Olympic Winter Games NewsOlympic Winter Games news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Will Sochi, Russia, be an Olympic nightmare- August 15, 2008 Sochi celebrates after being awarded the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Remember just a few weeks ago as Olympic fans wondered how the International Olympic Committee could have awarded Beijing the 2008 Games.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/will-sochi-russia-be-an-olympic-nightmare?fro... IOC carries out 1,500 tests so far as one positive case revealed- August 14, 2008 The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday they have carried out some 1,500 doping tests since the opening of the Olympic Village.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/ioc-carries-out-1-500-tests-so-far-as-one-pos... Girl lip-synched another's performance at Olympic opening- August 14, 2008 BEIJING : Pigtailed and smiling, Lin Miaoke, age 9, stood in a red dress and white shoes during the Olympic opening ceremony last Friday and performed "Ode to the Motherland" in what would become one of the ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/girl-lip-synched-anothers-performance-at-olym... Olympics goes all-HD for the first time- August 14, 2008 During the next 17 days, the victories and defeats of athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games will play a big role in determining how the event will be remembered.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/olympics-goes-all-hd-for-the-first-time?fromr... Black Sea watershed- August 13, 2008 In weeks and years past, each of us has argued on this page that Moscow was pursuing a policy of regime change toward Georgia and its pro-Western, democratically elected president, Mikhail Saakashvili.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/black-sea-watershed?fromrss=1 China rises as medal race contender- August 13, 2008 With the Summer Olympic Games taking place on its home soil, China has entered the formerly two-nation medal derby that the U.S. and Russia have waged for years.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/china-rises-as-medal-race-contender?fromrss=1 China's Fake Face- August 13, 2008 A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said - the latest ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/chinas-fake-face?fromrss=1 Pin collector has star appeal- August 12, 2008 It seems you do not have to run faster, jump higher or even be stronger to be an Olympic star these days.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/pin-collector-has-star-appeal?fromrss=1 2014 Winter Games officials questioned on fighting- August 12, 2008 BEIJING : The vodka was on ice to celebrate the next two hosts of the Winter Olympics - Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi, Russia, after that.http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/2014-winter-games-officials-questioned-on-fig... US going into medals battle...- August 11, 2008 China's Lin Dan plays a shot during badminton training yesterday. The United States will be the underdog in the battle for Olympic medals in Beijing because the Chinese have become much stronger since the ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/winter/2008/08/us-going-into-medals-battle?fromrss=1 |