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Olympic Update<\/div>\n
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from Vancouver!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“we bring the world together”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Greetings!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Au Pair in America brings the world together, so we thought it would be fun to bring the world to you with updates on the Olympic Games in\u00a0Vancouver. Enjoy! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Inspiring Performances in Ladies Figure Skating<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Inspiring<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Joannie Rochette of Canada skated an inspiring and emotional short program last night, not 48 hours after her mother passing away suddenly of a heart attack. Her score of 71.36, a personal best for the short program, put her in third place going into the ladies long program on Thursday.
\nIn first place, South Korean Kim Yu-Na, a heavy favorite for gold and a marketing icon in her home country, set a new scoring record for short program, with a 78.50. Mao Asada of Japan is in second, with a score of 73.78, a personal best for her as well.
\nThursday\u2019s long program is definitely a must see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Nordic Combined Relay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Nordic<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In very snowy conditions, Austria won the gold medal in the Nordic combined relay yesterday with a winning time of 49 minutes 31.6 seconds, beating out the US team by 5.2 seconds. Germany took home bronze, 19.5 seconds behind Austria.<\/p>\n

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Olympic Giant Slalom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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World Champion Carlo Janka of Switzerland took the gold medal in the men\u2019s giant slalom Tuesday, with a combined two-leg time of 2 minutes 37.83 seconds. Kjetil Jansrud and Aksel Lund Svindal, both of Norway, won silver and bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Women’s Ski Cross Makes it’s Debut<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Women's<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ashleigh Mclvor of Canada made the hosting country proud by taking home gold in the Olympic debut of women\u2019s skicross on Tuesday. Hedda Bernsten of Norway won silver, while Marion Josserand of France won bronze.<\/p>\n

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Medal Count!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Medal<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The top five countries are as follows:<\/p>\n

US: 7 Gold, 9 Silver, 10 Bronze, Total: 26<\/p>\n

Germany:\u00a07 Gold,\u00a09 Silver,\u00a07 Bronze, Total: 23<\/p>\n

Norway:\u00a06 Gold,\u00a05 Silver,\u00a06 Bronze, Total: 17<\/p>\n

Russia:\u00a03 Gold, 4 Silver,\u00a06 Bronze, Total: 13<\/p>\n

Canada:\u00a06 Gold,\u00a04 Silver,\u00a01 Bronze, Total: 11<\/p>\n

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