2010 Winter Olympics
From news on athletes, tickets, facilities and the border, Adventure writer Craig Hill takes you inside the ramp up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Just 175 miles north of Tacoma, the Vancouver, B.C., games will likely be the closest the Olympics ever come to the South Sound region. Reach Craig via e-mail at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com.
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A look inside the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Posted by Craig Hill @ 04:19:12 pm

The U.S. Ski Team just sent out a ton of quotes from its athletes about the recently concluded summer games in Beijing. It seems all the action inspired them to be ready for 2010:

Here's what they are saying:

Scott Macartney, 2002 and 2006 Olympian, U.S. Alpine Ski Team, Crystal Mountain, WA
My Olympic experience has been watching clips of Spanish language coverage on mute with them skipping around to any Chilean that did decently while cutting away from events mid-shot, mid-dive, mid-routine ... and still riveted to the screen. I enjoyed the track events, watching (Usain) Bolt crush in the 100 and 200 and watching the pole vault. Especially the women's pole vault, they have to have the best bodies of any sport, as a group, by far.

Scotty Bahrke, 2007 World Cup Rookie of the Year, U.S. Freestyle Aerials Team, Tahoe City, CA
My favorite moment was watching Shawn Johnson on the balance beam when it was her last chance to win a gold medal. I thought that was pretty cool watching all her training come together at the very last possible chance to win the gold.

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