Winter Olypics Ice Hockey

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Vancouver (AFP) - Steve Yzerman doesn't need to be reminded what an arduous journey it is for the host country at an Olympic Games to try and win the hockey gold.

The Team Canada general manager is reminded of it every day since he's arrived in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

It has happened only twice before and both times by the Americans in Squaw Valley 1960 and Lake Placid 1980. Canada is trying to become the first host nation to win gold since that US Miracle On Ice victory.

"Our hopes are for gold as they are for several other countries," Yzerman said Saturday.

Winter Olypics Freestyle Skiing

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Vancouver (AFP) - America's Hannah Kearney won the women's moguls freestyle skiing gold Saturday, beating Canada's Jennifer Heil, who notched the host country's first medal of these Games, into second place.

Kearney, who was in top spot after qualifying, scored 26.63 points, with 2006 Olympic champion Heil scoring 25.69. Shannon Bahrke of the United States won the bronze with 25.43 points.

Kearney's win also extended Canada's long wait to win Olympic gold on home ground with the hosts having failed to do so at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games as well as the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary.

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Vancouver (AFP) - French pairs skaters Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James are set to create history on Sunday when they become the first black couple to compete in figure skating at the Olympic Games.

Getting to Vancouver has been a long journey for the duo who teamed up just over two years ago after Bonheur put an advert on the internet after splitting with previous partner Marylin Pla.

Canadian-born James' aunt saw it and convinced her niece, who has lived in England since she was a child, to reply.

James, 22, arrived in France for a trial run and never left with the duo teaming up in December 2007.

Winter Olypics Curling

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Schedule and Results
Dates
February 12
February 13
February 14
February 15
February 16
February 17
February 18
February 19
February 20
February 21
February 22
February 23
February 24
February 25
February 26
February 27
February 28

February 16, 2010
Great Britain vs Sweden
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 1
Norway vs Canada
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 1
United States vs Germany
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 1
Switzerland vs Denmark
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 1
United States vs Japan
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 1
Denmark vs Sweden
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 1
Germany vs Russian Federation
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 1
Canada vs Switzerland
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 1
Canada vs Germany
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 2
China vs France
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 2
United States vs Norway
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 2
February 17, 2010
China vs Great Britain
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 2
Germany vs United States
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 2
Switzerland vs Sweden
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 2
Japan vs Canada
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 2
Great Britain vs France
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 3
United States vs Switzerland
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 3
Denmark vs China
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 3
Germany vs Sweden
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 3
Russian Federation vs Denmark
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 3
Great Britain vs Sweden
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 3
China vs Switzerland
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 3
February 18, 2010
Denmark vs United States
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 4
Germany vs Norway
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 4
Canada vs Sweden
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 4
Great Britain vs Switzerland
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 4
Canada vs Germany
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 4
China vs Japan
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 4
Russian Federation vs Great Britain
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 4
Denmark vs United States
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 4
Sweden vs China
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 5
Great Britain vs Denmark
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 5
Norway vs Switzerland
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 5
France vs Canada
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 5
February 19, 2010
Germany vs Great Britain
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 5
Russian Federation vs United States
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 5
China vs Denmark
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 5
Germany vs Switzerland
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 6
Denmark vs Canada
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 6
France vs United States
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 6
Norway vs China
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 6
Denmark vs Canada
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 6
Sweden vs China
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 6
Great Britain vs Japan
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 6
Switzerland vs Russian Federation
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 6
February 20, 2010
Norway vs Denmark
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 7
France vs Germany
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 7
China vs Great Britain
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 7
Sweden vs United States
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 7
Sweden vs Russian Federation
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 7
United States vs Great Britain
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 7
Denmark vs Switzerland
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 7
Germany vs China
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 7
Switzerland vs China
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 8
Sweden vs France
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 8
Canada vs Great Britain
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 8
February 21, 2010
Great Britain vs Switzerland
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 8
Germany vs Denmark
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 8
Canada vs United States
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 8
Russian Federation vs Japan
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 8
United States vs Great Britain
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 9
Norway vs Sweden
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 9
Switzerland vs Canada
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 9
Denmark vs Germany
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 9
China vs Canada
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 9
Japan vs Germany
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 9
United States vs Sweden
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 9
February 22, 2010
France vs Norway
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 10
Canada vs United States
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 10
Germany vs China
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 10
Switzerland vs Sweden
9:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 10
Russian Federation vs China
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 10
Japan vs Switzerland
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 10
Sweden vs Canada
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 10
Great Britain vs Denmark
14:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 10
Germany vs Great Britain
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 11
France vs Denmark
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 11
China vs United States
19:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 11
February 23, 2010
Japan vs Sweden
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 11
Switzerland vs Germany
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 11
United States vs China
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 11
Canada vs Great Britain
9:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 11
China vs Canada
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 12
Sweden vs Denmark
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 12
Great Britain vs Norway
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 12
Switzerland vs France
14:00 - Curling - Men's Round Robin Session 12
Switzerland vs United States
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 12
Canada vs Russian Federation
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 12
Japan vs Denmark
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 12
Sweden vs Germany
19:00 - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 12
February 25, 2010
9:00 - Curling - Women's Semifinal
9:00 - Curling - Women's Semifinal
14:00 - Curling - Men's Semifinal
14:00 - Curling - Men's Semifinal

Winter Olypics Cross Country

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Banff (AFP) - Canadian cross-country skier Brian McKeever was chosen for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, making him the first winter sports athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

McKeever has won seven Paralympic medals, including four gold.

McKeever suffers from Stargardt's disease which has left him with impaired sight. His brother Robin acts as his guide.

Winter Olypics Bobsleigh

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Lake Placid (AFP) - American bobsledder Todd Hays, a 2002 Olympic silver medalist who had been seeking a bid to his fourth Olympics, has been forced to retire, the US Bobsled Federation announced.

Hays was diagnosed with an intraparenchymal hematoma following a CT scan after a training crash last Wednesday in Winterberg, Germany. An MRI confirmed that Hays risks brain damage if he continues bobsledding.

"In discussion with various experts in the field of sports-induced injuries, it was the consensus that Todd should not engage in any further bobsledding to avoid any additional trauma to a healing brain which may cause irreversible damage," team doctor Eugene Byrne said.

Winter Olypics Biathlon

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Whistler (AFP) - Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina won a shock Olympic gold medal on Saturday in the women's 7.5 km biathlon sprint, seeing off silver winner and favourite Magdalena Neuner of Germany.

Marie Dorin of France claimed bronze.