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Nordic Combined: America's Bill Demong wins Nordic Combined gold
Whistler (AFP) - America's Bill Demong won the Olympic Winter Games Nordic Combined gold on Thursday. Fellow American Johnny Spillane took silver with Austria's Bernhard Gruber claiming bronze. >>>
Nordic Combined: Demong leads US gold bid in nordic combined finale
Whistler (AFP) - Olympic veteran Bill Demong has already tasted success at Vancouver, but now he wants to create history by going better than Johnny Spillane's historic medal in the men's 10km nordic combined on Thursday. >>>
Nordic combined (Team): Austria claims combined team gold
Whistler (AFP) - Austria claimed gold in the Nordic combined team competition on Tuesday with the United States finishing second and Germany claiming bronze. >>>
Nordic combined: US chase down Scandinavians
Whistler (AFP) - America are aiming to shatter Scandinavian hopes at the Olympic Winter Games Nordic combined team event on Tuesday. The US team are pinning their hopes on the likes of Johnny Spillane in the competition which combines the large ski jump hill and a 5km cross country ski. >>>
Nordic Combined: Lamy-Chappuis gives France combined gold
Whistler (AFP) - American-born Frenchman Jason Lamy-Chappuis claimed gold in Sunday's Olympic Nordic combined, holding off American Johnny Spillane taking silver and Italian Alessandro Pittin in a thrilling dash to the line. >>>
Nordic Combined: Finn leads after Nordic Combined jump
WHISTLER (AFP) - Janne Ryynaenen was on track to give Finland its first medal at the Vancouver Games as he led the Nordic Combined ahead of American Todd Lodwick after the jump section Sunday. Ryynaenen scored 135.5 points to 127.0 for... >>>
Nordic Combined: Nordic contenders flag up passports to success
Whistler (AFP) - Ruth Schmid, mother of Nordic Combined contenders Jan and Tommy, will have to more than wave the flag when her offspring target Olympic glory at Whistler. >>>
Nordic Combined: Moan happy to hunt combined gold
Whistler (AFP) - Norway's Magnus Moan says he is happy to hunt down the favourites for Sunday's Nordic Combined gold including France's current World Cup leader Jason Lamy Chappuis. >>>
Nordic Combined: World Cup leader Chappuis feeling pressure
Whistler (AFP) - World Cup leader Jason Lamy Chappuis admitted he is feeling the pressure as favourite for this weekend's Nordic Combined Winter Olympic gold. >>>
Nordic Combined: Sun rises on Japanese cross country ambitions
Whistler (AFP) - Cross country skiing. It's been the preserve of Eastern Europeans and Scandinavians for as long as most Winter Games fans can remember -- but Japan says this year can be their breakthrough. >>>
Finland: Finns pins Olympic hopes on Cross-Country women
Helsinki (AFP) - The pressure is on Finland's women Cross-Country skiers if the Nordic country is to reach its target of 12 Winter Olympic medals. >>>
United States: Winter athletes garner USOC honors
Colorado Springs (AFP) - With the 2010 Olympic Winter Games fast approaching, alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and Nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick were named the US Olympic Committee's 2009 sportswoman and sportsman of the year. >>>
Hockey Here We Come – Get the Team Canada Jersey
You know the 2010 Winter Games are just around the corner when team uniforms are being revealed, and today, Hockey Canada gave a glimpse of the Team Canada 2010 hockey jerseys. >>>
Hear it from the Pros
Vancouver2010.com caught up with some of the top athletes from every sport of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Hear them here! >>>
Testing successfully completed at Nordic combined and cross-country Sport Events; Approximately 7500 spectators over three days enjoyed preview of 2010 Winter Games Nordic events
VANCOUVER, BC – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) successfully completed its operational testing today at the Nordic combined and cross-country Sport Events at Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Park, which ran from January 16 to 18. VANOC staff tested field of play, Games-time operations and trained potential Games-time volunteers over the course of two training days and three competition days. The venue will also host the ski jumping Sport Event from January 23 to 25. >>>
