Topic: John Furlong
Is it just me, or did that closing ceremony bring on Canada's collective cringe reflex? Those segments with William Shatner and Catherine O'Hara...
John Furlong was the surprise choice as head of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Committee who came from nowhere and managed to pull off with aplomb a...
The most famous hockey puck in Canadian history has been found after a global search and will now make its permanent home at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, it was announced Tuesday in Vancouver.The puck used for the winning goal ...
Games chief John Furlong Friday put a positive spin on the Vancouver Olympics, saying after early glitches they had been a huge success that had caught the imagination of a euphoric public.The Games got off to the worst possible start when Georgian ...
Open flame: Olympic organizers, answering public outcry, unveil cauldron viewing deckThey finally freed the flame.Vancouver organizers opened a rooftop promenade Wednesday to give visitors an unobstructed view of the Olympic cauldron, answering rising com
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Olympic organizers, who have endured a record warm January in Vancouver and are bracing themselves for more of the same, are transporting truckloads of snow to a melting mountain to ensure events go ahead.With the Winter Games set to
Women ski jumpers hoping to compete in the 2010 Olympics here lost a court bid Friday to force Games organizers to include them on constitutional grounds.The female athletes, from Canada, Europe and the United States, had argued that excluding them violat
The Olympic flame was officially handed over to Vancouver, hosts of the 2010 Winter Olympics, during a solemn ceremony here on Thursday at the site of the first modern Games of 1896.Spyros Kapralos, the president of the Greek Olympic Committee, handed the
Organizers of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics presented a final report to the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, receiving good marks 128 days ahead of the opening ceremony."As Olympic athletes from around the world set their sights on being
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ADDITION Georgia Luger Ceremony
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Medal Ceremony - Day 2
WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 13: Vanoc CEO John Furlong (L) greets Coach Rob ...Getty Images - -
Vancouver Olympics
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