Winter Games
Indelible moments at the Vancouver Winter Olympics
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• Canadian Mellisa Hollingworth tearfully saying she’d “let her entire country down” after blowing a sure medal in the women’s skeleton competition. • Jon Montgomery saving the day for Canada with gold in men’s skeleton, after which he paraded through Whistler and guzzled from a pitcher of beer handed to him. • Kikkan Randall of Anchorage double-poling past a women’s classic sprint skier, thus earning a spot in the semifinals and ultimately eighth place, the best Olympic U.S. women’s cross ...
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by Matias Saari / msaari@newsminer.com
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s intrepid reporter Matias Saari poses late-night in Whistler at the Olympic Rings.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reporter attends Olympics; brings home medal in bus-catching
• Indelible moments at the Games FAIRBANKS - It was a sight to behold, a unified display of utter joy and pride. Canada had just beaten the United States in overtime for gold in men’s hockey ...
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Southam has best U.S. men's individual cross-country result at Olympics
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK — James Sout...
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Alaskans finish mid-pack in Olympic 30K ski race
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK — Kikkan Ran...
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Jeremy Teela of the U.S. shoots during the men s biathlon 10 km sprint event at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Associated Press photo
Alaskans falter in last chance for Olympic gold in biathlon
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK — If Friday’...
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Alaska's Kikkan Randall starts strong, but U.S. fades in relay
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK — Kikkan Ran...
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Despite loss to Canada, Alaska's Weiland basks in Olympic silver-medal glory
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. VANCOUVER — Kerry Weiland smiled a...
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Jay and Mary Ver Hoef of Fairbanks pose Monday on the 53-foot charter fishing boat they rented from Anacortes, Wash., and motored to a marina in North Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. Matias Saari/News-Miner
Fairbanks residents take an Olympic voyage of a lifetime
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. VANCOUVER — Combining the water of...
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U.S. finishes near the back in men's cross-country relay
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK — Sweden’s M...
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U.S. wins silver medal in team Nordic combined
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WINTER OLYMPIC PARK — The U.S. Nor...
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Fairbanks native keeps the stats for Olympic curling team
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. VANCOUVER — Gayle Hazen took part ...
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Alaskan skier Kikkan Randall gets 6th in team sprint
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WINTER OLYMPIC PARK — Kikkan Randa...
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USA s forward Hilary Knight (21) celebrates with defenseman Kerry Weiland (23) and forward Monique Lamoureux (7) after Lamoureux scored against Sweden in the first period of a women s semifinal round ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Associated Press photo
Alaskan scores goal as U.S. women's hockey team defeats Sweden
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. VANCOUVER — Kerry Weiland, of Palmer...
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Even after a loss to the USA, Canadians are still hockey proud
VANCOUVER — I’ll confess, I was pulling for Canada against the U.S. in a men’s hockey showdown Sunday evening. No matter. The Americans ended up spoiling a great party. Call me a traitor, but I w...
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After missing the cut for Vancouver, Fairbanksans try for 2014 in Sochi
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. VANCOUVER — No one from Fairbanks ...
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Alaska coaches make mark on Olympic Games
• For complete Olympics coverage, visit our Olympics page. • Matias Saari is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Get the Alaska perspective here. WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK — Erik Flora...
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Shocking news by msaari
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 Shortly after arriving in Vancouver today came the shocking news that 21-year-old Nodar Kumarita...
En route to the Opening Ceremonies by msaari
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 One call was all it took — and I got a ticket to tonight’s Opening Ceremonies. As a credential...