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By Patrick Johnston

SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The overwhelming success of three-on-three basketball at the inaugural Youth Games is a strong enough argument for both versions of the discipline to be included at future Olympics, according to the sport’s organisers.

Buoyed by strong attendances and a positive response at the Youth Olympics in Singapore, International Federation Basketball (FIBA) secretary general Patrick Baumann is already seeking ways to take the smaller form of the sport to a bigger stage.

John Goodwin got a strange phone call the first Sunday morning of the 2010 Olympics.

The volunteer protocol officer for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was told the president was keen to skate on an artificial ice rink at Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver.

Eastern European skiers dominated the cross-country skiing distance races at Pragelato Plan. However, North American women made plenty of noise in the sprint events, with one unheralded skier reaching the top of the podium at her first Olympics.

Pursuit (February 12, 2006)
The cross-country pursuit events were contested in a new format at the Torino Games. Instead of two separate races, the pursuit took place as a combined competition in which the first half was carried out in the classical technique and the second in the freestyle technique. At the halfway point, skiers changed boots, skis and poles in a designated area and switched from a classical to a freestyle technique.