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		<title><![CDATA[Why Athens has lived to regret hosting the Olympic Games]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The return of the modern Olympics to their 1896 birthplace left Athens with a vastly expanded subway system; a new airport, highways, bridges, buses and light-rail system; newly pedestrian-friendly streets; and, for millions, a lingering sense of pride. and moreÂ Â»]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nicole Sifuentes seizes selection to Olympic 1500m]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicole Sifuentes seizes selection to Olympic 1500m Canada.com (blog) As the Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials arrive next week in Calgary, the sense of desperation rises to the near panic level for those athletes still seeking ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Olympic Village is the heart of the Games]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympic Village is the Heart of the Games Canada.com (blog) Diane Clement has participated in 8 Olympic Games starting in 1956 as an athlete and continued since as a coach, team manager and most recently as ... and more »]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IOC can't spare a minute for murdered Israeli athletes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DiManno: IOC can&#39;t spare a minute for murdered Israeli athletes Toronto Star The International Olympic Committee has recognized Palestine as a state since 1995. Five Palestinian athletes will compete at the London Games, marching in ... and more »]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One race to get it right Olympic rowers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big-time rowers typically compete only twice internationally per season. That made last week's World Cup meet in Switzerland the only chance see how they stack up before the London Games.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Track athletes desperately seeking Olympic standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada.com (blog) DESPERATELY SEEKING OLYMPIC STANDARD, WILL TRAVEL! Canada.com (blog) This spring, Canadian track and field athletes are traveling the world, desperately seeking the Olympic standards created by the Canadian Olympic Committee.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peaking at the right time a challenge for Olympic athletes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peaking at the right time a challenge for Olympic athletes Canada.com (blog) Competitors take part in the men&#39;s 1500m at the Olympic Stadium in London May 7, 2012. (Eddie Keogh/Reuters) The challenge for every athlete is to deliver his or her peak performance at the right time.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: Giving up my 'baby,' the 200 IM]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's hard saying goodbye to one of her former favourite events, but Canadian swimmer Julia Wilkinson has decided to ditch the 200-metre individual medley as she prepares for the London Olympics. Here she explains why.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[99 days to the London Summer Olympics; everyone take a deep breath!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog: 99 days to the London Summer Olympics ; everyone take a deep breath! Toronto Star By Jim Byers Travel Editor Yesterday I was talking about how recent reports that the London Olympics could cost $38 billion scared the heck out of me. It&#39;s a crazy amount, for sure.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Relishing the trip to London Olympics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, I spend countless hours training, but I am only in peak race preparation maybe twice every season. That is why, writes Julia Wilkinson, it was so sweet to finally break the one-minute barrier in the 100-metre backstroke and qualify for the 2012 Olympics.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starkman: Swimmer Sinead Russell races from father's long shadow to London]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toronto Star Starkman: Swimmer Sinead Russell races from father&#39;s long shadow to London ... Toronto Star By Randy Starkman Olympic Sports Reporter MONTREAL—Questions about her swim coach father&#39;s shady past were inevitable once Sinead Russell punched her ticket to the 2012 London Olympics . Cecil Russell has twice been banned from coaching for life for ... and more »]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What can we learn from Nik Zoricic's death?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow skier Kelly Vanderbeek remembers her friend, Nik Zorcic after his tragic death on March 10.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Olympics: Two years and $6 billion later]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympics : Two years and $6 billion later Canada.com (blog) You may consider me biased because Bob&#39;s a friend, but I&#39;m in awe of the work he did on the Olympics beat for the past decade. Bob has just released a 225-page e-book called Red Mittens & Red Ink, an exhaustive examination into the showcase event that ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The best day of my life - Erin Mielzynski]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Clara Hughes - An athlete's life]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VanderBeek: First look at the Sochi downhill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's Russia like? How are preparations going for the 2014 Olympics?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hollingsworth: Right on track for Sochi]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right on track for Sochihellip After a disappointing 5th place at the 2010 Olympics in Whistler a new 4year plan was put in place. Duff Gibson the Head coach of the Canadian Skeleton team since the spring of 2010 sat me down]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vanderbeek: Canadian skiers have aura of confidence]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With new courses comes new excitement. Both Andorra and Sochi hosted World Cup events for the first time this week.