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! >>>
Top 10 Moments for Canadian Olympians
If you had to choose the most outstanding achievement of a Canadian winter Olympian, what would it be? >>>
VANOC continues venue operational testing at speed skating sport event. World’s best will compete before sold-out crowds at Richmond Olympic Oval
The top speed skaters in the world will fly around the Richmond Olympic Oval this week as they go for gold at the International Skating Union’s (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships — the international speed skating event that most closely mirrors how podium winners will be decided at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. >>>
VANOC concludes operational testing on a high note with exceptional venue and athlete performances at Richmond Olympic Oval
After a weekend of speed skating filled with memorable and dramatic athlete performances, the Richmond Olympic Oval earned high praise from athletes, spectators and officials alike in its international debut. >>>
VANOC congratulates City of Richmond on opening of Richmond Olympic Oval
Vancouver, BC – Speed skaters training for Olympic glory at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games will soon have the inside track on training at the newly completed Richmond Olympic Oval, which officially opens today—a remarkable 14 months ahead of Games time. >>>
Leading the way for women in sport, Cathy Priestner Allinger reflects on 30 years of change
In 1976, Canadian speed skater Cathy Priestner Allinger became the first woman the Calgary Booster Club ever invited to their prestigious “Athlete of the Year” award dinner. She was also the first woman to turn them down. >>>
Priestner Allinger honoured for positive impact on Canadian sport
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) recently named Cathy Priestner Allinger to the 2007 CAAWS list of Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity. >>>
Cindy Klassen shares her Olympic spirit with local kids
Do you have a dream? If you do, write it down, put it up on your bedroom wall and look at it every day. That was John Furlong’s message to the hundreds of kids from Royal Heights Elementary School in Surrey, British Columbia, on Thursday morning. >>>
In Their Words: Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater Johann Olav Koss made his Olympic debut at the Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games, finishing seventh in the 5,000 metres, winning a gold medal in the 1,500 metres and silver in the 10,000 metres. At the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games, the final year of his speed skating career, Koss won three gold medals, winning all his races and setting new world records, two of which would remain unbeaten until the clap skate era. Koss was named Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year in 1994, together with American speed skater Bonnie Blair. >>>
Chasing his dreams – Aqpik Peter leads way for Inuit youth
Aqpik Peter is a candid Inuit youth with a taste for adrenaline and a talent for speed. Raised in Iqaluit, the northernmost capital in Canada, Aqpik has already pushed the frontiers of elite speed skating in his territory, making the podium at the Arctic Winter Games and chasing his dream of earning the most medals ever for Nunavut. >>>
