Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/sports/olympics sports Olympics News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:59:06 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/sports/olympics http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_cypress_snow_woes ap/20100210/oly_cypress_snow_woes AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:53:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_cypress_snow_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.35bde6175ca948568fedfc49d45f1dc2.aptopix_olympics_vancouver__olyoa104.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=6ddN3krMoGZhNleoz1WHSw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Trucks carrying snow to waits to enter the Cypress Mountain snowboard and freestyle ski venue at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen)" border="0" /></a>AP - A clattering helicopter and a rumbling truck dumped snow on Cypress Mountain, the warm weather-plagued venue where the first Winter Olympic event is just four days away.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_cypress_snow_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.35bde6175ca948568fedfc49d45f1dc2.aptopix_olympics_vancouver__olyoa104.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=6ddN3krMoGZhNleoz1WHSw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Trucks carrying snow to waits to enter the Cypress Mountain snowboard and freestyle ski venue at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ski_vonn_s_parents ap/20100209/oly_ski_vonn_s_parents AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:13:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ski_vonn_s_parents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.603c3eda35f6490db2bef59b66f28f13.vonns_parents_olympics_skiing_ny152.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=sDu.SU3Iws2YyKxFqBTlWg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2010, file photo, Lindsey Vonn of the United States, takes a curve on her way to winining an Women's World Cup super-G ski race, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a great career that began years ago when her father first helped introduce her to skiing. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a career that began years ago when her father introduced her to skiing. He saw enough talent in his daughter to move the whole family to Colorado.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ski_vonn_s_parents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.603c3eda35f6490db2bef59b66f28f13.vonns_parents_olympics_skiing_ny152.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=sDu.SU3Iws2YyKxFqBTlWg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2010, file photo, Lindsey Vonn of the United States, takes a curve on her way to winining an Women's World Cup super-G ski race, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a great career that began years ago when her father first helped introduce her to skiing. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_doping ap/20100209/oly_doping AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:12:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_doping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.ffb015df32e2470e8fe2f103490c37e7.vancouver_olympics_doping_lab_olyjh106.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Jf.M3arz5zQ565kByeDOEw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Patrick Avon, left, and Mary-Ann Mercier work at the doping control laboratory for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vancouver's state-of-the-art doping lab already has tested more than 200 blood and urine samples from Olympic athletes, and there have been no positives.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_doping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.ffb015df32e2470e8fe2f103490c37e7.vancouver_olympics_doping_lab_olyjh106.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Jf.M3arz5zQ565kByeDOEw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Patrick Avon, left, and Mary-Ann Mercier work at the doping control laboratory for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ski_injecting_courses ap/20100210/oly_ski_injecting_courses AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:04 GMT AP - Skiing's governing body has injected the men's Alpine course at Whistler with water to harden the surface as the Winter Games near. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_vanoc_expectations ap/20100210/oly_vanoc_expectations AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:21:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_vanoc_expectations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.e09a915dc92d4588b9e27926b06e7a78.vancouver_olympics_johv120.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=uP3i7wvIk2FcwQvBV7A9Pw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer, right, who is acting chief operating officer for the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit, and John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver organizing committee, arrive for a news conference in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Mercer and Furlong had just finished a flight over the city and the Sea to Sky highway to look at security measures that are in place for the Winter Olympics, which start Feb. 12. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like most of the entire country, Vancouver organizers are waiting for the moment when Canada finally wins its first Olympic gold medal on home soil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_vanoc_expectations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.e09a915dc92d4588b9e27926b06e7a78.vancouver_olympics_johv120.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=uP3i7wvIk2FcwQvBV7A9Pw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer, right, who is acting chief operating officer for the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit, and John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver organizing committee, arrive for a news conference in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Mercer and Furlong had just finished a flight over the city and the Sea to Sky highway to look at security measures that are in place for the Winter Olympics, which start Feb. 12. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_village ap/20100210/oly_ioc_village AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_village"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.oly10202092128.vancouver_olympics_oly102.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=jYIaqBYRmLx71qrdp9czYg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge looks around a room at the Olympic Village at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - IOC president Jacques Rogge offered rave reviews of the athletes' village Tuesday after looking at the place he'll call home for part of the Vancouver Olympics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_village"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.oly10202092128.vancouver_olympics_oly102.