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kwong: Canadians could dominate Four Continents figure skating event]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1999 skaters from non-European nations have been vying for titles at the ISU Four Continents figure skating championships. In this year's edition, CBCSports.ca expert Pj Kwong is picking Canadians to win three of the four disciplines.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hollingsworth: day off rejuvenates skeleton star]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in Konigssee Germany has flown by! After an extremely emotional week in Altenberg Germany I took a timeout and spent a day in Igls Austria with my boyfriend Paul who was racing on the Europa cup circuit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth: Winterberg living up to its name]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winterberg Don39t let the door hit you on your way out... 1hr ago you were the world cup leader wearing the yellow bib now you finished 13th amp failed to qualify for the top 10 finale run tomorrow... Yesterday39s golden child... T]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brittany Schussler: Speedskating is really, really, hard]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth Blog: Victory in France!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[La Plagne France! Race highlights httpwww.youtube.comuserbobskeletv This stop on tour was a last minute replacement when the 2006 Olympic track in Cesana Italy was cancelled.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth: bronze medal great start to season]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a lot of reflection this week as this was the 3rd track I ever slid on in my career and won a bronze medal here in]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Speedo fires first salvo in Olympic swimsuit war]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speedo fires first salvo in Olympic swimsuit war Toronto Star To listen to the hype, the new Speedo Fastskin3 Racing System can do everything but give you a haircut. The new swim cap that comes as part of the “system” (suit and goggles are also included) has an “exclusive ... and more »]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: Life after swimming]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as she works hard to toughen her body and mind for the London Olympics, Canadian swimmer Julia Wilkinson writes that it's never too early to think about her post-athletic future.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VanderBeek: On the comeback trail in Chile]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves a good comeback story, but much more goes into one than just the made-for-TV triumph at the end. As she hits the slopes again in preparation for her return to competition after knee surgery, Kelly VanderBeek has learned that true comebacks are made up of a million small victories.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Into the peace of the done]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember clearly the first real speed skating race I ever won. It was at the North American age class championships in Lake Placid, New York circa 1991. It was a long track 800m mass-start race and I won it, surprisingly, beating a group of girls who, until that point, beat me handily nearly every time we stepped onto the ice to race.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Kristina Groves]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Connaughton: Hoping for better days in 4x100 relay]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sprinter Jared Connaughton looks back on the disappointing showing by the Canadian 4x100m relay team at the world championships, and looks forward to what he hopes are more successful times to come.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: A journalistic slap in the face]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julia Wilkinson took offence to a recent story on CBCSports.ca that criticized Canada's track and field athletes. Here's the swimmer's response.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Felicien: Choose my own adventure]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 100m hurdles event doesn't work like those Choose Your Own Adventure books Perdita Felicien used to read as a youngster. But even though she's facing the best in the world, the Canadian champion is determined to write the ending she wants.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Felicien: Friends turn foes at worlds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pressure on an athlete can be heavy at a world championship meet. But, as Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien writes, you can't forget to laugh at those odd moments like bumping into a rival in the bathroom right before a big race.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Olympic Life: Freedom fighter - Toronto Star]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympic Life: Freedom fighter Toronto Star Three-time women&#39;s boxing champion Mary Spencer has her eyes on Olympic gold -- and she&#39;s sharing that journey with a group of kids she&#39;s mentoring from the Cape Croker Indian Reserve.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Felicien: Bad hammy won't stop me at worlds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after winning her 10th Canadian title in the 100-metre hurdles, Perdita came down with a hamstring injury. But fierce competitors don&apos;t quit when things get tough, she writes, and she&apos;ll be ready to perform at the world championships.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: Olympic year begins now]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympic year starts now for Canadian swimmer Julia Wilkinson, who took all of 10 days off before jumping back in the pool to resume training. Find out how Julia spent her vacation, and what she&apos;s doing to prepare for London 2012.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Connaughton: Home away from home]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian sprinter Jared Connaughton loves travelling and competing at big competitions like the upcoming world championships in South Korea, but being away from loved ones is tough. The key, he writes, is realizing that &quot;home&quot; can be wherever you make it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: Good times, bad times at swimming worlds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julia Wilkinson has had her share of ups and downs, just like most athletes. But the agony of defeat was a little more, well, agonizing at the world swimming championships after the Canadian struggled to reach her own lofty expectations.