2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Hi-res images from Los Angeles Times photographers Robert Gauthier and Wally Skalij
BIG AIR: American Lindsey Jacobellis was eliminated in the women's snowboard cross semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Cypress Mountain. Canada's Maelle Ricker went on to win the gold medal.
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SKATING SYMMETRY: Korea's Sang-Hwa Lee leads Germany's Jenny Wolf at the halfway point of the final race in the Ladies' 500m Speed Skating at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Lee won the Gold Medal, and Wolf placed second.
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GOLDEN PAIR: Zhao Hongbo and his figure-skating partner and wife, Shen Xue, perform an intricate maneuver en route to the Olympic gold medal in the pairs competition at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
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CONTENDERS: Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won the bronze medal in the pairs figure skating competition Monday in Vancouver.
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FINISH LINE: Seth Wescott reacts after beating the competition for the gold medal in snowboard cross on Monday.
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RINGED: Canada's Robert Fagan, right, leads Germany's David Speiser, Canada's Francois Boivin and Swizerland's Fabio Caduff during the men's snowboard cross quarterfinal at Cypress Mountain.
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IN FLIGHT: Bode Miller of the U.S. became the most decorated Alpine skier in U.S. history when he won the bronze medal in the men's downhill on Monday in Vancouver.
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AN AIR ABOUT HIM: Bryon Wilson of the United States twists into his second maneuver on his way to a bronze medal in the men's moguls at Cypress Mountain outside Vancouver.
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NOT A BANNER MOMENT: Patrick Deneen of the United States crashes into a flag in the men's moguls final at Cypress Mountain outside Vancouver.
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FIRST-EVER: U.S. Olympian Todd Lodwick, center, embraces nordic combined silver medalist Johnny Spillane on Sunday as France's gold medalist Jason Lamy Chappuis takes in the scene. Spillane won the United States' first-ever medal in the event. Lodwick narrowly missed out on the bronze medal.
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SKIING TILL THEY DROP: Competitors in the nordic combined collapse at the finish line of the 10-kilometer cross-country race.
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AIRBORNE: Johnny Spillane of the United States takes flight in the ski jumping event during the nordic combined competition. Spillane won the silver medal.
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FANS: U.S. speed skating fans wave to Apolo Anton Ohno as he celebrates winning the silver medal in the men's 1500 speedskating competition. Ohno has now won six medals in Winter Olympic competition, tying him with long-track speedskater Bonnie Blair for most by an American.
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CLOSE CALL: Apolo Anton Ohno tangles with Korea's Sung Si-Bak midway through the men's 1500 final. Ohno took the silver medal in the men's 1,500 meters and teammate J.R. Celski captured the bronze when two competitors crashed on the final turn.
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GOLD MEDAL JUMP: Switzerland's Simon Ammann jumps 108 meters to win the gold medal during the ski jumping normal hill competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler.
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CELEBRATION: Switzerland's Simon Ammann celebrates his gold medal in the individual ski jumping competition. Ammann won the first gold medal of the Games.
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BACK ON THE TRACK: Russia's Albert Demtschenko rounds the final turn during the men's singles luge competition in Whistler.
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OPENING CEREMONY: The Olympic flame is ignited in the center of BC Place as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics begin.
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ENTRANCE: Team USA enters the opening ceremony in Vancouver, Canada.
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AIRBORNE: A snowboarder flies through the Olympic rings at the start of the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada.
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LIGHT AND MOTION: A rollerblading entertainer creates a blur of light along with dozens of others during the opening ceremony.
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AWASH IN COLOR: BC Place Stadium, the first indoor venue to host a Winter Olympics opening or closing ceremony, is awash in color on Friday night.
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INTO THE LIGHT: Performers enter the stadium during the opening ceremony.
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MOURNING: The Georgian delegation participated in Friday's opening ceremony wearing black armbands as they mourned their missing teammate, Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, who died in a horrifying crash during a luge training run barely eight hours earlier.
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TRAGEDY: A woman looks at a memorial for Nodar Kumaritashvili. On a morning training run, Kumaritashvili, 21, of the Republic of Georgia, lost control of his sled at about 80 mph as he came out of the final curve and slammed into an unpadded roof support post.
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MEMORIAL IN WHISTLER VILLAGE: Just hours before the caldron was lighted to mark the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21 died during a practice run on the world's fastest luge track.
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A NATIVE DAUGHTER: Canada's own k.d. Lang sings during the opening ceremony.
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ILLUMINATED: A 65-foot polar bear appears during the performance of "Landscape of a Dream: Hymn to the North."
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LIGHTS FANTASTIC: A woman and thousands of other spectators hold electric candles during the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver.
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ROOM WITH A VIEW: Judges peer through windows during the Ski Jumping Individual Qualification Round at Whistler Olympic Park.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW: It's not a synchronized event, but South Korean speedskaters practice at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
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