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Robert Gauthier and Wally Skalij
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OUT OF CONTROL: Lindsey Vonn loses control during the slalom =
portion of=20
the women's super combined in Whistler. Vonn fell and did not earn a =
medal in=20
the event.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times)
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CELEBRATION: Shaun White and Scott Lago, left to right at center, =
celebrate with friends and family after winning medals in the men's =
halfpipe=20
snowboard final at Cypress Mountain.
(Robert Gauthier /Los Angeles=20
Times)
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RARE AIR: Shaun White spins out of his last jump as he wins the =
gold=20
medal in the men's halfpipe final.
(Robert Gauthier /Los Angeles=20
Times)
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MEDALISTS: The U.S.' Julia Mancuso, left, and Lindsey Vonn =
celebrate=20
their medal wins in the women's downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics =
on=20
Wednesday.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times)
JUBILATION: Lindsey Vonn celebrates her gold =
medal in the=20
women's downhill.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles=20
Times)
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CRASH: Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crashes near the finish line =
in the=20
women's downhill Wednesday.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles =
Times)
SLIDE: Austria's Andrea Fischbacher slides past =
the finish=20
line for fourth place in the women's downhill.
(Wally Skalij /Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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HEAD OVER HEELS: Gregory Bretz of the United States flips in the =
air=20
during the men's halfpipe training on Tuesday.
(Wally Skalij /Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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STYLE POINTS: Tomas Verner of the Czech Republic competes in the =
men's=20
figure skating short program at Pacific Coliseum.
(Robert Gauthier =
/Los=20
Angeles Times)
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BIG AIR: American Lindsey Jacobellis was eliminated in the =
women's=20
snowboard cross semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Cypress Mountain. =
Canada's=20
Maelle Ricker went on to win the gold medal.
(Wally Skalij / Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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SKATING SYMMETRY: Korea's Sang-Hwa Lee leads Germany's Jenny Wolf =
at the=20
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.=20
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
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GOLDEN PAIR: Zhao Hongbo and his figure-skating partner and wife, =
Shen=20
Xue, perform an intricate maneuver en route to the Olympic gold medal in =
the=20
pairs competition at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. =
(Robert=20
Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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CONTENDERS: Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won the =
bronze=20
medal in the pairs figure skating competition Monday in Vancouver. =
(Robert=20
Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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FINISH LINE: Seth Wescott reacts after beating the competition =
for the=20
gold medal in snowboard cross on Monday.
(Robert Gauthier / Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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RINGED: Canada's Robert Fagan, right, leads Germany's David =
Speiser,=20
Canada's Francois Boivin and Swizerland's Fabio Caduff during the men's=20
snowboard cross quarterfinal at Cypress Mountain.
(Robert Gauthier / =
Los=20
Angeles Times)
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IN FLIGHT: Bode Miller of the U.S. became the most decorated =
Alpine skier=20
in U.S. history when he won the bronze medal in the men's downhill on =
Monday in=20
Vancouver.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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AN AIR ABOUT HIM: Bryon Wilson of the United States twists into =
his=20
second maneuver on his way to a bronze medal in the men's moguls at =
Cypress=20
Mountain outside Vancouver.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles =
Times)
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NOT A BANNER MOMENT: Patrick Deneen of the United States crashes =
into a=20
flag in the men's moguls final at Cypress Mountain outside Vancouver.=20
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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FIRST-EVER: U.S. Olympian Todd Lodwick, center, embraces nordic =
combined=20
silver medalist Johnny Spillane on Sunday as France's gold medalist =
Jason Lamy=20
Chappuis takes in the scene. Spillane won the United States' first-ever =
medal in=20
the event. Lodwick narrowly missed out on the bronze medal.
(Wally =
Skalij /=20
Los Angeles Times)
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SKIING TILL THEY DROP: Competitors in the nordic combined =
collapse at the=20
finish line of the 10-kilometer cross-country race.
