What would entice someone to join a sport named the “Skeleton”? The name alone would cause me to re-think any thoughts I might have that entertain lying belly down on a small sled while enduring forces up to 5g’s as I rocket down a frozen track. The Skeleton, how did they come up with that [...]
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2010 Olympic Skeleton With Funky Helmets
February 26th, 2010 
Tracy Matlack 
Posted in Olympics 2010, Sports 
Tags: 2010 Olympics, Curling, helmet, Labyrinth, luge, olympic sports, skeleton, sled, whistler 
1 Comment »What? No Women In 2010 Olympic Ski Jumping?
February 12th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Lindsey Vonn holds the record — among both men and women — for the longest jump off of Whistler, B.C.’s normal ski jump, built for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. She is the first American woman to win back-to-back overall World Cup championships, doing so in 2008 and 2009. She has also won World Cup discipline [...]
Posted in Olympics 2010, Sports Tags: 2010 Olympics, female ski jumpers, Lindsey Vonn, ski jump, slalom, Sports, super-G, whistler, winter games, winter olympics, women ski jumpers 5 Comments »