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Calling Steve Nash, Canada needs you!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian hoops star Steve Nash recently told the Arizona Republic he'd “love to play overseas” if NBA players are locked out this fall. Sadly, that doesn't include playing for Team Canada.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: Bieber and nail polish get me ready to swim]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilkinson: Sniffles won't stop this Canuck]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[She may have caught a nasty cold recently, but Canada's Julia Wilkinson would much rather be sick now and get it out of her system so she can be healthy for the swimming porition of the world aquatics championships on July 24.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frighteningly fast women at swimming worlds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've done miles of training, fixed my mistakes, and perfected the details of my races. Now all I have to do is get used to this time zone and the heat and I'll be ready to rock!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hey International Olympic Committee-your words are not enough!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are in 2011 and women are not equal in the world of Olympic sport...not even close, and all 110 members of the International Olympic Committee (only 17% of whom are women) must be held accountable. Action, not words, must be demanded by athletes and coaches of the world, fans of Olympic sport, and corporate sponsors who lend their name to the Olympic movement.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Olympic swimmer Mike Brown gears up for world championships]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, July 9, marks the start of a four-week road trip that will take me through Singapore, Shanghai and London, before returning to Calgary in August. Swimming Canada has chosen Singapore as the location in which to bring our national team together for an 11-day staging camp before we head to Shanghai to take on the world at the 2011 World Aquatic Championships.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kelly: Swaggering women's soccer side embraces big stage - Toronto Star]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly: Swaggering women&#39;s soccer side embraces big stage Toronto Star The Olympics won&#39;t hit shelves again for 12 months. But there is a sale on soccer at the 2011 Women&#39;s World Cup.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Men's soccer program shameful]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada was eliminated from the 2011 Gold Cup tournament with the kind of effort that can only be described as dreadful and uninspiring.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paula Findlay joins Edmonton's female athletic elite]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a partial roster: Becky Scott won gold in cross country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Melissa Hollingsworth: another Day In The Office]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was able to talk Kent our physio in Calgary to let me leave the city for a week. Its been great to see other areas of the world that are not in my living room.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beckie Scott on Canada's breakthrough worlds]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beckie Scott celebrates with cross-country team in Oslo]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne-Paradis: Another great day NOT in the hospital]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another great day today. Kent our physio was able to clean up the stitches and under all that blood is just a few little cuts.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Vanoc could have done more in dealing with CBC's luge emails]]></title>
		<link>/rss/index.php?aid=53189</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Vanoc could have done more in dealing with CBC&#39;s luge emails Vancouver Sun (blog) I am not sure what will be the fallout from the airing of Death at the Olympics , the CBC&#39;s ... and more »]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne Paradis: back in hospital]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys, So I ran into a little unfortunate situation, well hobbled would be a better word. I am now back in the hospital with a bit a bleeding from my hamstring into my calf.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne Paradis surgery update]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here Is my leg after physio So I was finally able to get my sore butt to physio today. It seems each day is getting harder and harder.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vancouver's shame]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VANOC's story still feels all wrong]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VANOC leaks docs to blunt criticism]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne-Paradis surgery update]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So day three after surgery. Everything went very well, they didn't find any bone bruising or cartilage damage.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Many Faces of Jenn Heil]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Globe and Mail The Many Faces of Jenn Heil Edmonton Journal (blogs) (blog) But then, Heil has made a career of being at her best &#39;on the day,&#39; as is crucial in Olympic sport. In three trips to the Winter Olympics , for example, ... As career winds down, Jennifer Heil claims one missing prize Canada.com all 166 news articles »]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Injured Manny blogs from Geneva airport]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here in Geneva waiting for my plane, It slowly starts to sink in. I am not going to ski for the next 8 plus months of my life. This has never happened to me. I think this will be longest break of my life from skis.