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.
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Posted by Craig Hill @ 10:25:26 pm

Greg Romaniuk overcame another 3-point deficit in his late match against Craig Brown of Wisconsin before losing 8-7 in extra ends.

Mark Johnson lost an early 2-1 lead in his team’s evening match and fell 8-6 to Tyler George’s team from Minnesota.

Romaniuk and Johnson are both 1-2 and two games behind 2007 national champ Todd Birr, the tournament’s only 3-0 team.

Cristin Clark of Lynnwood fell to 0-3 in the women’s tournament with losses Sunday to a pair of Minnesota teams.

Clark lost 10-3 to Debbie McCormick in the morning and 7-3 to Norma O’Leary in the afternoon.

All three local teams play twice Monday.

Posted by Craig Hill @ 06:24:47 pm

From the U.S. Ski Team:

It's official, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) is the winningest female ski racer in American history. The 24-year-old double World Champion secured her 19th World Cup victory Sunday with a super G win in Tarvisio, surpassing U.S. great Tamara McKinney's previous high mark of 18 established in the 1980s.

It was Vonn's sixth World Cup win of the season and 43rd podium of her young career. She now stands an impressive third for all-time U.S. World Cup wins (male or female) behind Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) with 31 and Phil Mahre with 27.

"It sounds really weird to me," said Vonn, who captured gold in both downhill and super G at the recent FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. "I don't see myself as a record setter and actually never thought it was possible to pass a legend like Tamara.

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Categories: Skiing
Posted by Craig Hill @ 06:15:38 pm

From the U.S. Ski Team

In an historic day for the USA, Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) took his second World Championship gold and teammate Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) took the bronze during the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec. The USA is leading the medals count with three gold and a silver after eight of 20 events.

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Categories: Nordic Skiing
Posted by Craig Hill @ 06:02:08 pm

Cristin Clark's Seattle rink fell to 0-3 at the Olympic curling trials in Broomfield, Colo., moments ago with a 7-3 loss to Norma O'Leary of Minnesota.

Clark returns to the sheet tomorrow to play two matches tomorrow.

Categories: Curling
Posted by Craig Hill @ 01:56:23 pm

Greg Romaniuk's team won a showdown between Seattle Granite Curling Club teams moments ago at the Olympic Trials in Broomfield, Colo.

Romaniuk's team overcame a 5-2 deficit to beat Mark Johnson's team 8-6 in the second match of pool play for both teams.

Romaniuk and Johnson are 1-1 in pool play.

Both rinks play again tonight at 6 p.m. Romaniuk plays Craig Brown of Wisconsin and Johnson plays Tyler George of Minnesota.

Posted by Craig Hill @ 01:45:50 pm

Cristin Clark's Seattle curling team fell to 0-2 in pool play this morning with a 10-3 loss to Debbie McCormick's Wisconsin team.

Clark plays again at against Norma O'Leary's Minnesota team at 2 p.m.

Categories: Curling