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Halfway into the first week of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, some athletes have already taken issue with the judging. But at these games, there is no discordant French judge at the center of the controversy. Instead, it’s the style police stirring things up. Figure skater Johnny Weir has provoked two fashion-related confrontations. The first was […]

Woman on snowboard, in air, upside down in front of onlookers

Chloe Kim’s family’s immigrant success story is everywhere — but it’s a ‘double-edge sword’ for immigrants

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Skiers and snowboarders converge on the slopes of central Afghanistan

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Skiers and snowboarders converge on the slopes of central Afghanistan

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The World

Watch a snowboarder try the slopestyle course that Shaun White thinks is too risky to ride

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Sochi Snowboard

Why the extreme nature of the Sochi slopestyle course has snowboarders scared

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One of the new events at the Sochi Games is already having issues.

Shaun White competes during slopestyle qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado.

The Sochi Olympics will have new, faster-paced events

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The Sochi Winter Games will feature some newcomers: team figure skating, slopestyle, and women’s ski jumping. They all feature spectacular lifts, spins, jumps and occasionally crashes.

The World

Geo answer — new Olympic Sport

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Cypress Mountain ski area in West Vancouver, British Colombia. It’s where the ski cross competition will take place during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with 20 year old Canadian Ski Cross Team member Julia Murray about the newest Olympic sport that combines downhill and freestyle technique.