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LONDON (AP)—Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair credits Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi with helping London secure the 2012 Olympics.

Blair also says in his new autobiography that he was dubious about bidding for the games, never thought London would win and feared being “humiliated” by losing to the French.

In his book “A Journey” released Wednesday, Blair gives his fullest account to date of his role in London’s victory over Paris in the International Olympic Committee vote in Singapore in July 2005.

WHISTLER '€” North Vancouver's Lauren Woolstencroft has won her fourth gold medal of the Paralympic Games.

Competing in the women's super-G standing event, Woolstencroft obliterated the field, finishingin a time of 1:26.46, 5.46 seconds ahead of runner-up Melania Corradini of Italy in 1:31.92. Germany's Andrea Rothfuss won bronze in 1:32.47.

VANCOUVER '€” The momentum of the Olympic Games is pushing Paralympic tickets sales higher as Friday'€™s opening ceremony inches closer and athletes begin arriving in British Columbia.

'€œComing off the success of the Olympics, things have been going really well and we'€™ve been selling lots of tickets,'€ said VANOC'€™s vice-president of ticketing and consumer marketing, Caley Denton.

VANCOUVER -- Short track speed skating at the Vancouver Olympics ended up being the Apolo Ohno show. And for good reason.

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VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Former speed skating champion Bonnie Blair said she had no hard feelings about sharing the distinction of most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian with the charismatic Apolo Anton Ohno.

Short track skater Ohno matched Blair's career haul of six medals when he claimed silver in the men's 1,500 meters in Vancouver and he is skating three more events at the Games.

As two South Korean skaters careened off into the protective padding, Apolo Ohno cruised to a silver medal and into the record books alongside another speed skating legend, Bonnie Blair.

Ohno's silver in the 1500m means he now has a total of six Winter Olympic medals to call his own. That number ties him with Blair for the title of ‘most decorated American Winter Olympian of all-time.'

He also the most dominant short track athlete ever.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Apolo Anton Ohno will "let the beast loose" on Saturday in the short track speedskating jungle of disqualifications, crashes and chaos when he launches his bid to become the most decorated U.S. winter Olympian.

The 27-year-old, who has won five Olympic medals in two Games, can surpass speed skater Bonnie Blair's American record with two more medals in Vancouver. The first metalware up for grabs is in the 1,500 metres on Saturday.

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METRO VANCOUVER - The Olympic flame is winding its way through the North Shore today, travelling by land, water and air.