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Women's ski jumping is being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics because there are not enough athletes to merit the sport's ...
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A group of women ski jumpers will get the chance to argue in a Canadian court on April 20 for their sport to be included in the ...
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Reuters: Sports News:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - There is still enough time for women's ski jumping to make it into the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver even though a court has delayed hearing a legal challenge to the sport's exclusion until next April, organizers of the lawsuit said on Tuesday.
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USATODAY.com Olympics Coverage - Top Stories:
Few people know about Lindsey Van, just as few had heard of Stacy Dragila before she became famous at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The U.S. Olympic Committee named Van athlete of the month for October. The ski jumper had just won her 13th national championship on Oct. 11. She holds the record for longest jump among men or women.
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New York Times:
When Montreal announced that it would be the host of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Mayor Jean Drapeau promised that the Games could “no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby.” Ultimately the Games left behind about $1.5 billion in unexpected debt that was paid off only two years ago.
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New York Times:
A Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft crashed north of Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, killing seven occupants, the Canadian Armed Forces said.
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New York Times:
The freeze in credit markets and a collapse of the city’s real estate market have made the financing of the Winter Games a critical issue. . (Read More)
Reuters: Lifestyle:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - As central bankers try to prop up an ailing global economy with financial bailouts, a tiny Western Canadian brewery has stepped into the battle with what it bills as a recession-fighting ale.
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