Reuters Winter Olympics Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday Feb 13

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Reuters Winter Olympic schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):

VANCOUVER - A Georgian luger died in a horrific crash on a training run on Friday, casting a shadow as Vancouver opened the Winter Games with a daredevil snowboarder, an aboriginal welcome, and Wayne Gretzky lighting the cauldron. (OLYMPICS-WRAPUP5/ (PIX, TV), moved at 0533, by Brian Rhoads)

VANCOUVER - A snowboarder soared through the Olympic rings and skiers schussed down mountains in the unlikely confines of a stadium as Canada whipped up a wintry wilderness for Friday's opening of the 2010 Winter Games. (OLYMPICS-OPENING/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 0549, by Mary Milliken)

VANCOUVER - Saturday's men's downhill, the premier event in Olympic Alpine skiing, will be postponed unless there is a significant improvement in the course condition, race director Guenther Hujara said on Friday. (OLYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING/DOWNHILL (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 0307, by Simon Evans.

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SKI JUMPING

WHISTLER - Austrian sensation Gregor Schlierenzauer and Swiss double gold medallist Simon Ammann are favourites for the individual normal hill ski jumping title, the first gold medal to be awarded at the Games (OLYMPICS-SKIJUMPING/ PIX, due around 1845)

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SHORT TRACK

VANCOUVER - Apolo Anton Ohno will be going for gold in the men's 1,500m, with the first medal of the short track event decided. If he wins any medal, Ohno will draw level with Bonnie Blair as the most decorated U.S. winter Olympian. OLYMPICS-SHORTTRACK/ pix, starts at 0100 (Sunday), by Sonia Oxley, 400 words

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FIGURE SKATING

VANCOUVER - American Evan Lysacek is one of four world champions gunning for the men's event gold medal. He along with U.S. National champion Jeremy Abbott and Johnny Weir will assess their chances of dethroning Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko. (OLYMPICS-FIGURE SKATING/AMERICAN, pix, expect by 2000, by Pritha Sarkar, 400 words)

VANCOUVER - Former world champion Brian Joubert will want to avoid suffering a repeat of the error-riddled performance which ruined his outing at the European championships last month. He will outline his hopes and aspiration at a news conference. (OLYMPICS-FIGURE SKATING/JOUBERT, pix, expect by 0700 (Sunday), 300 words)

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SPEED SKATING

VANCOUVER - World record holder Sven Kramer of the Netherlands begins his bid for double gold in Vancouver in the men's 5,000 metres event, which launches the Olympic speed skating competition (OLYMPICS-SPEEDSKATING (PIX), expect by 2230, by Larry Fine, 350 words)