Two congressmen want the US Olympic Committee to try to get the IOC to reverse its decision to keep women’s ski jumping out of the 2010 Vancouver Games. They are questioning why women’s ski jumping, a sport in which 83 women, representing 14 countries, competed in worldwide competition on three continents during the 2006/2007 season […]
Vancouver, Whistler, Cyprus Mountain and Richmond celebrated “two years to go” to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The next Winter Games uses existing facilities where possible, and almost all additional facilities have now been completed. At Whistler the Winter Park complex that incorporates ski jumps, cross country and biathlon facilities has recently been completed. […]
Today in Ottawa (Canada), the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and the Government of Canada, unveiled the Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock. The event attracted an enthusiastic crowd to see David Emerson (Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics), and John Furlong, […]
