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Lysacek edged in short program; US wins ice dance
Lysacek, who was second entering the free skate, received a season's best 249.45 points to finish ahead of Nobunari Oda of Japan, who was second with 243.36. Johnny Weir of the United States was third with 237.35 points. Comment?
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Downhillers look to shrug off bad 2009 season
... Zoom/Getty Images The first training run day of a new World Cup women's downhill season leading to a home country Olympics had the yellow-and-red clad Canadian Speed Queens smiling on Tuesday. After an off-season where they were asked at every turn ... Comment?
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Lumsden's sporting life takes unexpected turn
... sessions would propel him onto the world stage as a potential bobsleigh brakeman for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Life works in bizarre ways, sometimes. "This is an extremely big opportunity for me to be representing my country," Lumsden said ... Comment?
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American skater Evan Lysacek wins GP final
World champion Evan Lysacek won the Grand Prix final Saturday, becoming the second straight American to capture the figure skating title. Comment?
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If I was white fans would be calling me a British hero, says Amir Khan
AMIR KHAN last night claimed he'd be a British hero if he wasn't Asian. Khan has been booed and the subject of racial remarks since being KO'd by Breidis Prescott 15 months ago and reckons he's a hate figure in the country of his birth because of the colour of his skin. Comment?
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Canadians shine at long-track speedskating meet
Jamie Gregg won silver in the men's 500 metres at a long-track speedskating World Cup event on Friday while fellow Canadian Denny Morrison added bronze in the 1,500. Gregg finished with a time of 34.45 seconds - matching Joji Kato. Comment?
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... a long time to be on the podium here," said Brydon, a 12-year veteran of Canada's ski team. "I call it a mini-Olympics for me. I've had a lot of ups and downs here." Canada's previous top results in women's World Cups here were Janyk's third-place ... Comment?
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Speedskating bronze for pair of Canadians
Jamie Gregg finished third in the men's 500 metres at a long-track speedskating World Cup event on Friday while fellow Canadian Denny Morrison added another bronze in the 1,500. Gregg finished with a time of 34.45 seconds - matching Joji Kato. Comment?
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Blockbuster Video Top 10 game rentals list
The most popular game rentals according to Blockbuster Video Canada for the period ending Nov. Comment?
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Kleibrink, Nixon say medal is ancient history
... but it doesn't help you going into this. I guess it's the Trials experience that's the most important, not the Olympics. Having gone through this in Halifax, that's always great to have." In Halifax, the Kleibrink foursome struggled through the ... Comment?
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Colbert takes up Richmond on offer to attend Olympics, but not as ombudsman
Stephen Colbert is coming to the Olympics, and he has no plans to serve as an ombudsman. Comment?
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Oly-bound Colbert knocks 'postal beaver'
Stephen Colbert is coming to the Olympics, and he has no plans to serve as an ombudsman. Comment?
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Golden Mile reaches 100 schools
... initiative, sponsored by Premier Sport and launched on October 31, 1,000 days before the start of the London 2012 Olympics, has already been endorsed by a host of celebrities - including double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, actress and ... Comment?
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Ed Tait's Primer The Roar of the Rings
DATE: Dec. 6-13 THE PRIZE: Representing Canada at the XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. in February. Comment?
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Montgomery slides to gold in Italy
There was no luck involved in Jon Montgomery's latest World Cup gold. The Calgary-based slider took the skeleton event on the 2006 Turin Olympics track Friday in a convincing display by the Canadian team. Comment?
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... agreements. The universities had to agree not to publish their findings until after the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. In other words, state secrets. About curling. "It's in their (the Canadian Curling Association's) hands," said Connie Laliberte, the ... Comment?
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Olympic-bound Colbert should admit he's an `icehole' too
If Stephen Colbert thinks he can come to Vancouver and take up his volunteer job as Olympic Oval Ombudsman without wearing a baby-pink toque, he can forget it. Comment?
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... cited by official newspapers against the Harper Conservatives include Harper's refusal to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his embrace of the Dalai Lama and support of Tibet, along with numerous criticisms of China's treatment of its own people. ... Comment?
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... look positively barren. And they all want one thing: once-in-a-career chance to represent Canada in the Winter Olympics on home soil this February in Vancouver. "I know some people think you could see a field like this at a Slam," begins Jonathan ... Comment?
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Sports Personality 10: Jessica Ennis
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... a golden performance at the World Athletics Championships. Just a year after cruelly missing out on the Beijing Olympics because of injury, the 23-year-old shone during the heptathlon, leading from start to finish in Berlin to take gold. Who will ... Comment?
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