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne Paradis season crashes to halt]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report from the Manny Camp says this one should be a quick recovery! Manny fractured his left fibula in today's DH in Chamonix race.. Only 0.04 off the leader when it happen!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamwork makes a difference: Hollingsworth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you have never heard of a place called Winterberg Germany I like to refer to it as a black hole on this Earth. It is guaranteed that you will spend the majority of your time there very wet from the rain and]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Hahnenkamm!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kitzbühel, one of the gnarliest races in the world, the biggest race in Alpine Ski Racing. I have never had the greatest success here, but this year I want to push my limits and see where it can take me. First training is done and the light was ridiculously flat, I had a terrible run, almost embarassing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vanderbeek not done yet]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is it! All that talk about 2010 for so many years, and now it's all history. In many ways it's a bizarre feeling looking back at 2010 but I prefer to look forward, and I'm excited to see what 2011 has in store for us all.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walling: Canada should be proud of silver at World Juniors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please read the full story on TSN.ca for the latest details]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Junior hockey worlds should drop to eight teams]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn't it great that the International Ice Hockey Federation insists on having 10 teams participate in the world junior championship every year?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big year ahead for women's soccer team]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although 2010 was a banner year for the Canadian women's national team program, 2011 could be even better.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Manny Osborne-Paradis checks in from Munich]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, What a crazy couple of days! Right after the race in Val Gardena it's up to Innsbruck for a flight to Krakow . It was my first time in poland and what an experience, it was beautiful.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On those final Olympic reports pumped out today]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was to be the day that Canadians finally get an accounting of just how the Vancouver ... Vancouver Olympics created 45000 jobs, $2B in business: Reports Nanaimo Daily News Wake up Call ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hollingsworth: Timing is everything]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relaxing with some teammates recently, we were reminiscing about how we got into the sport of skeleton and wondering how different our lives would be if we'd made some different choices.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Andrew Wiggins: Canada's great basketball hope]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are 15 years old and you can google yourself and see words like &quot;The Great Canadian Hope&quot; and &quot;Hoops prodigy&quot; next to your name.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mellisa Hollingsworth: &quot;Podium in Whistler&quot;]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nostalgic ndash sentimental recollectionhellip Thatrsquos exactly what I felt the 1st day I arrived at the Whistler Sliding Centre 9 months after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. I walked up the track examining the profiles of th]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne-Paradis: here comes Lake Louise!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We caught up with Manuel Osborne-Paradis this afternoon at his second training run on the Olympic downhill course at Lake Louise for the Bombardier Winterstart . What did Manuel have do say? It's cold, season is shaping up well and we're ready to get going!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Manuel Osborne-Paradis took to the streets of Toronto for the official ACA (Alpine Canada Alpine) CAST (Canadian Alpine Ski Team) Ski Team announcement. Manny took interviews with everybody from the Fan 590 to Ski Television 's Chris Robinson (Photo Below).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Olympics radiology imaging legacy controversy: the plot thickens]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olympics radiology imaging legacy controversy: the plot thickens Vancouver Sun (blog) My story about 2010 Olympic Games medical equipment legacies revealed one of the truths about ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Athletes' village fiasco: The city is to blame]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Athletes&#39; village fiasco: The city is to blame Vancouver Sun (blog) The problems started from the moment the city agreed to build the athletes&#39; village for the 2010 Olympics -- a commitment it made to the 2010 Bid ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 Vancouver Olympics — Looking back at Canada&#39;s Golden Games Regina Leader-Post (blog) I recently purchased the 2010 Olympic DVDs and can&#39;t wait until I have time to check them out. I did find some good video online from the Games, ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Anna Rice: Life after badminton]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I won't lie, when I woke up two days ago on the morning of what could be my last match I felt the emotions creeping in.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Near-miss for diver Eric Sehn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian diver Eric Sehn writes about his near-miss in Delhi on Monday when he finished fourth in the men's three-metre final.