Free Republic

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Cypress Mountain passed a major test Monday, as freestyle skiers completed their first pre-Olympic practice sessions and Winter Olympic organizers kept dumping snow on competition courses in unseasonably warm weather. “It’s absolutely fine,” World Cup champion Hannah Kearney said after her training runs. “It’s as if there was no problem.” Trucks and helicopters still were dumping snow onto the mountain in an effort to get the Olympic venues ready for the Vancouver Games, which open Friday.