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	<title>The Games</title>
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		<title>Over but not out&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;the games are over. Spectacular performances. Beautiful city and venues. New records. All to be expected and all to be celebrated. Less obviously but perhaps more important is the Olympic spirit, which continues on in every city that hosts a games. A spirit that transcends cultures and distances and our daily lives. A spirit that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/03/03/over-but-not-out/</link>
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		<title>Lindsey Vonn Wins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When thinking of pretty girls most do not think of heroes. When thinking of pretty girls most do not associate words such as &#8216;grit&#8217; or &#8216;tested&#8217; or &#8216;heroic&#8217;.  Lindsey Vonn certainly changed most thinking today. Injured with an injury that would have caused many to quit Vonn stiffened her resolve. Lacking training time due to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/17/lindsey-vonn-wins/</link>
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		<title>Maëlle Ricker wins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its hard to imagine a nicer person, when you see and hear Maëlle Ricker. Add to that great personality, a great work ethic, a great team spirit, and huge support from family and friends, and you have the story of a hero. Of course Maëlle Ricker would be hero had she lost. But she didn&#8217;t.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/17/maelle-ricker-wins/</link>
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		<title>Johnny Weir-fun, fun, fun&#8230;&#8217;till&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about that t-bird daddy might take away the other day when Johnny Weir came to mind.  Johnny Weir is about much fun as there&#8217;s been in figure skating in many a year. This all came to mind as I watched the oh so serious pairs long skate. Where did the fun and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/16/johnny-weir-fun-till-daddy-takes-the-t-bird-away/</link>
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		<title>Team USA to play Russia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tradition started during the cold war. The best of the west&#8217;s hockey teams playing the best of the Soviet block. Classic games from the 70&#8217;s, Team USA versus the Soviet Union, or Team Canada versus the Soviet Union. Things have calmed down somewhat after the fall of the empire. but any Team USA game [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/16/usa-plays-russia/</link>
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		<title>Vancouver 2010 Games Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the two thousand or so songs in my library KD Lang appears nowhere. After watching the opening ceremony that will change.  Before this evening I had never heard of Shane Koyczan. Nor slam poetry. Until the opening ceremony I could never put into words what makes me a Canadian. Before the Vancouver opening ceremony [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/13/vancouver-2010-games-open/</link>
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		<title>When Injury Happens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was announced yesterday that one of Team USA&#8217;s most hopeful of Olympic hopefuls had injured herself. Lindsey Vonn has sustained a lower leg injury which may take her out of the games. First of all we would like to express our support for Lindsey. It is hard to imagine the frustration of getting injured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/11/when-injury-happens/</link>
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		<title>The Olympic Hockey War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its always a war, when it comes to hockey. The big battle this time will be in Vancouver. Team USA and Team Canada will be in the middle of it. But don&#8217;t forget the Swedes, the Russians and the Checks. Fans can post their thoughts to the community using the form below.
Tell us what you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/11/the-olympic-hockey-war/</link>
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		<title>Sasha Cohen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So many Olympic sports are about speed, or strength or team work. Figure skating has always for me been the ballet on the ice. Not that figure skaters are not superb athletes, they are all that an more. But it is the artistry and the creativity of figure skating that draws us to the event.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/11/the-glamour-of-figure-skating/</link>
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		<title>Vancouver non Olympic things to do Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, we all know why most of the world is in Vancouver over the next few weeks. But other than the Olympics there are a few  things visitors should experience.
Tops on my list of unique things to do, is to go for a walk. Yep, a walk. Vancouver has one of the worlds most interesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegames.org/2010/02/11/vancouver-non-olympic-things-to-do-part-1/</link>
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