I have to admit I had rather mixed feelings about this year's Winter Olympic games in Vancouver. Why? Because I had rather mixed feelings about the previous ones in Torino as well. Why? Because my favorite male figure skater (Alexei Yagudin) retired and besides skiing I'm not much of a winter sports fan.

Well, since I'm not watching figure skating, I could concentrate on the skiing events that I somehow neglected in Torino. I've been following the FIS World Cup quite zealously this year, so...