VANOC completes operational testing at World Wheelchair Curling Championship. Sport event marked first Paralympic championship held at a Vancouver 2010 venue
Vancouver, BC– The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) successfully completed its operational testing today at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship sport event at the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre. >>>
Canada’s first World Wheelchair Curling Championship begins February 21. Championship serves as inaugural Paralympic sport event for VANOC’s operational testing
VANCOUVER, BC — The newly opened Vancouver Olympic Centre/Vancouver Paralympic Centre, the final competition venue for the 2010 Winter Games to be completed on time and on budget, will host its first-ever competition starting Saturday, February 21, as the world’s best wheelchair curlers take to the ice. >>>
Vancouver 2010 sport venues completed on time and within $580-million budget. Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre opens today as a model of sustainable building
VANCOUVER, BC – One of the biggest milestones in preparing to host the top athletes from countries around the world has been reached by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and its partners: construction and upgrades on all sport competition venues were completed on time and within the $580-million budget. Athletes are now training and competing in the venues in preparation for the Games. >>>
Postcard from Torino: Paralympic team honours friends and family
The only log cabin in Torino was the place to be Monday night as the Canadian Paralympic Committee hosted a reception for athletes and their family and friends at British Columbia Canada Place. >>>
Postcard from Torino: Wheelchair curling at Pinerolo Palaghiaccio
Making its Paralympic debut at Torino 2006, wheelchair curling is a sport of strategy and skill. Unlike curling at the Olympic Games, both men and women play on the same team, but the main difference from able-bodied curling is the elimination of sweeping, making the curlers’ aim and finesse all the more important. >>>
Travelling quickly down the road to 2010: final groundbreaking takes place at Hillcrest/Nat Bailey Stadium Park curling venue
It was an otherwise cloudy February morning, but the sun shone briefly on the small group of spectators and elementary school students gathered at Hillcrest Park to witness the official groundbreaking for the new Olympic and Paralympic curling venue on Friday, February 23. >>>
Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre is now open!
With less than 365 days left before the beginning of the 2010 Winter Games, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Park Board and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) hosted a public event on February 19 to celebrate the opening of the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre. >>>
Paralympic Perspectives: Chris Daw
Chris Daw has represented Canada in adaptive track, marathon, basketball, rugby and curling. He was the skip for Canada’s gold-medal winning wheelchair curling team at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games. Daw returned to the Elderton Curling Club near London, Ontario, with his gold medal. He is a sitting member of Athletes Canada and the program development officer for Curling Newfoundland. >>>
