Closing Ceremony

Canada Goes Out with a Bang
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Closing Ceremonies

The skies above BC Place go red as the patriotic coloured fireworks explode in the evening sky, marking an official end to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, but also highlighting the history made in Canada.

Closing Ceremony Speech
IOC President Jacques Rogge
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

IOC President Jacques Rogge's Closing Ceremony Speech of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver

Apolo Ohno

Apolo Ohno America's Most Decorated Winter Olympian
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Apolo Ohno, already the most decorated US Winter Olympian ever, added to his medal haul by anchoring the US team that took bronze in the men's 5000 meter short track relay on the 15th day of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Canada and South Korea won gold and silver, respectively.

Canada Claims Gold with 3-2 OT Victory over U.S.
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Men's Ice Hockey

American Zach Parise scored the game-tying goal with 25 seconds left in regulation, but the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team fell to Canada, 3-2, in overtime in the gold-medal game of the XXI Olympic Winter Games.

Kim Yu-Na of South Korea Coronated with Gold
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Ladies' Figure Skating

Kim Yu-Na of South Korea, the reigning world champion, won the ladies' figure skating gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, handily defeating Mao Asada of Japan and Joannie Rochette of Canada.

Joannie Rochette Courageously Skates On
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Bob Costas interview with Canadian ladies figure skater Joannie Rochette, who won bronze despite the passing of her mother just days before the competition

Canada Wins Bobsled Gold & Silver
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Women's Bobsled

Host nation Canada won the gold and silver medals in the women's bobsled at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. US women Erin Pac and Elana Meyers came in third earning the bronze.

Evan Lysacek

Lysacek Outduels Plushenko for Gold
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Men's Figure Skating

Evan Lysacek of the US won the gold medal in men's figure skating by outdueling defending Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko of Russia at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Lysacek, who began the night in second place behind Plushenko, is the first member of Team USA to win gold in the event since Brian Boitano in 1988.

Switzerland's Simon Ammann Wins Vancouver's First Gold
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Switzerland's Simon Ammann has won the first gold medal of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, winning the men's Normal Hill individual ski jumping event. Ammann, finished seven points ahead of silver medallist Adam Malysz of Poland. Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria finished third collecting the bronze.

Winter Olympics Nutrition Plan: What the Athletes Eat
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

You probably think the typical Olympic athlete's big nutritional concern is eating enough to make it through the day's workout. That's certainly true for some. However, an incredible diversity of nutritional need exists that depends on the athlete's sport, gender, competition conditions, and other factors.

A Ghost that Hovers Over the Icy Luge Track
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Mitch Albom

In luge, There is a split second coming out of a curve, where the walls get low and where it is possible, if you lose control and are going too fast, that you could go airborne and fly out of the track. Which is what happened to Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia, during a training run, on the day the Vancouver Winter Games were to begin. He was only 21 years old.

Most-Watched Opening Ceremony Ever
For Non-U.S. Winter Olympics
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

67.5 Million Viewers Watched Opening Ceremony on NBC; 17 Million More than Torino and Nearly 6 Million More Than Tabloid-Fueled Lillehammer Games in '94

Opening Ceremony Speech
IOC President Jacques Rogge
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver - Speech by the IOC President, Jacques Rogge

History of the Winter Olympics
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

History of the Winter Olympics. From Chamonix 1924 to Vancouver 2010 -- 86 years and 21 editions of the Winter Games.

Finland's Hannu Manninen Nordic Skier
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

FinlandÕs Hannu Manninen is in Vancouver on a quest for his first Olympic title in the Nordic combined individual event. In skiing, Hannu Manninen is a real legend. He took his first steps at the World Cup and the Olympic Games in 1994 aged only 15. Two years later, he took his first international victory, which made way for 45 others

Canada - Russia: Duel of the Hockey Giants
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Swedes, Finns, Czechs, Americans, Slovaks and Swiss are among the big names found at each ice hockey major competition, where medals are won and legends are created. However, in the world of Olympic ice hockey, two nations stand out above the rest -- Russia and Canada, nations where ice hockey is king and which have given birth to some of the greatest players of all time.

Clair Bidez

Getting Up-close & Personal with Olympians
Eileen Ogintz

It's cold, dark and the snow is dumping, but that doesn't stop thousands from turning out at Park City Mountain Resort to cheer on snowboarding superstars Shaun White and Hannah Teter, as well as other world-class athletes as they strut their stuff in their competition before the 2010 Olympics.

5 Lessons for Over-35 Athletes From Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres
Katherine Hobson

Dara Torres is a role model for those who aspire to athletic success over the age of 35. Torres took up that mantle during the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and still holds it a year later. As Dara's profile rose, people clamored to know her secrets. They want to know about how she trains, what she eats, how she managed to compete in last week's world championships against people less than half her age -- and, yes, how she has that body after giving birth to a child.

NBC 2008 Beijing Olympics Set Record as Most-Viewed Event in US TV History.
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics NBC Television Ratings

NBC Universal's Beijing Olympic coverage was viewed by more Americans than any event in U.S. television history, according to data provided by Nielsen Media Research. NBCU's coverage reached 214 million total viewers, shattering the previous mark set by the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (209M) by five million viewers and surpassing the 2004 Athens Games (203M) by 11 million viewers.

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Olympics Women's Soccer: United States Defeats Brazil 1 - 0 to Capture Back-to-Back Olympic Golds
USA Olympic Team Captain Christine Rampone & Teammates Give Views on Winning Gold Medal

The United States defeated Brazil by a score of 1 - 0 in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics women's soccer final. The only goal of the match coming in the sixth minute of extra time (96') from Carli Lloyd. Lloyd blasted a left-footed shot from outside the box that caught the lower left-hand corner of the goal.

Marathoners Jaouad Gharib & Mubarak Hassan Shami Preview 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Men's Marathon
Men's Marathon at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

This year's Olympic Marathon is even more difficult to predict given the deep field of highly talented runners which is compounded by the summer heat, humidity and often-talked about Beijing pollution.

If Beijing's pollution is to play a part in these Olympics, the Men's Olympic Marathon race is the likeliest of candidates to be impacted.

Oddly enough, the fastest time run in an Olympics Marathon was at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. Los Angeles is known for its notorious smog conditions.

Cuban Olympian Dayron Robles Shares his Impressions on Men's Hurdles Gold Medal and the Absence of China's Liu Xiang
Cuban Olympian Dayron Robles Wins Men's 110 meter Hurdles at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Dayron Robles claimed Olympic gold in the 110m hurdles in Beijing. The 110-meters hurdles event took place without former World record holder and Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Gold Medalist Liu Xiang of China who pulled out due to injury. Robles went on to comfortably win the gold medal, posting a time of 12.93 seconds in the Men's 110-meter hurdles final.

Olympics Women's Gymnastics: American Nastia Liukin Leaves Beijing with 5 Medals
USA Women's Gymnast Nastia Liukin Celebrates Her 5 Gymnastics Medals

Nastia Liukin earned her fifth Olympic medal, a silver medal in the balance beam final, on August 19 at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Nastia's most impressive victory was in the much coveted women's individual all-around gold medal. She barely beat fellow American Shawn Johnson by 0.6 points.

Germany's Britta Heidemann Shares her Impressions on Fencing Gold Medal
Germany's Britta Heidemann Wins Womens Individual Epee Fencing at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Germany’s fencing gold medalist Britta Heidemann is something of a celebrity in China, having spent three months here at the age of 15. A Chinese student at Cologne University, the 26 year old became the centre of media attention when she fielded press conference questions in Chinese at the Beijing Olympics. Fans have affectionately named her ‘little moon.’