VANCOUVER – Who knew ice could be transformed into something so colorful – never mind bold and beautiful?
 
Gordon Halloran, the creator of an art form called “Paintings Below Zero” has mounted a massive frozen watercolor at one of the celebration sites for the 2010 Winter Games.

Halloran calls his ice-covered canvas “The Ice Gate,” and it’s certainly an eye-catcher.

VIDEO: NBC’s Ron Mott reports on Vancouver’s ‘Paintings Below Zero’

Enclosed in a special box that doesn’t allow condensation to fog up the glass, the ice sculpture stretches 100 feet long and almost 12 feet high. The colorful display grabs ticket-holders attention on their way to the long track speed skating at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Some, like local Canadian teenager Alannah Lipsey, don’t know what to make of it. “What is it? A painting or a sculpture? I guess you have to look at it for awhile to figure it out.”
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By Dawna Friesen, NBC News Correspondent

VANCOUVER – Women’s bobsledding only became an Olympic sport in 2002, with women competing for the first time at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Shauna Rohbock, 32, is a veteran of those games, but she still has to fight for respect in her sport, which she calls “chauvinistic.” NBC’s Dawna Friesen reports.

VIDEO: Women’s bobsledder fights for speed and respect…(read more)

From skaters to skiers, curlers to bobsledders, Olympic athletes sport flamboyant fashion and colorful gear at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Click below to see a Today Show slide show of some of the outrageous outfits gracing the ice, as well as the slopes, at the Olympic games.  

SLIDESHOW: Outrageous Olympic outfits

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