Hear it from the Pros
Vancouver2010.com caught up with some of the top athletes from every sport of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Hear them here! >>>
VANOC continues operational testing with bobsleigh, skeleton and luge sport events at The Whistler Sliding Centre Spectator interest expected to be high as athletes get to know new technical track
WHISTLER, BC– Interest will be high this week as a brand new sport is introduced to the sea to sky region when the best bobsleigh and skeleton athletes in the world will take to the track for the first of two World Cups to be held at The Whistler Sliding Centre. >>>
Testing successfully complete at bobsleigh and skeleton sport event. Sold-out crowd cheers on sliding athletes from around the world
WHISTLER, BC – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) successfully completed its operational testing today at the bobsleigh and skeleton sport events at The Whistler Sliding Centre, which ran from February 5 to 7. >>>
Training at The Whistler Sliding Centre
At the close of this year's sliding season, 2,217 test and training runs were taken on the new Whistler Sliding Centre track. Taking the majority of these first runs was the Canadian bobsleigh, luge and skeleton teams, who really took advantage of the first Canadian Team Training Camps at The Whistler Sliding Centre. >>>
In Their Words: Jeff Pain
Skeleton athlete Jeff Pain was born in Anchorage, Alaska. From Calgary, Pain began competing in 1995, before skeleton became an official Olympic sport. He is a pioneer of the sport and the most decorated Canadian skeleton athlete of his time. >>>
