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Team USA: New York & New Jersey Olympic Results
The 2010 Vancouver Olympics were full of excitement, drama, and tragedy. Team USA had a terrific overall performance and came home with the most medals. 37 total medals as Team USA essentially won these games.  That total is the most ever for Team USA in the Winter Olympics. Alpine Skiing was the big winner this year, bringing home a total of 8 medals.

There were some significant New York an...
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2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Speed Skating, Luge, Nordic Combined
Day five, the final day of our Olympic Preview. The opening ceremonies are schedule to take place tonight. All week on Double G Sports we have previewed the Olympic events. Today we discuss the final three. Speed Skating, Luge, and Nordic Combined.

Speed Skating

Over the years, speed skating has been a wide open competition. Norway is the all time medal leader with 79. The United States stands ...
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2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Figure Skating, Curling, Cross-Country
Day four of the Double G Sports Vancouver Olympics Preview will cover Figure Skating, Curling and Cross-Country Skiing. Check out the site home page for our previous previews.

Figure Skating

The Unites States leads the all time medal count with 44, including 13 golds. Lately the USA has dropped off their past dominance. In the 2006 Torino games, they won just two silver medals. This year they h...
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2010 Winter Olympic Preview: Ice Hockey, Freestyle Skiing, Skeleton
Its Day 3 of our Vancouver Olympic Preview. Monday I covered Biathlon, Ski Jumping and Alpine Skiing. Yesterday we talked about Snowboarding, Short Track and Bobsleigh events. Today we are previewing Ice Hockey, Freestyle Skiing and Skeleton. The games are just a few days away!

Ice Hockey

Canada is crazy about their hockey and since they are hosting this years games, you know the country is thin...
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2010 Winter Olympics Preview: Snowboarding, Bobsleigh, Short Track

Day 2 of our Vancouver Olympics Preview. Yesterday I covered Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing and Biathlon. Today we will discuss Snowboarding, Bobsleigh and Short Track.

Snowboarding Snowboarding continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in the world. It first became an Olympic competition in 1981 with its newest event being introduced as recently as the 2006 Torino games. The snowboard comp...
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2010 Winter Olympics Preview - Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon
This Friday is the start of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Each day this week, Double G Sports will give a quick preview of three events in this years olympics. There are 15 events in total, so by Friday all the events will be covered.
The first three events I will preview are Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing, and Biathlon.
Ski Jumping
Ski Jumping will be the first event in this years olympic game...
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