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Hi-res photos: 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

2010 Winter Olympics in
Vancouver

Hi-res images from Los Angeles Times photographers
Robert Gauthier and Wally Skalij

OUT OF CONTROL: Lindsey Vonn loses control during the slalom portion of
the women's super combined in Whistler. Vonn fell and did not earn a medal in
the event.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times)

CELEBRATION: Shaun White and Scott Lago, left to right at center,
celebrate with friends and family after winning medals in the men's halfpipe
snowboard final at Cypress Mountain.
(Robert Gauthier /Los Angeles
Times)

RARE AIR: Shaun White spins out of his last jump as he wins the gold
medal in the men's halfpipe final.
(Robert Gauthier /Los Angeles
Times)

MEDALISTS: The U.S.' Julia Mancuso, left, and Lindsey Vonn celebrate
their medal wins in the women's downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on
Wednesday.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times)

JUBILATION: Lindsey Vonn celebrates her gold medal in the
women's downhill.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles
Times)

CRASH: Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crashes near the finish line in the
women's downhill Wednesday.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times)

SLIDE: Austria's Andrea Fischbacher slides past the finish
line for fourth place in the women's downhill.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles
Times)

HEAD OVER HEELS: Gregory Bretz of the United States flips in the air
during the men's halfpipe training on Tuesday.
(Wally Skalij /Los Angeles
Times)

STYLE POINTS: Tomas Verner of the Czech Republic competes in the men's
figure skating short program at Pacific Coliseum.
(Robert Gauthier /Los
Angeles Times)

BIG AIR: American Lindsey Jacobellis was eliminated in the women's
snowboard cross semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Cypress Mountain. Canada's
Maelle Ricker went on to win the gold medal.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles
Times)

SKATING SYMMETRY: Korea's Sang-Hwa Lee leads Germany's Jenny Wolf at the
halfway point of the final race in the Ladies' 500m Speed Skating at the
Richmond Olympic Oval. Lee won the Gold Medal, and Wolf placed second.

(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

GOLDEN PAIR: Zhao Hongbo and his figure-skating partner and wife, Shen
Xue, perform an intricate maneuver en route to the Olympic gold medal in the
pairs competition at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
(Robert
Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

CONTENDERS: Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won the bronze
medal in the pairs figure skating competition Monday in Vancouver.
(Robert
Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

FINISH LINE: Seth Wescott reacts after beating the competition for the
gold medal in snowboard cross on Monday.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles
Times)

RINGED: Canada's Robert Fagan, right, leads Germany's David Speiser,
Canada's Francois Boivin and Swizerland's Fabio Caduff during the men's
snowboard cross quarterfinal at Cypress Mountain.
(Robert Gauthier / Los
Angeles Times)

IN FLIGHT: Bode Miller of the U.S. became the most decorated Alpine skier
in U.S. history when he won the bronze medal in the men's downhill on Monday in
Vancouver.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

AN AIR ABOUT HIM: Bryon Wilson of the United States twists into his
second maneuver on his way to a bronze medal in the men's moguls at Cypress
Mountain outside Vancouver.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

NOT A BANNER MOMENT: Patrick Deneen of the United States crashes into a
flag in the men's moguls final at Cypress Mountain outside Vancouver.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

FIRST-EVER: U.S. Olympian Todd Lodwick, center, embraces nordic combined
silver medalist Johnny Spillane on Sunday as France's gold medalist Jason Lamy
Chappuis takes in the scene. Spillane won the United States' first-ever medal in
the event. Lodwick narrowly missed out on the bronze medal.
(Wally Skalij /
Los Angeles Times)

SKIING TILL THEY DROP: Competitors in the nordic combined collapse at the
finish line of the 10-kilometer cross-country race.
(Wally Skalij / Los
Angeles Times)

AIRBORNE: Johnny Spillane of the United States takes flight in the ski
jumping event during the nordic combined competition. Spillane won the silver
medal.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

FANS: U.S. speed skating fans wave to Apolo Anton Ohno as he celebrates
winning the silver medal in the men's 1500 speedskating competition. Ohno has
now won six medals in Winter Olympic competition, tying him with long-track
speedskater Bonnie Blair for most by an American.
(Robert Gauthier / Los
Angeles Times)

CLOSE CALL: Apolo Anton Ohno tangles with Korea's Sung Si-Bak midway
through the men's 1500 final. Ohno took the silver medal in the men's 1,500
meters and teammate J.R. Celski captured the bronze when two competitors crashed
on the final turn.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

GOLD MEDAL JUMP: Switzerland's Simon Ammann jumps 108 meters to win the
gold medal during the ski jumping normal hill competition at the Vancouver 2010
Olympics in Whistler.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

CELEBRATION: Switzerland's Simon Ammann celebrates his gold medal in the
individual ski jumping competition. Ammann won the first gold medal of the
Games.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

BACK ON THE TRACK: Russia's Albert Demtschenko rounds the final turn
during the men's singles luge competition in Whistler.
(Wally Skalij / Los
Angeles Times)

OPENING CEREMONY: The Olympic flame is ignited in the center of BC Place
as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics begin.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles
Times)

ENTRANCE: Team USA enters the opening ceremony in Vancouver, Canada.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

AIRBORNE: A snowboarder flies through the Olympic rings at the start of
the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada.
(Robert Gauthier /
Los Angeles Times)

LIGHT AND MOTION: A rollerblading entertainer creates a blur of light
along with dozens of others during the opening ceremony.
(Robert Gauthier /
Los Angeles Times)

AWASH IN COLOR: BC Place Stadium, the first indoor venue to host a Winter
Olympics opening or closing ceremony, is awash in color on Friday night.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

INTO THE LIGHT: Performers enter the stadium during the opening ceremony.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

MOURNING: The Georgian delegation participated in Friday's opening
ceremony wearing black armbands as they mourned their missing teammate, Nodar
Kumaritashvili, 21, who died in a horrifying crash during a luge training run
barely eight hours earlier.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

TRAGEDY: A woman looks at a memorial for Nodar Kumaritashvili. On a
morning training run, Kumaritashvili, 21, of the Republic of Georgia, lost
control of his sled at about 80 mph as he came out of the final curve and
slammed into an unpadded roof support post.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles
Times)

MEMORIAL IN WHISTLER VILLAGE: Just hours before the caldron was lighted
to mark the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21 died
during a practice run on the world's fastest luge track.
(Wally Skalij / Los
Angeles Times)

A NATIVE DAUGHTER: Canada's own k.d. Lang sings during the opening
ceremony.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

ILLUMINATED: A 65-foot polar bear appears during the performance of
"Landscape of a Dream: Hymn to the North."
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles
Times)

LIGHTS FANTASTIC: A woman and thousands of other spectators hold electric
candles during the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

ROOM WITH A VIEW: Judges peer through windows during the Ski Jumping
Individual Qualification Round at Whistler Olympic Park.
(Wally Skalij / Los
Angeles Times)

ALL TOGETHER NOW: It's not a synchronized event, but South Korean
speedskaters practice at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
(Robert Gauthier / Los
Angeles Times)

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