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Emotions run high for Canada

Canada’s Olympic inquisition was put on ice after an extraordinary day of raw emotion at the Vancouver Winter Games on Tuesday. The planned inquiry into the host-nation’s failure to win an avalanche of gold medals was suddenly forgotten as Canadians experienced joy and relief tinged by grief.

Swimming takes a stand against technology

The news out of Rome was startling, at least to swimming fans and those who salivate at the thought of seeing Michael Phelps in a Speedo brief again.
Records be damned, swimming is going retro.
Out with those sleek body suits. In with something, shall we say, a bit more comfortable?
If your thing is watching swimmers go [...]