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AP Top Olympic News At 8:21 p.m. EST
Vancouver Games officials confident Cypress ready
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Vancouver Olympic officials are confident concerns about the warm weather's effect on conditions at Cypress Mountain soon will be forgotten....
Strained relationship with father for top US skier
The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a career that began years ago when her father introduced her to skiing. He saw enough talent in his daughter to move the whole family to Colorado....
Doping lab already testing dozens of samples
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Vancouver's state-of-the-art doping lab already has tested more than 200 blood and urine samples from Olympic athletes, and there have been no positives....
Whistler men's Alpine course injected with water
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) -- Skiing's governing body has injected the men's Alpine course at Whistler with water to harden the surface as the Winter Games near....
Organizers can't wait for 1st Canadian gold
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Like most of the entire country, Vancouver organizers are waiting for the moment when Canada finally wins its first Olympic gold medal on home soil....
IOC president raves about athletes' village
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- IOC president Jacques Rogge offered rave reviews of the athletes' village Tuesday after looking at the place he'll call home for part of the Vancouver Olympics....
Aussies win appeal on women's bobsled entry
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Australia's two-woman bobsled team may compete at the Vancouver Olympics after winning its appeal Tuesday before the top sports court....
Ruggiero leads US women's hockey into 4th Olympics
Angela Ruggiero is fond of saying hockey is just her first career, and the defenseman always thought she would be on to her next big thing after Vancouver....
Kramer wants to turn Olympics into Svencouver
What Sven Kramer wants, Sven Kramer gets. What the Dutch speedskater wants is an Olympic gold medal....
Reutter top US hopeful in women's short track
KEARNS, Utah (AP) -- Katherine Reutter remembers figure skating lessons as a little girl, thinking how much more fun it would be to just cut loose and zip around the rink as fast as she could....
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