After a long flight west to east, it takes 36 or 48 hours for the body clock and brain to catch up, writes Damien Enright. 

Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg was stunned by her surprise gold in the women’s giant slalom gold medal at a foggy Whistler Creekside.

More than 50 people were rescued from about 30 gondolas after a tower supporting the lift cables partially collapsed at Canada’s Whistler ski resort.

THE World Health Organisation removed Toronto from its list of SARS-infected areas yesterday, saying Canada’s largest city had contained the virus.