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Anderson, Ricker, Robertson carve names in Olympic history: Canadians are carving their names in snowboarding history, with decorated veteran Jasey-Jay Anderson capping off his career with an Olympic gold medal, and snowboard cross racers Mike Robertson and Maelle Ricker winning silver and gold respectively.
Canada's Anderson wins snowboarding gold: Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson won the gold medal in the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event at the Vancouver Olympics.
Snowboard pioneer Canada's newest golden girl: From the beginning, Maelle Ricker has always been a trailblazer.
White spins, flips and McTwists his way to halfpipe gold: American snowboarder and international celebrity Shaun White captured the gold medal in the halfpipe competition with as impressive a performance as any since his 2006 victory in Turin.
Canada's Ricker wins gold in snowboard cross: Maelle Ricker of North Vancouver has won the gold medal in women's snowboard cross at the Vancouver Olympics.
White cements his status with 2nd gold: Shaun White of the USA, the reigning halfpipe champion, proved his hype was deserved on Wednesday at the 2010 Games. Teammate Scott Lago finished third in the event.
Dutch snowboarder Sauerbreij wins parallel giant slalom: Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands won the women's parallel giant slalom snowboard competition at the Vancouver Olympics on Friday.
Canada's Robertson wins snowboard cross silver: Canada's Mike Robertson took the silver medal at the snowboard cross event on Monday at the Vancouver Olympics.
Bright wins Aussies' 1st Olympic medal in halfpipe: Australia's Torah Bright won the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the Vancouver Olympics on Thursday. It is Australia's first-ever Olympic medal in the event.
Canadian snowboarder Loo supported by grocers: The Canadian snowboarder Alexa Loo will compete in the parallel giant slalom Friday at Cypress Mountain. The Kin brothers will watch that event for the first time. They are connected because the brothers helped save Loo's Olympic dream.
New Olympic sports have history with danger: Luge has had relatively few serious injuries since it was added to the Olympic program in 1964. Death in the sport is rare. But snowboard cross and its cousin, ski cross, the only new medal sport added for these Olympics, are likely the most dangerous sports at the Winter Games.
VANOC cancels 20,000 more Cypress tickets: Olympic officials have been forced to cancel an additional 20,000 general admission tickets for six more events at the rain-plagued Cypress Mountain ski and snowboard venue north of Vancouver.
Anderson: Finally ready to go: Snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson has been racing for 20 years but says it took an Olympics in his own country to finally secure the resources he needs.
Rain cancels 8,000 snowboard cross tickets: More warm, wet weather has forced Olympic organizers to cancel thousands of general admission tickets to Monday and Tuesday's snowboard cross events at Cypress Mountain.
Olympic Contenders: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom: With the Vancouver Games his fourth and final Olympics, Jasey Jay Anderson says he's more prepared than ever to contend for the podium. He's the current world champion in the parallel giant slalom and on Saturday, will be going for gold - his last chance at an Olympic medal.
Olympic Contenders: Women's Parallel Giant Slalom: This event is considered wide open, with the oddsmakers barely favouring Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands (7/2) over Germany's Amelie Kober (4/1) and Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli (5/1), who are 1-2-4 in the World Cup standings.