Men's downhill training for Friday cancelled, ladies start postponed

Cook in Good Spirits After Crash

Cook was released from the Whistler Polyclinic early in the afternoon after diagnostic x-rays and a CT scan came back negative, according to U.S. Olympic Team Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jim Moeller. She will have some pain and stiffness, he said, but is expected to make a full recovery.

Days two and three in Whistler Creekside

Blogs by Guenter Hujara and Atle Skaardal. Days two and three.

Walchhofer fastest in first official Olympic training run; Cuche misses gate

Although it looked like Didier Cuche was once again the fastest in training, he missed a gate Thursday and Walchhofer's time, 1 minute, 34.46 seconds, was the top in the first complete training run of the Vancouver Olympic alpine events.

First women's training canceled due to fog

The first women's Olympic downhill training run was canceled due to fog on Thursday, but not before American Stacey Cook, the second racer on course, crashed and was airlifted off the mountain.

Cancellation of men's 1st downhill training, Swiss Didier Cuche fastest after 42 racers

Fog and reduced visibility forced the men's first Olympic downhill training to be cancelled, after 42 of 87 racers were in the finish area.

Busy Thursday at Whistler Creekside

Fronts moving in from the Pacific will bring light snow through the evening with a brief break expected before second front is set to arrive Thursday morning.

Cameras, Pain Greet Vonn Arrival

Vonn will start her Olympics with Thursday's opening of super combined downhill training, but a shin injury she suffered a week ago while training in Austria is still causing the two-time World Champion some pain.

Men's first downhill training on Feb 10 rescheduled to 10:30

WHISTLER, Feb 8 - The Men's first downhill official training, originally set to start 11:45 on Wednesday, February 10, has been rescheduled for 10:30 on the same day.

The Olympics: Here we go....Cuche, Vonn, Raich, Riesch, Svindal et al. - Let Battle commence!

by Neil McQuoid

They come round every four years and they are the zenith of every athlete's career. 2010 sees the Winter Olympics go to Vancouver with the alpine skiing events in Whistler. So who will be the big stars of the next two weeks, who will be the heroe?