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CHAT REPLAY: 100 days to Vancouver

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | 5:48 PM ET

With the help of Canadian Olympians Catriona Le May Doan, right, and Simon Whitfield, The Olympic Flame, which travelled all the way from Athens, began a 106-day cross-country relay trek last week - an event ending in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010.With the help of Canadian Olympians Catriona Le May Doan, right, and Simon Whitfield, The Olympic Flame, which travelled all the way from Athens, began a 106-day cross-country relay trek last week - an event ending in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Six years after Vancouver was awarded the Winter Olympics, it's come down to this: The Games are officially 100 days away.

To commemorate the occasion, relive the chat CBCSports.ca hosted Wednesday, and read the topics Canadians discussed as the Olympics draw closer.

Go back to read what Scott Russell of CBC Sports had to say, along with Canadian alpine skier Britt Janyk, who shared their thoughts and answered questions.

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Amateur Sports Headlines

Canada's Makowksy wins 1st World Cup medal
Canadian Lucas Makowsky captured a silver medal on the World Cup speedskating circuit Saturday in Hamar, Norway.
Lueders settles for 4th in Lake Placid
It was a 1-2 finish for the Americans in the two-man bobsled on Saturday morning, to the delight of the crowd in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Germans capture luge season opener
German doubles sliders Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch overcame an average first run with a sizzling second to win gold Friday at the first World Cup luge event of the season.
Female ski jump decision details released
Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games, B.C.'s highest court said in written reasons released Friday for its recent decision to dismiss a case filed by female jumpers
Canada's Hollingsworth takes gold
Canadian Mellisa Hollingsworth captured her first World Cup gold medal of the season on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Sports Headlines

Habs can get over .500 mark against Wings
Getting over the .500 mark has been a struggle for the Montreal Canadiens, but they're certainly giving it the old collège try.
Virtue, Moir in control at Skate Canada
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have put a stranglehold on the ice dance competition at Skate Canada in Kitchener, Ont.
What's going to happen in the CFL's division finals?
Having gone a brilliant, confidence building 1-1 in last week's picks, and not planning any trips to Regina in the near future, we present our choices for this Sunday's Canadian Football League division finals.
Leafs look to limit Ovechkin, Caps
For a team with glaring defensive issues, Toronto could hardly have done worse than draw Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).
Canada's Makowksy wins 1st World Cup medal
Canadian Lucas Makowsky captured a silver medal on the World Cup speedskating circuit Saturday in Hamar, Norway.

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