Snowboarder Klug files appeal for Torino slot
Snowboarder Klug files appeal for Torino slot
Snowboarder Chris Klug, a two-time Olympian who won a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Games after having a liver transplant in 2000, is challenging his exclusion from the U.S. Olympic team in the parallel giant slalom event.
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The ‘Godfather’ of luge
KONIGSSEE, Germany — Imagine you are Georg Hackl, the most decorated luger ever, with five Olympic medals, three gold and two silver, plus three world championships. You are a winter sports icon in your native Germany, you live comfortably in the town of your birth with nothing left to prove as you approach your 40th birthday.
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Recovering from two knee injures makes Olympics more special for Brydon
A hint of bitterness creeps into ski racer Emily Brydon’s voice when she talks about her first Olympic experience four years ago.
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Practice proves vital to Olympic success
Companies with good emp-loyment practices will have an edge in bidding for contracts under the £3.4bn procurement bonanza from the 2012 London Olympics, the minister responsible has indicated.
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Winter Olympics: Do you have a connection?
The News & Record is looking for residents in the Triad who have a connection to next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy.
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