86 Days

Wanna know how not to make it to the 2010 Winter Olympics? How about get drunk, steal a car and go driving in it 89 days before Opening Ceremonies. That is allegedly what Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai did the day after his disappointing 10th place performance at Skate America in Lake Placid. He is being held in a county jail on $100,000 bail. If Lutai had been Russia's best hope for an Olympic medal, I could see the Russian Skating Federation sending him to the Olympics anyway, but with the return of gold medal favorite, Evgeni Plushenko (the 2006 Olympic Champion), the repercussions of this could (deservedly) be devastating to Lutai.

Here's a name you probably haven't heard yet: Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong. He is Ghana's first professional skier and will represent the country at the Olympics as well. He has also just received government backing to build Ghana's first artificial, indoor ski slope to build interest in the sport.

There will be 86 medal events taking place at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
http://www.travelplaces.co.uk/travelplaces/olympics/winter-olympics-2010-sports-venues.htm

In '86, the IOC voted to separate the Summer and Winter Games and place them in alternating even-numbered years, which began with the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994.