http://olympictickets.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 May 2006 21:37:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The IOC’s Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008, led by its Chairman Hein Verbruggen, today concluded its sixth full visit to Beijing since the Chinese capital was awarded the Olympic Games in 2001. The meetings between the Commission and the Organising Committee for the ... http://olympictickets.blogsome.com/2006/05/24/beijing-2008-good-progress-spectacular-venues/ TURIN Beyond the city skyline on a misty autumn day, the mountains lurked invisibly behind the clouds. Turin’s grayest season obscured its lovely backdrop. Instead of snow-capped Alps, people here saw a horizon of construction cranes, the omnipresent markers of an Olympic city busily remaking itself for the Winter Games ... http://olympictickets.blogsome.com/2005/11/28/torino-looking-forward-to-the-games/ from SI.com One hundred days before the Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, the U.S. women’s hockey team embarked on the longest day of its lives. For forward Julie Chu, a 5:20 a.m. wake-up call on Nov. 2 was “like a shock” to her system. The team ... http://olympictickets.blogsome.com/2005/11/28/our-wonens-hocky-team/ For an athlete who spends his professional career navigating obstacles that come at him with rapid-fire redundancy, it’s ironic that for one memorable evening last August, Nate Roberts’ favorite expression was simply: “Hit me.” With little restraint, the world champion moguls skier took his raw ambition to the blackjack tables ... http://olympictickets.blogsome.com/2005/11/28/our-skiing-champ/