(Wally Skalij / =
Los=20
Angeles Times)
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AIRBORNE: Johnny Spillane of the United States takes flight in =
the ski=20
jumping event during the nordic combined competition. Spillane won the =
silver=20
medal.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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FANS: U.S. speed skating fans wave to Apolo Anton Ohno as he =
celebrates=20
winning the silver medal in the men's 1500 speedskating competition. =
Ohno has=20
now won six medals in Winter Olympic competition, tying him with =
long-track=20
speedskater Bonnie Blair for most by an American.
(Robert Gauthier / =
Los=20
Angeles Times)
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CLOSE CALL: Apolo Anton Ohno tangles with Korea's Sung Si-Bak =
midway=20
through the men's 1500 final. Ohno took the silver medal in the men's =
1,500=20
meters and teammate J.R. Celski captured the bronze when two competitors =
crashed=20
on the final turn.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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GOLD MEDAL JUMP: Switzerland's Simon Ammann jumps 108 meters to =
win the=20
gold medal during the ski jumping normal hill competition at the =
Vancouver 2010=20
Olympics in Whistler.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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CELEBRATION: Switzerland's Simon Ammann celebrates his gold medal =
in the=20
individual ski jumping competition. Ammann won the first gold medal of =
the=20
Games.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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BACK ON THE TRACK: Russia's Albert Demtschenko rounds the final =
turn=20
during the men's singles luge competition in Whistler.
(Wally Skalij =
/ Los=20
Angeles Times)
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OPENING CEREMONY: The Olympic flame is ignited in the center of =
BC Place=20
as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics begin.
(Robert Gauthier / Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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ENTRANCE: Team USA enters the opening ceremony in Vancouver, =
Canada.=20
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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AIRBORNE: A snowboarder flies through the Olympic rings at the =
start of=20
the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada.
(Robert =
Gauthier /=20
Los Angeles Times)
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LIGHT AND MOTION: A rollerblading entertainer creates a blur of =
light=20
along with dozens of others during the opening ceremony.
(Robert =
Gauthier /=20
Los Angeles Times)
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AWASH IN COLOR: BC Place Stadium, the first indoor venue to host =
a Winter=20
Olympics opening or closing ceremony, is awash in color on Friday night. =
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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INTO THE LIGHT: Performers enter the stadium during the opening =
ceremony.=20
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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MOURNING: The Georgian delegation participated in Friday's =
opening=20
ceremony wearing black armbands as they mourned their missing teammate, =
Nodar=20
Kumaritashvili, 21, who died in a horrifying crash during a luge =
training run=20
barely eight hours earlier.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles =
Times)
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TRAGEDY: A woman looks at a memorial for Nodar Kumaritashvili. On =
a=20
morning training run, Kumaritashvili, 21, of the Republic of Georgia, =
lost=20
control of his sled at about 80 mph as he came out of the final curve =
and=20
slammed into an unpadded roof support post.
(Wally Skalij / Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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MEMORIAL IN WHISTLER VILLAGE: Just hours before the caldron was =
lighted=20
to mark the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21 =
died=20
during a practice run on the world's fastest luge track.
(Wally =
Skalij / Los=20
Angeles Times)
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A NATIVE DAUGHTER: Canada's own k.d. Lang sings during the =
opening=20
ceremony.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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ILLUMINATED: A 65-foot polar bear appears during the performance =
of=20
"Landscape of a Dream: Hymn to the North."
(Robert Gauthier / Los =
Angeles=20
Times)
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LIGHTS FANTASTIC: A woman and thousands of other spectators hold =
electric=20
candles during the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony at BC Place in =
Vancouver.=20
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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ROOM WITH A VIEW: Judges peer through windows during the Ski =
Jumping=20
Individual Qualification Round at Whistler Olympic Park.
(Wally =
Skalij / Los=20
Angeles Times)
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ALL TOGETHER NOW: It's not a synchronized event, but South Korean =
speedskaters practice at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
(Robert Gauthier =
/ Los=20
Angeles Times)
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Winter Olympics photos