- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Aurum Press; Vancouver 2010 ed edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1845134915
- ISBN-13: 978-1845134914
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,436,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good information. Lot of errors, Jan 19 2010
By Christopher C. Miller - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010 Edition (Paperback)
I got this book to update the one I had to the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow (The 2008 Edition did that for the Summer version and it was well done). This book has a lot of errors in it. For Nordic combined, it lists the old event of 7.5 km sprint and 15 km individual even though both events changed in late 2008 to 10 km individual large hill and 10 km individual normal hill. No details provided of the Gundersen system point time differential for competitiors in the individual and team event.There is no mention of ski cross in the freestyle skiing section which will debut at this year's Olympics.
For cross country skiing on the combined/ double pursuit, the events listed are not accurate. 1992-8 were 10 km + 15 km combined men & 5 km + 10 km combined women, both separate days. 2002 was 10 km + 10 km combined men and 5 km + 5 km combined women, same day at seperate times. Since 2006, it has been 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit women and 15 km + 15 km double pursuit men, a duathlon event. No explanation given for event.
For the knowledge that Wallechinsky and Loucky have with the Olympics, this left something to be desired.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I expected, Nov 28 2009
By MN Teacher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010 Edition (Paperback)
If you are looking for a book that spends a lot of time going over past olympics medal placings,...this is for you. Not a lot on the specific sports.
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Excellent!, Feb 10 2010
By James Thompson - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010 Edition (Paperback)
This is the most complete book about the Winter Olympics available. It's the complementary book to the Summer Olympics. What you get is all the results and historical vignettes to most of the events.
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