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2010 Winter Olympics: Covering All the Angles

December 10, 2009

It will be a special moment next February when Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics. People from all around the world will focus on Canada as international athletes vie for gold. Bringing us the most informative coverage of the Olympics from our backyard are Canada's best broadcasters and NSB speakers, including:
 
Brian Williams
Brian Williams
(CTV):
Recognized as the dean of Canadian sports broadcasters, Williams has covered virtually every major professional and amateur sports event in Canada - including 12 Olympic Games internationally - and has won seven Gemini Awards.


Ian Hanomansing
Ian Hanomansing
(CBC): An entertaining and informative speaker, Hanomansing is the Gemini Award-winning host of CBC TV's News Vancouver at 6. He is an experienced broadcaster who provided daily coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.


Daniele Sauvageau
Danièle Sauvageau
(CTV / Sportsnet):
A former undercover police officer, Sauvageau led Canada's women's hockey team to its first Olympic gold medal in half a century as a head coach in 2002. Today, she continues to follow the sport as an analyst for Hockey Night in Canada on CBC TV's French channel. 



Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona Le May Doan
(CTV / Sportsnet):
Le May Doan is the only Canadian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal and defend her title. The two-time gold medalist and five-time speed skating world champion is an articulate and bilingual presenter, whose ability to achieve personal excellence will inspire others.

Ron MacLean
Ron MacLean
(CBC):
A veteran journalist, the seven-time Gemini Award winner most recently hosted CBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He provides rare insight about his work on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, what Don Cherry is really like, and behind-the-scenes accounts of the previous Olympics and other international sporting events he has covered.


Other broadcasters who will be sharing news of the Olympics we are proud to represent:
 
Aliya-Jasmine Sovani (MTV / CTV's Olympic Morning show)
 
Rick Hansen
(Canadian Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium)
 
Kevin Newman (Global National)
 
Seamus O'Regan (Canada AM / CTV)
 
George Stroumboulopoulos (CBC's The Hour)
 
Cassie Campbell (Sportsnet / CBC's Hockey Night in Canada)

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