Showing posts with label Olympic. Show all posts
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crosby: Olympian N.H.L. Crosby
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Just two days after scoring the gold-medal-winning goal for Canada against the United States, Crosby will take the ice Tuesday night for the Penguins against the Buffalo Sabres.
Crosby’s team expects nothing less than a rousing ovation for him and the rest of the Penguins’ Olympians: Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin of Russia, Brooks Orpik of the United States, and Marc-Andre Fleury of Canada.
Crosby was named to Team Canada on December 30, 2009, as an alternate captain for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.He scored the game-winning shootout goal for Canada in the second game of the preliminary round against Switzerland.
After going pointless in the quarter- and semi-final against Russia and Slovakia, respectively, Crosby scored the gold medal winning goal in overtime against the United States.The gold medal was Canada's 14th at the 2010 Winter Olympics overall, setting a record for most gold medals by a country in one Winter Olympics.
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Crosby’s team expects nothing less than a rousing ovation for him and the rest of the Penguins’ Olympians: Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin of Russia, Brooks Orpik of the United States, and Marc-Andre Fleury of Canada.
Crosby was named to Team Canada on December 30, 2009, as an alternate captain for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.He scored the game-winning shootout goal for Canada in the second game of the preliminary round against Switzerland.
After going pointless in the quarter- and semi-final against Russia and Slovakia, respectively, Crosby scored the gold medal winning goal in overtime against the United States.The gold medal was Canada's 14th at the 2010 Winter Olympics overall, setting a record for most gold medals by a country in one Winter Olympics.
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steve holcomb eye surgery: Steve going blind if not corrected
Steve Holcomb piloted his USA-1 sled to a gold medal Saturday in men’s Olympic four-man bobsled.Steve Holcomb reportedly had eye surgery in 2009. He had suffered from degenerative disease that would have resulted in Steve going blind if not corrected.
The U.S. team of Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz captured the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in men’s bobsled in 62 years.That was a good achievement. For over a half century, the U.S team finally grabbed the gold in Men’s bobsled. Congratulations to them.
Holcomb found greater success on the track, he soon discovered that contact lenses and glasses could no longer adequately address his vision problems. Consequently, he often navigated the courses by feel rather than sight. Before the start of 2008-09, Holcomb was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative thinning of the cornea that distorts vision .
In the past the only answer would have been surgery a corneal transplant. Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler told Holcomb he had another choice; a quick painless procedure in which a vitamin solution is combined with light. "By itself, the vitamin, riboflavin, a B vitamin, does nothing .
But when activated by light of a certain wavelength, it has a major impact on the cornea," NBC’s Dr. Bruce Hensel said. Holcomb’s entire procedure took only 20 minutes. “It’s amazing to live life with 20/20 vision, it’s like life in high definition,” Holcomb said.
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The U.S. team of Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz captured the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in men’s bobsled in 62 years.That was a good achievement. For over a half century, the U.S team finally grabbed the gold in Men’s bobsled. Congratulations to them.
Holcomb found greater success on the track, he soon discovered that contact lenses and glasses could no longer adequately address his vision problems. Consequently, he often navigated the courses by feel rather than sight. Before the start of 2008-09, Holcomb was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative thinning of the cornea that distorts vision .
In the past the only answer would have been surgery a corneal transplant. Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler told Holcomb he had another choice; a quick painless procedure in which a vitamin solution is combined with light. "By itself, the vitamin, riboflavin, a B vitamin, does nothing .
But when activated by light of a certain wavelength, it has a major impact on the cornea," NBC’s Dr. Bruce Hensel said. Holcomb’s entire procedure took only 20 minutes. “It’s amazing to live life with 20/20 vision, it’s like life in high definition,” Holcomb said.
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