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comparing the Commonwealth Games and Olympics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian badminton player Anna Rice writes about the differences between the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: It's race day in women's hurdles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excitement and nerves mix as I get ready for the start of the women's 100-metre hurdles competition at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In my sport, anything can happen.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Eric Sehn readies for diving start]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After arriving here in Doha, Qatar on the 29th of September, we're winding down our training camp where we could take a week to train and get more accustomed to the time zone in India. This week has been a really good week for training and preparation for our competition.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games - Alana Miller plays last squash game for Canada]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I had the honour of watching Canada's best female squash player wear the red and white for the very last time. Alana Miller of Winnipeg bowed out of the women's singles squash event after a tough defeat to England's top player.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Changing times, changing sports]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[India is a sensory overload that hits you as soon as you arrive. There is the clash of traffic and the spicy foods, the brightly-coloured saris and the beguiling music.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Canada's amateur boxing struggles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With boxing at the Commonwealth Games beginning on Tuesday, it's a good time to do a little crystal ball gazing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: I'm definitely in Delhi]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DELHI, INDIA - I jumped into the back of a rickshaw. The driver, named Raj, turned back towards me with a smile &quot;Welcome to Delhi, this is great city.&quot;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Monkeying around]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my way to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, I'm excited to meet up with my Canadian track and field teammates. And I'm really excited to see these &quot;guardian monkeys&quot; that have been in the news lately.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: (Mis)adventures in Berlin]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The power of attraction is something I strongly believe in. If you focus on something enough, it will come to you - whether it's positive or negative. Unfortunately, my recent trip to the Berlin Marathon was full of negatives.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: India's religious controversies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus and Muslims have been fighting in India for hundreds of years. And the Indian city of Ayodhya, northeast of the Commonwealth Games host city of Delhi, has come to embody this ongoing conflict.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games: Confessions of a chiroptophobic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a girl who likes to get manicures, doesn't like to get dirty, and is extremely chiroptophobic (I'm afraid of bats), I feel like Delhi may be one of my biggest challenges yet.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bring on the pain]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every girl in the Commonwealth Games pool will probably be dealing with some kind of physical ailment. Time to find out who can handle it the best.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Just dive and bear it]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Injuries to athletes are like the plague. No one wants to hear the news that they can't compete because of some injury.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why John Furlong threatened to stab Rene Fasel during the Olympics . . . - Vancouver Sun (blog)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The things you learn from John Furlong once the I listened to Vanoc's president and CEO speak last night at a Terasen/FortisBC-sponsored reception at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler and concluded that none of that legendary passion he displayed and shared with us in the build-up to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games has been muted one little bit.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The show must go on]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though there has been so much discouraging news about the state of the impending Commonwealth Games there remains one fact. Too many athletes have worked too hard for far too long for these games.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Athletes caught in the middle again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again in the arena of international sport, the athletes are the men and women caught in the middle. It's becoming a familiar theme.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Delhi backers must go]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you indeed reap what you sow, then every delegate who voted for New Delhi, India to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games should now stand up and take a bow. And then resign.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why athletes date athletes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm engaged. It happened a few weeks ago while I was in Russia visiting my fiancee. She's also an elite athlete - she won a silver medal in diving at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Waiting for India]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn't sure how much more &quot;wait&quot; I had in me at the Indian High Commission in Nairobi. Getting a journalist visa to cover the Commonwealth Games was proving harder than I imagined.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are the Delhi Games safe?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security is always a concern at any major event, but going to India to compete for Canada is an amazing opportunity. I don't want to miss out on that.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy gears up for Commonwealth Games]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a kid, I imagined competing in big events so many times that now, when I'm actually there, it doesn't feel as strange as it should. I just feel a rush of adrenaline and a drive to succeed.