29 Days

Talk about sibling rivalry. There are two sets of siblings, Andrew and Posy Musgrave and Andrew and Sarah Young who are all friends, fighting to make the British cross-country ski team. There are only three spots available (two for the men and one for the women), so at least one of them will definitely not make the team. Andrew Musgrave, the one with the best chance of making the team said, "We all get on very well, so I'm sure there won't be too much jealousy." Um, yeah, right. As someone with sibling, I don't believe it for a second. The British team will be decided on January 18.

Germany has won the most medals at each of the last three Winter Olympics. Germans won 29 medals in Torino in 2006 (four more than the United Sates) including 11 golds. The Germans won two more medals than the Americans at the Salt Lake Games as (36 to 34) in 2002. And in Nagano, in 1998, Germany won 29 medals again. The Norwegians were the last country to lead the medal count before Germany at the 1994 Olympics 1994 Games which they hosted in Lillehammer, winning two medals more than the Germans (26 to 24).

Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, became president of the International Olympic Committee in 1896 and held that post for 29 years.