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Athletes from the USA Ice Hockey team play a video game as they relax in the Winter Olympic athletes Living Room

iPod-generation Olympic athletes relax in digital village  new

An electronic graffiti wall, Wii consoles, DJ mash-ups and iPods for massage time - the Vancouver Olympic Village is plugged in to this generation of hip, digital athletes.

Inside Olympics

Manny Osborne-Paradis: 'It's just a race - a huge race, but just a race'

Manny Osborne-Paradis: 'In the downhill, anything can go wrong – fast'

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

'The Manimal' is Canada's big hope in the Winter Olympics – and he's no average alpine purist. Robin Scott-Elliot speaks to the lovable thrill-seeker who's afraid of heights.

Warning of extra demand for Olympic contingency money

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

An extra £160 million could be needed from contingency to run and maintain the Olympic Park from 2011 to 2013, Olympic officials warned today.

'I am airborne - briefly - before I cartwheel and finish in a heap, winded, shocked'

Death or glory: Simon Usborne rides the Cresta Run

Monday, 8 February 2010

Olympians quake in their boots as they hurtle down the Cresta Run. Would Simon Usborne stay the course?

<b>Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke</b><br/>  How rare is it for a couple of Brits to go into a Winter Olympics in pole position? Driver Minichiello and her brakewoman Cooke (front), a fellow ex-athlete and relatively new partner she found on Facebook, rocked the wintry world last year by becoming world champions in the two-woman bob. Whether the ice queens can get the gold in Vancouver may depend on how well Minichiello has recovered from recent eye surgery.

Britain's Winter Olympic hopes and other eye-catching events

Monday, 8 February 2010

The Winter Olympics get underway in Vancouver this Friday.

The 21st Winter Games begin in Vancouver on Friday and Team GB have genuine hopes in Shelly Rudman

Winter Olympics: 'We've put the Eddie The Eagle image behind us'

Sunday, 7 February 2010

The days of heroic losers are over as Britons have realistic hopes of medals

Snowboarder Zoe Gillings is ranked fifth in the world

Britain senses a golden opportunity in Vancouver

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Robin Scott-Elliot: As they prepare for the Winter Olympics, Team GB know they head to Canada with a rare chance to shine.

Not enough snow: it rains in Vancouver

Vancouver gets set for the 2010 Winter Olympics – all it needs now is snow

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Canadian hosts are praying for a cold snap to save skiing and snowboarding events, reports David Usborne

'Now no one watching the Olympics can possibly say ice-dancing isn't a sport,' says Sinead Kerr. 'It certainly isn't for wimps. You take a hell of a lot of bangs'

Siblings on the slippery slope to celebrity status

Sunday, 17 January 2010

The Kerrs may never emulate the feats of Torvill and Dean but at Winter Games they want to make Britain swoon again

Shelley Rudman launches her first run in the skeleton at St Moritz yesterday

Rudman romps home to lift Vancouver hopes

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Great Britain's Shelley Rudman took the skeleton World Cup gold in St Moritz yesterday, while her partner Kristan Bromley took silver in the men's race at the Switzerland track.

Channel 4 will broadcast the Paralympics

Channel 4 secure 2012 Paralympics rights

Friday, 8 January 2010

Channel 4 has been awarded the broadcast rights for the 2012 Paralympic Games.

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