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We made an effort to do this project not simply as a next set of different information about the Olympic games. It is an attempt to give you information in a comfortable form and in the maximally structured kind like a compact pocket Reference book.

In addition to statistics, the Reference book now contains 11717 photos of the athletes and 433 videos from olympic arenas.

What information can you get from the Reference book?

In the section Info you simply choose the need from the list of the Olympic games and get general information and some facts about Olympics.

In the section Winners you choose the need from the list of the Olympic games. Use click on plus/minus sign to expand or collapse list of the programme of competitions, then choose the event and find out all Olympic games winners. Search can be done on any level.

In the section Events you choose the need from the list of Sports. Use click on plus sign to find all events that are included in the Sport, then choose the event and find out all Olympic games winners. You can refine your search by choosing from the lists of the Olympic games and Nations. Search can be done on any level.

In the section Nations you choose the need from the list of Nations and find out all Olympic winners. You can refine your search by choosing from the list of the Olympic games.

In the section Athletes the information about all Olympic games winners of the all times is presented. You can enter terms of search or the Last name and get list of athletes. The feature of this section is grouping those athletes ( more precisely, to say - sportswomen), who changed their Last name or First name once or more times. Information about athlete consists of birthday, prize list and photo.

In the section Medals you can enter terms of search and find out the athletes who won the most medals. Athletes winning 3 and more medals (gold, silver, bronze) are included in the list.

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Olympic Headlines

08 Feb 2010  US Olympians begin arriving in Vancouver (AP)

Noelle Pikus-Pace gasped as she glanced around the hotel ballroom to see the mountains of boxes piled around and overflowing with red-white-and-blue U.S. Olympic gear. "This is amazing," the skeleton racer said Monday, when she joined dozens of teammates in suburban Vancouver for team processing by the U.S.

08 Feb 2010  Snow still being trucked into Vancouver (AP)

Cypress Mountain passed a major test Monday, as freestyle skiers completed their first pre-Olympic practice sessions and Winter Olympic organizers kept dumping snow on competition courses in unseasonably warm weather. "It's absolutely fine," World Cup champion Hannah Kearney said after her training runs.

08 Feb 2010  Canada C Getzlaf sprains left ankle (AP)

Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf sprained his left ankle during the second period of Anaheim's game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. The Anaheim playmaker is scheduled to suit up for Canada at his first Olympics next week, but coach Randy Carlyle said Getzlaf would leave the Honda Center on crutches with his foot in a protective boot.

08 Feb 2010  Canadian Alpine team feeling confident (AP)

Manuel Osborne-Paradis isn't shying away from the attention and high expectations of an entire nation as the Canadian Alpine ski team prepares for the Vancouver Games. What began as a mundane, happy to be here-themed news conference on Monday, quickly turned into a show of confidence by a team eager to make the most of its home-slope advantage.

08 Feb 2010  Schwarzenegger, Coe to run torch relay (AP)

Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch off to Sebastian Coe on Friday morning, the day of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games. The California governor and the two-time Olympic gold medalist runner were revealed Monday as torch relay participants along with several famous Canadians, including the father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky.

06 Feb 2010  Sweden LW Holmstrom suffers leg injury (AP)

Detroit left wing Tomas Holmstrom has injured his left leg during the first period of the Red Wings' game against the Los Angeles Kings. Holmstrom, a member of Sweden's Olympic team, won't return to Saturday's game, the Red Wings said. Holmstrom returned to Detroit's lineup last Tuesday night at San Jose after missing 13 games with a broken foot.

06 Feb 2010  US women's hockey sharp in last tuneup (AP)

Kelli Stack scored two goals and added an assist to help the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team beat Finland 8-2 on Saturday night in its final game before the Vancouver Games. On Thursday night, the U.S. beat Finland 5-1 in the final game of its Qwest Tour. "It gives you great confidence when you score 13 goals in two games," Stack said.

05 Feb 2010  Vonn may lift Alpine ski profile in US (AP)

Lindsey Vonn recalls being mobbed by fans when Alpine skiing's World Cup made its debut stop at Bansko, Bulgaria, a year ago. Even with her husband, her coach, two trainers and two bodyguards flanking her, Vonn felt trapped by the boisterous crowd while trying to exit the finish area. "We just couldn't escape," the two-time overall World Cup champion says, "and people were...

Source:  Yahoo! Olympics