2016-03-19 18:53
The Olympic flag was presented to Vancouver's Mayor Sam Sullivan on Sunday during the closing ceremony of the Torino Games. On Tuesday, it was raised at the Vancouver City Hall mast. The fla… Read More
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Exciting news about the Torino 2006 Olympic Games and their champions (champs). Interesting stories about the olympians (chomps).
2016-03-19 18:53
So the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games are over. They ended with a circus-burlesque-musical spectacle in front of over 35,000 spectators gathered at the stadium and millions watching on TV… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
If you didn't watch the closing ceremony spectacle on TV, you can read a story by MSNBC.com:High-tech spectacle ends the Turin GamesTechnorati tags: Torino, Turin, Torino Olympics, Olympic G… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Everybody expected the Czechs and the Canadians playing for the men's hockey gold, but instead it was all-Nordic final. The best Sweden’s players did deliver and helped immensely their… Read More
2006-02-26 06:44
Interesting summary of the Torino Olympics by Mike Celizic at MSNBC.com:America's 10 biggest Olympic busts - Winter Olympics Read More
2006-02-25 23:11
Surprisingly, Apolo Anton Ohno became one of the best US athletes at the Torino Olympic Games. He earned two medals today - his second and third medal of these Winter Games. In 500 meters ra… Read More
2006-02-24 20:24
The Schoch family of Switzerland dominates snowboarding’s parallel giant slalom so no wonder they won the second consecutive Olympic gold medal. Philipp Schoch (26), the defending Olym… Read More
2006-02-24 20:17
The United States had not won a medal in the women’s giant slalom since Diann Roffe’s silver at the 1992 Albertville Games; the last U.S. giant slalom gold went to Debbie Armstro… Read More
2006-02-24 00:56
Results:Biathlon - 4 x 6 k relay - Women's Gold Bogali-Ishmouratova-Zaitseva-Akhatova, Russia Silver Glagow-Henkel-Apel-Wilhelm, Germany Bronze Peretto-Baverel-Robert-Becaert-Bailly, FranceC… Read More
2006-02-22 19:16
Out of nowhere, there is a lot of talking at the Torino Winter Olympics about unusual subject - Kabbalah... The public interest in that mystic tradition was caused by Sasha Cohen is the lead… Read More
2006-02-21 19:13
Austria won its record 8th gold medal of the Torino Olympic Games; their previous high was six gold medals. Hopefully they will be allowed to keep all those medals, but right now they are de… Read More
2006-02-21 07:02
Canada's women's hockey team won gold. Six days after beating Sweden 8-1 in the preliminary round, they won again - this time 4-1 in the final game. The Swedish team got silver. After losing… Read More
2006-02-20 01:56
So, Zorro did get his medal... And it's gold for Italy - in men's 4x10km cross-country race. Zorzi — who often poses in a mask like the one worn by Zorro — turned a narrow 5.6-se… Read More
2006-02-19 01:40
Strange day - the 8th day of the Torino 2006 Winter Olympc Games. Why? Finally, some of the favorites were able to win. And on the other hand, it was a day of huge surprises and upsets. Espe… Read More
2006-02-17 20:29
Good day for Estonia, Canada and Switzerland. Another bad day for the USA. Their women's hockey team suffered a historical loss to Sweden in the semi-final and they didn't get the gold in wo… Read More
2006-02-16 23:36
American Seth Wescott became the first Olympic champion in the snowboardcross. There were many crashes, collisions and hits on the 3,100 foot-long course.Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was th… Read More
2006-02-16 06:13
Fox's "American Idol" is doing much better than the NBC's Winter Olympics. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, the "Idol" drew 27 million viewers in the 8 p.m. ET/PT hour - 11 million more than the O… Read More
2006-02-16 04:02
Jeremy Bloom (USA) was expected to get a medal in the moguls finals, but he finished sixth and now will pursue his NFL football career.Dale Begg-Smith of Australia won the moguls gold - as e… Read More
2006-02-16 04:02
Biathlon: Men's 10km SprintGold FISCHER Sven, GermanySilver HANEVOLD Halvard, NorwayBronze ANDRESEN Frode, NorwayCross-Country Skiing: Men's Team SprintGold FREDRIKSSON Thobias-LIND Bjoern … Read More
2006-02-16 04:01
Biathlon: Women's 15km IndividualGold ISHMOURATOVA Svetlana, Russia Silver PYLEVA Olga, Russia Bronze GLAGOW Martina, GermanySnowboarding: Women's HalfpipeGold… Read More
2006-02-16 04:00
Alpine Skiing: Men's DownhillGold DENERIAZ Antoine, France Silver WALCHHOFER Michael, Austria Bronze KERNEN Bruno, SwitzerlandCross-Country Skiing: Women's 15km PursuitGold SMIGUN Kristina… Read More
2006-02-12 03:51
Vicki Michaelis at USA TODAY wrote about Team-USA's hopes for medals in Torino.In her article, she gives a very detailed prediction, with sport-by-sport, event-by-event projections. In my op… Read More
2006-02-11 21:31
Chad Hedrick won 1st U.S. gold medal, dominating 5,000 speedskating, short track event.Italian Enrico Fabris won the host country’s first medal - just a bronze, but it's a good start … Read More
2006-02-11 21:23
Germany’s Georg Hettich won Nordic combined gold in Torino on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006.Hettich's win was a surprise as Finland’s Hannu Manninen was a super-favorite to win this ev… Read More
2006-02-11 21:19
For Americans, it is a 2006 Winter Olympics Stunner! But not for the Canadians... U.S. got blanked in women's moguls on Saturday February 11, 2006, but the win was expected in Canada!Canadi… Read More
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