The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off in Vancouver tonight, and for those
of you who can’t be tied to your TV every night to watch the opening
and closing ceremonies and competitions, here’s a compilation of sites
where you can not only watch video highlights of the events but also
see pictures, scores, medal counts and news from the Olympics:
1. NBC Olympics:NBC, which is covering the Olympics on TV, has also set up a site where you can catch the latest scores, news and select video coverage of the competitions (powered by Microsoft Silverlight). You can also see profiles of athletes and streams of Tweets from athletes on the U.S. Olympic teams. Unfortunately, it appears that NBC is severely limiting the streaming of competitions and the ceremonies to the general public, so video will most probably be comprised of short highlights.
2. Vancouver 2010: Sponsored by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the games, this site offers schedule of events, up-to-date results and maps of the various event sites in Vancouver.
3. Google: Google has optimized its mobile search to provide better results for Olympics searches. On Google’s mobile search interface, you can search for the name of your favorite sport, and the engine will give you the latest info about game results, schedules, medal count and more. On Android and iPhone devices, the search engine’s real time search feature will show you the latest updates related to the games within the same search results.
4. Twitter: For real-time updates from the athletes, Twitter has complied a list of verified Olympic athletes. A site called Twitter-Athletes also provides the handles of many of the Olympians at the winter games.
5. Facebook: On Facebook, there is a dedicated page for the Vancouver Games from the Organizing Committee as well as a page from the International Olympics Committee, which will collects Facebook updates from athletes and post up-to-date photos from the various events.
6. Flickr: Flickr has teamed up the International Olympic Committee to create an official photo group on the photo sharing site. The IOC will also use the Flickr group to publish its official event photos, as well as upload images to its own Flickr photo stream.
7. Yahoo Sports: Yahoo Sports has launched a Winter Olympics site that will offer news coverage, photos, videos, medal counts and statistics. This week, Yahoo announced that it has also optimized its search engine for Winter Olympics news and stats.
8. Yahoo Mobile: Yahoo has also rolled out a mobile web site to allow users to news, event schedules, stats and pictures on the go.
9. iPhone Apps: Apple has recommended several iPhone apps to help you keep up with news, schedules and more, including NBC’s official Olympics App, Canadian TV channel CTV’s Olympics App, push notifications-enabled Vancouver Games, and Olympic Games news aggregatror Winter Games Grub.
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Posted by: athlete nutrition | 10/08/2010 at 04:07 AM
As I reminisce about the games past, I feel very sistafied with the experience and the results. In the end, we (Canada) got the performance results we wanted, double hockey gold, 14 gold medals (an Olympic Winter Games record!), and only a few disappointments for our athletes, like silver in women's curling, crashing out of 2-man bob-sleigh, and sucking at anything alpine and nordic.There were some sad events, like the death of Kumaritashvili and Rochette's mom, and some acts of stupidity, such as the disruptions to the torch relay, the minor downtown protest/riot, and the fenced off cauldron. But I feel these were not enough to over-shadow the greatness of these excellent and very friendly games. I am just happy with the whole experience, and that we were here to take part in it all and enjoy the Olympic experience here at home in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I especially enjoyed it when my wife and I were able to cheer on Clara Hughes to her last Olympic medal in the 5000m speed skating, and it was great to take our son to ski jumping, luge, bob-sleigh and hockey games ( OK, you cheer for Slovakia and I'll cheer for Norway! ).I was able to get tickets for my Mother and Grandmother to see the Ice Dance compulsory dance and original dance, where Moir and Virtue eventually won gold. We went to Victory Ceremonies in Whistler and Vancouver where we saw our Canadian athletes awarded gold, silver and bronze, and we sung O Canada out loud for the world to hear, or we stood respectfully and removed our hats while other countries celebrated their gold medal winning athletes. No, it wasn't just about Canada, we cheered on all the athletes from all the countries, giving them all our support as they competed ( Hop Suisse , SU-O-MI clap clap clap). It was a just a great experience all around, celebrating sport, friendship and peace in the world! Knowing what we now know about this experience, would we do it again? H-E-double hockey sticks YES!!! (But next time can we get at least a 5 goal cushion before we start playing a 1-2-2 neutral zone trap?)Now that we are over half way through the Paralympic Games I would say they are also a great success and we are enjoying them on TV (great coverage). I didn't take time off for this week, so I did not schedule my time to go to any events, but it has been nice to see the compete level in these athletes is right up there with the Olympic Games athletes.Whatever happens in the future, I think these games will have a lasting legacy for Vancouver, the province of BC, and all of Canada. We need to continue to support the athletes and the sport, as the spin-offs for our society are immense, for promoting healthy lifestyles and constructive activities for our youth, etc. The people of the world are coming after hearing and seeing what we have to offer, so get ready, be gracious hosts, and be proud, Canada!
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