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All Sports is starting in grand style: at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

February 10, 2010 at 5:22PM

All Sports is starting in grand style: at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Mike "Rant" Russo and I will be arriving there tomorrow. There will be some other Minnesotans on our flight, including the parents of curler Chris Plys. We've got 22 athletes from the state set to compete, and we'll be following them intensely, as well as checking out some of the Games' other stars and marquee events.

First up: luger Tony Benshoof from White Bear Lake, competing Saturday and Sunday, and skier Lindsey Vonn, the Burnsville native who kicks off her five events with Sunday's super combined.

They're not exactly having Winter Games weather; it was 55 in Vancouver on Saturday. No complaints here!

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Rachel Blount

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Rachel Blount is a sports reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune who covers a variety of topics, including the Olympics, Wild, college sports and horse racing. She has written extensively about Minnesota's Olympic athletes and has covered pro and college hockey since joining the staff in 1990.

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