2009

1

Mar

Debbie McCormick’s curling squad secures American Olympic bid

Debbie McCormick’s squad slid and swept their way to a win in the finals of the U.S. Olympic curling trials to become the first American athletes to secure spots for the 2010 Vancouver Games.
Team McCormick beat Patti Lank 8-5 in the final Saturday. McCormick sealed the win with a brilliant shot on the match’s [...]

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2009

25

Feb

Rosneft pledges $180 mln for Sochi Olympics

Rosneft (ROSN.MM), Russia’s largest oil firm, pledged $180 million for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on Tuesday, becoming the games’ third sponsor after the government scaled back spending on the event by 15 percent.
Rosneft will also build over 150 new gasoline stations ahead of the games, half of which will be spread across parts [...]

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2009

3

Jan

Neureuther wins Moscow parallel slalom event

Felix Neureuther of Germany won the World Cup parallel slalom here on Friday in an event staged on an artificial slope to help promote Russia’s readiness to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
France’s Jean-Baptiste Grange was second with American superstar Bode Miller taking third ahead of compatriot Ted Ligety in a competition held [...]

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2008

25

Dec

Universiade test run for Olympics

Harbin, capital city of northeast China’s Heilongjiang province and host to the 2009 Winter Universiade, is considering a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, senior officials revealed two months before the opening of the Universiade, from Feb 18-28.
“If the hosting of the 2009 Winter Universiade can win applause from all the guests, it [...]

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2008

26

Sep

France to bid for 2018 Winter Olympics

France will bid to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) said on Wednesday. “Our Olympic ambition led us to bid for the 2018 Games,” CNOSF president Henri Serandour told a news conference.
Three towns — Annecy, Nice and Grenoble, which hosted the Games in 1968 — had already said they were [...]

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2008

2

Aug

Hourly event schedule for Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Games released

Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has reached a major milestone with the release of hourly event schedules of both the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
The Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee announced Saturday that the Olympic schedule has been approved by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee, which is currently [...]

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