Poland

Population:	38,518,241
Area:	120,728 sq. miles
Location:	Europe
Capital:	Warsaw
Major Cities:	Lodz, Krakow
Language(s):	Polish
Winter Olympic Debut:	1924

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Ammann jumps closer to season title POSTED: Mar 9, 3:05p ET | UPDATED: Mar 11, 1:41p ET Double Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland closed in on the overall World Cup title Tuesday by winning his seventh event of the season.
Kowalczyk wins women's 30km mass start gold POSTED: Feb 27, 4:16p ET | UPDATED: Feb 28, 1:24a ET Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk won the women's 30km mass start after a heated sprint with Marit Bjoergen, who won her fifth medal of the Games with a silver.
Norway golden in women's relay POSTED: Feb 25, 2:55p ET | UPDATED: Feb 26, 12:21a ET Kristin Stoermer Steira's wait for a medal is over. The Norwegian won her first Olympic medal after she and her compatriots claimed gold in the women's 4x5km relay. Steira had been a four-time fourth place finisher at the Winter Olympics.
Nesbitt has second gold in sights POSTED: Feb 21, 5:23a ET | UPDATED: Feb 21, 5:23a ET After earning an Olympic title in the choppy, sloppy 1000m speed skating race, Christine Nesbitt goes for gold No. 2 on Sunday in the 1500m.
Ammann wins fourth Olympic gold medal POSTED: Feb 20, 4:23p ET | UPDATED: Feb 21, 8:29p ET Switzerland's Simon Ammann won the Olympic Games large hill title on Saturday to become the first ski jumper in history to win four individual golds.
Ammann leads after first round POSTED: Feb 20, 3:25p ET | UPDATED: Mar 5, 10:31a ET Austria's Simon Ammann leads large hill competition after the first round of the competition with a jump of 144.0m.
Bjoerndalen gearing up for gold POSTED: Feb 20, 1:43p ET | UPDATED: Feb 20, 1:46p ET
Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen will be a man on a mission in Sunday's Olympic Games 15km biathlon mass start.
Kowalczyk bested by Bjoergen again in Vancouver POSTED: Feb 20, 11:57a ET | UPDATED: Feb 20, 11:57a ET
After spending a year at the summit of women's cross-country skiing, Justyna Kowalczyk is finding herself repeatedly looking up at Marit Bjoergen at these Vancouver Games.
Kowalczyk plays waiting game for bronze POSTED: Feb 20, 1:16a ET | UPDATED: Feb 20, 1:16a ET Pole Justyna Kowalczyk desperately stuck out a leg at the finish line of the Olympic women's 15 km cross-country pursuit on Friday and waited to see whether it was enough to win a bronze medal.
Bjoergen wins Olympic gold in women's pursuit POSTED: Feb 19, 4:40p ET | UPDATED: Feb 20, 12:08a ET Marit Bjoergen has won the gold medal for the women's 15km pursuit.
Ammann's bindings declared legal POSTED: Feb 19, 12:19p ET | UPDATED: Feb 19, 7:21p ET Olympic Swiss ski jumping Simon Ammann champion was cleared to continue using his modified boot bindings despite Austrian complaints that they were unfair, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said on Friday.

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