The 2010 Winter Olympic Games kick off this week and like the King (aka, Elvis Presley) says, “I’m all shook up!”  The Winter Games are a special and emotional experience for me and I’m thrilled to be working with Yahoo! Sports in my home country to report first hand on all the action.

I’ve been skating since I was four years old and have experienced every Winter Olympics, either watching or competing, since that time.  I’ve had some incredible memories over the years, from winning my first Olympic medal at the 1994 games in Lillehammer and learning how to snowboard after competing at the 2002 games in Salt Lake.  But nothing beats that feeling of going to the Games to compete and stepping out on the ice for the first time.

I won’t be lacing up my skates in Vancouver but it’s going to be fun covering this year’s athletes as Yahoo! Sports Winter Games Analyst. I’m especially stoked about seeing up-and-comers like Kim Yu-Na from Korea, Evan Lysacek from the USA along with Mr. Comeback Evgeny Plushenko hit the ice for the individual figure skating events. But rest assured that I’ll make time to see some of my other favorite events like Short Track Speed Skating, Snowboarding and the Ski Jump.

Yahoo! is also letting fans get into the action by submitting their favorite winter sports photos in the “Winter Sports Moment” sweepstakes
at http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/fancouver. Fans get a chance to win prizes like digital cameras, and even a trip to the U.S.
Freestyle Skiing Championship in March. My colleagues and I are going to be covering all the events live from Vancouver over the next two weeks,
so keep checking back at Yahoo! Sports  for the latest and greatest news on the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Elvis Stojko

Yahoo! Sports Winter Games Analyst