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The opening of the 20th winter Olympics in Torino was a proud moment for Italy. But when Italy's hockey team steps onto the ice at the Palasport Olimpico on Feb. 15, it will be a proud moment for Canada. That's where 10 of the Italian team's 23...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiving the Flag | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

"Winning isn't everything. It's just as important that we rub it in. Medal counts are a great, quantifiable way to say 'Yes, we're in an unpopular war, we're bitterly divided, and we're embroiled in scandal, but if you get all up in our bobsled grill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Feb. 20, 2006 | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

Listen to the silence. all the snowy tracks and icy settings at the Winter Olympics elicit a different music from the Games that take place in the summer. Then, even the longest and most lonesome event - the marathon - is run amid the constant roar of crowds cheering every step of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Torino Gets Stoked | 2/4/2006 | See Source »

It's 30 below near the top of mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, New York, and U.S. lugers Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin are wearing skintight racing suits, perched atop a 60-cm-wide sled. Martin sits behind Grimmette, legs straddling his teammate. "I've got no traction on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Encounters | 2/4/2006 | See Source »

In the bobsled, tensions often mount between the driver and the "brakeman," who helps push the sled at the start and stop it at the end--there's no actual braking on the course. "If you don't care for that person and you win, it's kind of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Encounters | 1/30/2006 | See Source »

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