| AIS Program Review 2009-2010 |
| 05 May 2010 |
| Summary of results from the AIS Winter Sport Programs in 2009-2010. [more] |
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| Most successful Olympic Winter Games year |
| 05 May 2010 |
| Vancouver 2010 provided a brilliant conclusion to the Olympic Winter Institute’s 2006/7-2009/10 quadrennium, as Australia’s winter sports athletes collected a record medal haul.
For the first time, the nation could proudly claim three Winter Games medallists, as well as a string of other top ten placings. [more] |
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| Vancouver Olympians to launch new winter sports home |
| 28 March 2010 |
| A figure skating exhibition by 16-year-old Vancouver Olympian Cheltzie Lee will highlight the launch of the Olympic Winter Institute’s new home at the Ice House, Docklands, Melbourne, on Tuesday evening, March 30.
Lee, back in Australia after competing at the World Figure Skating Championships in Torino over the weekend, will be joined at the launch by Vancouver gold medallist Lydia Lassila, aerial skiing team-mate Jacqui Cooper and the world’s number two snowboard cross athlete, Alex “Chumpy” Pullin. [more] |
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| Vancouver 2010 Australian Team Site |
| 01 March 2010 |
| To view all of the key Australian team content from the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, please visit the AOC Vancouver site at olympics.com.au [more] |
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| Short track athletes tune up in Calgary |
| 01 February 2010 |
| Thirteen days out from Vancouver 2010, Australia’s short track skaters Tania Borodulina and Lachlan Hay are training in Calgary. AIS/OWI head short track coach Ann Zhang filed this brief report: [more] |
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| Hay on top in battle for Olympic place |
| 19 December 2009 |
| Lachlan Hay has defeated close friend and housemate Jeremy Beck in the battle for Australia’s one male short track speed skating berth at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Hay outskated Beck in a time trial, covering the 1000m distance two seconds faster than his AIS/OWI team-mate, then came out on top in a head to head match race to clinch the Games position.
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| Borodulina clinches Australian places in Vancouver |
| 16 November 2009 |
| Tatiana Borodulina has qualified Australian places for all three short track distances at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, following the completion of the North American leg of the World Cup season.
Borodulina finished sixth in the 1000m, and also collected two 12th placings in 500m and 1500m at the Marquette, Wisconsin, event. [more] |
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| Borodulina makes three top ten's |
| 09 November 2009 |
| Tatiana Borodulina has skated to three top ten placings in a World Cup in Montreal, Canada, taking a major step toward qualifying for all three events at Vancouver 2010. [more] |
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| Borodulina moves closer to Olympic qualification |
| 08 November 2009 |
| Tatiana Borodulina has reached the semi-finals of the 1500m in a short track World Cup in Montreal, Canada, and also made it through to the last 28 in both the 500m and 1000m. [more] |
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