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Skeleton racer Hollingsworth raring to go]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The season isnrsquot too far away from us now and that was a big reality as we just finished up our annual team retreat in Revelstoke BC. Lots of fun was to be had where we had ample time to compete in other areas besides Skeleton and it wa]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eric Sehn's diving career began with a mistake]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm 25 years old and have been diving for 16 years. I just finished a successful collegiate career, and I'm about to represent Canada at the Commonwealth Games.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pan Pacs highlight highlight busy summer for swimmer Julia Wilkinson]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's only been a week since the final day of the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Calif., but it's been a busy one.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why the fuss over Hamilton's Pan Am Games stadium?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is the building of a track and field facility for the 2015 Pan American Games in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario causing so much consternation?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Major changes needed for men's soccer team to qualify for future World Cups]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Canada is going to qualify for another World Cup , it's going to need to do something radical like the Own the Podium program from the Olympics. But it won't be easy.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<name><![CDATA[Scammell, Ron]]></name>
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		<title><![CDATA[Change coming to Canadian Soccer Association]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Soccer Association held its annual general meeting this weekend in Winnipeg, and top of the agenda was a proposal to change the governance structure of the CSA.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Francis's legacy: He was proved right]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former coach of disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson opened our eyes to the truth in top-class athletics]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Charlie Francis takes secrets with him]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The note was typically brief. It said, &quot;Fine. Enjoyed the Olympics.&quot; Charlie Francis sent me that email in early March after I had inquired about his health.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Luge whitewash is shameful]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The %u201Cofficial%u2019%u2019 report into the death of Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili should come with a brush and a roller. The whitewash into the young slider%u2019s death at the Whistler Sliding Centre began almost immediately that grim day in February.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[B2ten program expands to 2016 Olympics and $20 million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The athlete support group B2ten is morphing into B2sixteen. What that means is they're committing through the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, planning to raise $20 million from Canadian businessmen and companies, and expanding their mandate to also help summer athletes, develop coaches and support staff.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russell: Sport and the global journey]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queen's Baton passed through Canada this week on its way to the 19th Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BLOG: Arctic Winter Games: Mush On!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canine expletives were tossed around like an old tennis ball at the Arctic Winter Games' dog mushing competition in Grande Prairie, Alta., on Tuesday.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Angel in disguise lands me a ticket to the gold medal hockey game]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Whitman, the irascible American who founded and runs the famous bookstore Shakespeare and Company in Paris, these days with the help of his charming daughter Sylvia, has long lived by the motto painted on the wall above a doorway in the ramshackle building he has occupied since the early 1950s. It's hard to miss: &quot;Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise.&quot; And now, after my own brush with an angel on the day of the Olympic gold medal showdown between Canada and the U.S., I've given a new twist to the old saying ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Has the Richmond Oval seen its last long track speed skating race?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is not only the last day of skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, it might well be the very last day of skating at the Richmond Olympic Oval. EVER!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breakdowns when we least expected them]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The simple fact of the matter is that Canada's players hit the panic button against Slovakia on Friday night. It was all due to breakdowns by players who were brought in specifically to do a defensive job.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chandra Crawford - Enjoying the last days of the Olympics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Enjoying an nice mellow sesh with my friend Sarah Daitch at the Lulu pad.) Yoga is on the podium for best medicine. It was edged out by laughter and, well... medicine.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A tribute to sports of the crazy/brave]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honour of the crazy/brave individuals who compete in some of the most exciting and dangerous sports at the Games, here is a selection of Olympic sports that I love watching ... from a safe distance.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Clara Hughes: The inner child]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not sure how many Olympics ago I first spoke to Clara Hughes. Or whether it was at a Summer or a Winter Games.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[See? We're actually winning the Games!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An extensive and exhaustive statistical analysis has deduced some surprising results as to who is really leading the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brunt: No freebies here]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had everything gone according to script, the host nation would right now be beginning its charge to the finish, counting medals and medal possibilities in anticipation of finishing at or near the top of the tables when all is said and done.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<author>