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=jYIaqBYRmLx71qrdp9czYg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge looks around a room at the Olympic Village at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_bob_australia_appeal ap/20100209/oly_bob_australia_appeal AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:45:16 GMT AP - Australia's two-woman bobsled team may compete at the Vancouver Olympics after winning its appeal Tuesday before the top sports court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_hkw_ruggiero_s_fourth ap/20100209/oly_hkw_ruggiero_s_fourth AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:04:57 GMT AP - Angela Ruggiero is fond of saying hockey is just her first career, and the defenseman always thought she would be on to her next big thing after Vancouver. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_spd_svencouver ap/20100209/oly_spd_svencouver AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:17:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_spd_svencouver"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.3b065554f8824699a3041e73f746bce9.vancouver_olympics_olymd102.jpg?x=130&y=54&q=85&sig=BK4bQTyRfJVQKOjnMZoulA--" align="left" height="54" width="130" alt="Speed skater Sven Kramer from the Netherlands skates past Olympic Rings during a training session ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games begin Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" border="0" /></a>AP - What Sven Kramer wants, Sven Kramer gets. What the Dutch speedskater wants is an Olympic gold medal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_spd_svencouver"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.3b065554f8824699a3041e73f746bce9.vancouver_olympics_olymd102.jpg?x=130&y=54&q=85&sig=BK4bQTyRfJVQKOjnMZoulA--" align="left" height="54" width="130" alt="photo" title="Speed skater Sven Kramer from the Netherlands skates past Olympic Rings during a training session ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games begin Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_sho_resolute_reutter ap/20100209/oly_sho_resolute_reutter AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:14:04 GMT AP - Katherine Reutter remembers figure skating lessons as a little girl, thinking how much more fun it would be to just cut loose and zip around the rink as fast as she could. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/sp_nm/us_olympics nm/20100210/us_olympics Reuters sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:59:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/sp_nm/us_olympics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2304621415.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=YjD1gnocbrm7rJ2Uqp8OSQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Canada's Cindy Klassen (L) trains with her team mates at the Richmond Olympic Oval in preparation for the speed skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Three days away from the opening Ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, organizers were wrestling on Tuesday with three niggling headaches they hope will disappear once the Games are under way.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/sp_nm/us_olympics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2304621415.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=YjD1gnocbrm7rJ2Uqp8OSQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Canada's Cindy Klassen (L) trains with her team mates at the Richmond Olympic Oval in preparation for the speed skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_russia_doping ap/20100210/oly_ioc_russia_doping AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:55:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_russia_doping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.58a30fd4a42d4c338f9acaa04ea189d0.vancouver_olympics_doping_lab_olyjh103.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9SWvAccgwiH5HbofniHYRw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Lab technicians Jean-Francois Naud, right, and Alexxa Albrecht work at the doping control laboratory for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia has been sent a clear message that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, and its government is taking action to deal with it, the leader of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_russia_doping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.58a30fd4a42d4c338f9acaa04ea189d0.vancouver_olympics_doping_lab_olyjh103.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9SWvAccgwiH5HbofniHYRw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lab technicians Jean-Francois Naud, right, and Alexxa Albrecht work at the doping control laboratory for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/sp_nm/us_olympics_doping_nhl nm/20100210/us_olympics_doping_nhl Reuters sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:54:31 GMT Reuters - Players from the NHL, whose testing procedures have been berated by doping agencies in the past, will be subject to the same drugs controls as every other athlete, the Vancouver Games doping lab chief said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/sp_afp/oly2010sskateshortohno afp/20100210/oly2010sskateshortohno AFP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:54:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/sp_afp/oly2010sskateshortohno"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265770425201-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=P0gjQOKJsnMOjV09ItKtoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Apolo Anton Ohno said he will count on his experience and a "hometown advantage" to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater in what could be his third and last Games.(AFP/Getty Images/Cameron Spencer)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Apolo Anton Ohno said he will count on his experience and a "hometown advantage" to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater in what could be his third and last Games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/sp_afp/oly2010sskateshortohno"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265770425201-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=P0gjQOKJsnMOjV09ItKtoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Apolo Anton Ohno said he will count on his experience and a "hometown advantage" to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater in what could be his third and last Games.(AFP/Getty Images/Cameron Spencer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/oly2010doping afp/20100210/oly2010doping AFP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/oly2010doping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769885398-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=L2dMqr3roZJk3NhcqUaizw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Chairman of IOC's Medical Commission Arne Ljungqvist is seen during the IOC Anti-Doping Press Conference ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on February 9, in Vancouver, Canada. Ljungqvist warned would-be dope cheats that they will be uncovered, even if it takes nearly eight years of advances in dope testing to reveal their shame.(AFP/Getty Images/Cameron Spencer)" border="0" /></a>AFP - International Olympic Committee officials warned would-be dope cheats that they will be uncovered, even if it takes nearly eight years of advances in dope testing to reveal their shame.