[Firstly, congratulation to Squamish's Maelle Ricker for winning gold today in women's snowboard cross.]

Things seem to be going from bad to worse for VANOC -- the "dream team" tasked with making Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics a profitable reality.

We are only into Day 5 of this 17-day mega party and already, VANOC has endured the untimely death of Georgian luger, Nodar ­Kumaritashvili, the cancellation of 28,000 spectator tickets at Cypress Bowl for the snowboard half-pipe, ski cross and snowboard parallel giant slalom, electrical problems, confused bus drivers, and long food lineups at Cypress Mountain.