SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Canada's Olympians are trading their world famous politeness for some cocksure trash-talking in Sochi, targeting top spot in the medals and calling out American snowboarding star Shaun White for withdrawing from an event over safety fears.
While head of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) Marcel Aubut laid out Canada's ambitious plans on the eve of the Winter Games opening ceremony, the country's slopestylers were raising the heat in the mountains, mocking double-Olympic champion White for his decision to skip the snowboard slopestyle.
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