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/oly2010doping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769885398-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=L2dMqr3roZJk3NhcqUaizw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Chairman of IOC's Medical Commission Arne Ljungqvist is seen during the IOC Anti-Doping Press Conference ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on February 9, in Vancouver, Canada. Ljungqvist warned would-be dope cheats that they will be uncovered, even if it takes nearly eight years of advances in dope testing to reveal their shame.(AFP/Getty Images/Cameron Spencer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_hkn_ducks_getzlaf_injured ap/20100210/oly_hkn_ducks_getzlaf_injured AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:30 GMT AP - Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf says he is optimistic he'll return from his sprained left ankle in time to play for Canada in the Olympics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010forbesrich afp/20100209/oly2010forbesrich AFP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010forbesrich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265758014586-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=P7AxaHoLjBxy4n.slXch7w--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="South Korean pin-up Kim Yu-Na, pictured in 2009, and American Shaun White are the top earning athletes at the Winter Olympics, each pocketing eight million dollars last year, according to Forbes magazine.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korean pin-up Kim Yu-Na and American Shaun White are the top earning athletes at the Winter Olympics, each pocketing eight million dollars last year, according to Forbes magazine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010forbesrich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265758014586-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=P7AxaHoLjBxy4n.slXch7w--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="South Korean pin-up Kim Yu-Na, pictured in 2009, and American Shaun White are the top earning athletes at the Winter Olympics, each pocketing eight million dollars last year, according to Forbes magazine.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010ihockeynhlrangerssvkgaborik afp/20100209/oly2010ihockeynhlrangerssvkgaborik AFP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:14:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010ihockeynhlrangerssvkgaborik"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265757221731-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=I54xS62H2EG5RVf18Saumg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Marian Gaborik of the New York Rangers shoots the puck against the Tampa Bay Lightning in January 2010. Gaborik, slated to play for Slovakia at the Vancouver Olympics, limped off the ice at New York Rangers practice Tuesday after he was cut on the right knee by the skate of a teammate.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jim McIsaac)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Marian Gaborik, slated to play for Slovakia at the Vancouver Olympics, limped off the ice at New York Rangers practice Tuesday after he was cut on the right knee by the skate of a teammate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010ihockeynhlrangerssvkgaborik"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265757221731-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=I54xS62H2EG5RVf18Saumg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Marian Gaborik of the New York Rangers shoots the puck against the Tampa Bay Lightning in January 2010. Gaborik, slated to play for Slovakia at the Vancouver Olympics, limped off the ice at New York Rangers practice Tuesday after he was cut on the right knee by the skate of a teammate.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jim McIsaac)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010ihockeynhlcanducksgetzlaf afp/20100209/oly2010ihockeynhlcanducksgetzlaf AFP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:09:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010ihockeynhlcanducksgetzlaf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265756942780-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=FumQmC5L5bfu_3mIPEY_dA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="NHL referee Kelly Sutherland signals no goal as goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings looks on from his net and Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks writhes in pain on the ice after injuring his ankle at the Honda Center on February 8, in Anaheim, California. Getzlaf, the Ducks center due to play for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, was nursing a sprained left ankle on Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Victor Decolongon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ryan Getzlaf, the Ducks center due to play for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, was nursing a sprained left ankle on Tuesday after he was hurt in an NHL contest the night before.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_afp/oly2010ihockeynhlcanducksgetzlaf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265756942780-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=FumQmC5L5bfu_3mIPEY_dA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="NHL referee Kelly Sutherland signals no goal as goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings looks on from his net and Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks writhes in pain on the ice after injuring his ankle at the Honda Center on February 8, in Anaheim, California. Getzlaf, the Ducks center due to play for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, was nursing a sprained left ankle on Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Victor Decolongon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_wl_afp/oly2010sskateshortaus afp/20100209/oly2010sskateshortaus AFP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:40:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_wl_afp/oly2010sskateshortaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265751570698-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=RtJ6M0LiEYPJTUmDYqi7tw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Russia short-track skater Tatiana Borodulina, seen here in 2005, said Tuesday she had been offered cash and an apartment to remain a Russian athlete but had turned them down to compete for Australia.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Talented speed skater Tatiana Borodulina said Tuesday she had been offered cash and an apartment to remain a Russian athlete but had turned them down to compete for Australia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/olympics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sp_wl_afp/oly2010sskateshortaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265751570698-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=RtJ6M0LiEYPJTUmDYqi7tw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Russia short-track skater Tatiana Borodulina, seen here in 2005, said Tuesday she had been offered cash and an apartment to remain a Russian athlete but had turned them down to compete for Australia.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)