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With the men's downhill event postponed the first medals awarded at the 2010 Winter Games went to ski jumpers, with the men's normal hill competition taking place at Whistler Olympic Park Saturday.

Cross Country Six medals were awarded to six different nations in cross-country, which got underway on Tuesday, Feb. 15 with the Ladies' 10 km Free and the Men's 15 km Free events.

Sports don't get much more exciting than the men's snowboardcross final at Cypress on Monday. Mike Robertson of Canmore, Alberta, a relative newcomer to the national team, won his Round of Eight race to move to the quarterfinals, which he also won.

Swiss Defago claims gold; Erik Guay gets past shaky start to place fifth

Pemberton's Benjamin MacLean, an alumnus of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club, edged a little bit closer to the World Cup circuit this week, winning a gold medal in a Pontiac GMC Cup giant slalom race in Banff. On the steep Mt.

Canadians solid but Americans capture gold and bronze in women's moguls

Mogul skier wins Canada's first gold medal at a home Olympics

When the athletes climbed the podium to receive their medals in men's moguls, Dale Begg-Smith didn't look happy.

Canmore hosts Alberta Cup warm-up event for the Olympics

The Olympics are a big deal, no question, but for many snowboarders the annual Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom (LBS) is sacred.