| OWI Deputy Chair elected to FIS Council |
| 07 June 2010 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia Dean Gosper is the latest Australian to win a key position in global sport.
Gosper, son of International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kevan Gosper, and President of Ski & Snowboard Australia, has been elected to the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council which controls skiing and snowboarding worldwide. [more] |
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| Vancouver Olympians celebrated in Sydney |
| 17 May 2010 |
| The success of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympics teams was celebrated in Sydney over the weekend, at a welcome home function hosted by the Australian Olympic Committee.
The night featured speeches from Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates, Vancouver Olympic Team Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman and Gold Medallist Lydia Lassila. [more] |
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| 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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| Lassila and Bright share Ski & Snowboard Australia top award |
| 05 May 2010 |
| Vancouver 2010 gold medallists Lydia Lassila and Torah Bright are the joint recipients of the Ski & Snowboard Australia Athlete of the Year award for 2010.
It was the second consecutive award for Lassila, who set a new Olympic record in claiming aerial skiing gold and also jumped to a world record score on her way to a World Cup victory in Deer Valley in the lead-up to the Games. [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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| In other news |
| 22 March 2010 |
| Joh Shaw has wound up her season with a 21st placing in PGS in La Molina, