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70The Gregg family
Dad Randy Gregg was Team Canada's hockey captain at the 1980 Games. Mom Kathy Vogt was a long track speed skater at two Olympics. Now it's daughter Jessica's turn to carry on the family name on the short track - and could be son Jamie's turn on the long track.
69Turn 13
The Shiver. Wedge. Lueders' Loop. These are among the names of turns at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Turn 13 takes the cake: 50/50, so named because a four-man sled has a 50/50 chance of making it through safely.
68Curling's new look
Gone are the days of chain-smoking, pot-bellied, boozing curlers. Now it's all about fitness and nutrition for the world's best. John Morris, a member of Kevin Martin's team, even wrote a book on the topic.
67Olympic NHLers
Alex Ovechkin won't want to hear this, but 2010 could be the last time NHL players face off at the Winter Games. The league says the risk of injury to its top players and inconvenient break in schedule aren't worth it.
66Wolf vs. Wang
Long track's 500m is a battle of two women: Germany's Jenny Wolf and China's Wang Beixing. Watch these skaters go head to head on Day 5 in Vancouver.
65Need for speed
The fastest luge speed ever clocked: 153.98 km/hour at the Whistler Sliding Centre. This record could be matched - or even better, beaten - at the 2010 Games.
64The Finnish Mafia
Are you afraid of the Finnish Mafia? You should be. X Games champ Peetu Piiroinen and World Tour champ Antti Autti are out to dethrone American Shaun White, the reigning Olympic gold medallist in men's halfpipe.
63Team Ghana
For the first time in history, Ghana will have a team at the Winter Games - and it's one man strong. Skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, known as 'The Snow Leopard,' grew up in Ghana's snowless capital, but honed his skills in the UK.
62Rising stars
Canada's Tessa Virtue, 20, and Scott Moir, 22, look to become the youngest Olympic ice dance champs ever. They'd also be only the second Canadian ice dance team to reach the Olympic podium.
61Canuck coaches
Want to win an Olympic short track medal? Just hire a Canadian. The Germans, Dutch and Americans all have Canadians running their programs.
60Duff Gibson's return
The Canadian slider won gold at the 2006 Olympics, and he's back in 2010 - in the CTV broadcast booth. Listen as the Olympic skeleton champ calls the men's and women's action from Whistler.
59No more hot-dogging
Lindsey Jacobellis probably won't show off in 2010. The American was on her way to snowboard cross gold in 2006 when she did a board grab for the crowd. Then she fell. And lost the gold.
58Jenn Heil
No freestyle skiier has ever won back-to-back Olympic titles, and Canada has never won Olympic gold at home. Mogulist Jenn Heil could be the first to do both.
57Friends and foes
Canada's Denny Morrison and American Shani Davis are friends, former training partners, and two of the world's best speed skaters. Watch them go toe to toe in Vancouver.
56China's short trackers
The Chinese women might be unbeatable. Headlining the team is Wang Meng, who won three medals at the 2006 Olympics and three more at the 2009 Worlds.
55Canada's Hollingsworth
The gold medal favourite at the 2006 Olympics, Mellisa Hollingsworth nearly finished off the podium. After winning bronze in Torino, the skeleton racer is hoping for a smoother slide at Whistler.
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