The Vancouver Games started as a ‘crazy’ dream and ended up a wondrous spectacle that transfixed and, just maybe, transformed a nation
Will medal counts affect future funding for Canada’s athletes?
How efforts to be inclusive led to tragedy for one luger
It’s a time to revel in the power of the human spirit and the limits of the human credit card
And then there was one
‘Then, very well, let them be the worst,’ says COLBY COSH. ‘We’ll live.’
With the first two turns eliminated from tonight’s men’s singles luge in response to yesterday’s fatal accident, many competitors are complaining they’re getting off to slow starts.
“With all due respect, no sports mistake is supposed to lead to a death. Common sense tells me: yes, there can be mistakes. I don’t think mistakes should lead to death.”
The country’s sports minister says questions about Kumaritashvili’s experience are ‘unfair’
The plethora of wipe outs during the international training week was a big concern going into the Games
The death of Nodar Kumaritashvili wasn’t the first Olympic tragedy
Prior to the luge tragedy, there was a sense that everything in was finally coming together