presented by Bell, offers excitement for each of those fast-approaching days and nights. The festival has just announced 35 additional projects for the arts and culture extravaganza, which begins January 22, 2010 and continues throughout the Vancouver [...]
Walter Francl We are all responsible for what we consume and all that we do not consume, and what we leave to future generations. Source: Walter Francl Today the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) received the Excellence for Green Building award from the Globe Foundation and the World Green [...]
