Countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics

The United States’ Bode Miller takes a curve during the first official training for the men’s downhill contest at Whistler Creek.  (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Netherlands team train at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Vancouver.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Britons Sinead and John Kerr perform during a training session at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.  (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP/Getty Images)

Didier Cuche of Switzerland is airborne during training for the Olympics at Whistler.  (Alessandro Trovati / Associated Press)

U.S. speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno works out at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Torchbearer Lance Berrisford, left, passes the Olympic flame to Brian Petts along the edge of Lake Erie, at the southernmost point of the Canadian mainland, in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, during the torch relay leading to the Vancouver Olympics  (Dave Chidley / Associated Press)

An illuminated set of Olympic rings is refracted by the raindrops on a window in Richmond, British Columbia, near Vancouver.  (Darryl Dyck / Associated Press)

An Olympic gold medal for the Winter Games is unveiled at a news conference in Vancouver.  (Jonathan Hayward / Associated Press)