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		<title><![CDATA[Montgomery provides best moment of the Games so far]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hats off to athletes who honestly analyze their performance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully, some athletes feel a need to explain. Even when Christine Nesbitt won a gold medal in the ladies' 1,000-metre last week, she was compelled to describe the flaws in her performance.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did the alpine ski team choke?]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stojko: The night they killed figure skating]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, Evan Lysacek . You're a great skater and all. But that wasn't Olympic champion material. In Thursday night's men's free skate, Lysacek skated slow and his jumps weren't close to the technical ability of defending Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko .]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bettman, Fasel duel over Olympics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER - The fencing between NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and IIHF president Rene Fasel over the participation of NHL players at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, continued in Vancouver on Thursday. Fasel went as far as to grovel in front of Bettman for the next Winter Games.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grange's blog: Bring on the Zambonis!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may surprise the masses partying away in Vancouver's streets but, there's a lot of stuff going wrong so far at Canada's big party.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mickleburgh blog: A view of history from the cheap seats]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting far away from Alexandre Bilodeau's medal ceremony, the hero was small to our eyes, but enormous in our hearts]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mickleburgh: Cold, wet and miserable for Olympic spectators]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the ticket-buying public, watching events at some venues, such as Cypress, is less than ideal]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brunt: So that's how it feels]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VanderBeek: I was at the opening ceremony, sort of]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can I possibly describe the atmosphere here in Whistler? It's electric, to say the least, as everyone's level of excitement has now hit full tilt.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's A Downhill From Here!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GO MANNY GO! The whole country is cheering for you. GO MANNY GO! No. 1]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arthur: A canadian event, shared by the world]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Games, no matter its poetry, could never have been completely unambiguous.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Our next Olympics will have 26 cauldrons ...]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can't deny that the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Olympics was unabashedly Canadian and an overall success, but that didn't stop some awkward moments from creeping in.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Osborne-Paradis - Almost Official!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it was a foggy day in old Whistler town and we almost got the first Olympic downhill run in the books…but in the end it wasn't to be. I made a couple of mistakes but still ended up in 6th – not too shabby I guess. Robbie ripped it up and finished in 2nd – he is due and definitely means business.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been an amazing and busy week in Canmore. With tons of press conferences, interviews and team meetings followed by tremendous racing action and Sara Renner's fabulous bronze medal in the classic sprint here at the best stop on the world cup circuit ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Team Panorama Says…….]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Marc Lefebvre]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green medal - Vancouver Courier (blog)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite pronouncements that the 2010 Olympics will be the greenest Games ever thanks in part to an ambitious plan to heat Vancouver homes with recycled ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chandra Crawford - &quot;Are you ready?&quot;]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercifully, &quot;So when you head over?&quot; has replaced &quot;Are you ready?&quot; as the number one question I get asked around town these days.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Melissa Hollingsworth - A super fun photo shoot!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I laugh as I write this heading because I have no fashion sense at all! But I was fortunate to be a part of this super fun photoshoot in Calgary39s Avenue Magazine.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hollingsworth: 'I live in the moment']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You'd think with the Olympics just weeks away, Canadian athletes, particularly medal hopefuls, would be hunkered down, focused and serious. And yet, the first thing I notice about skeleton world champion, Mellisa Hollingsworth, is her killer smile.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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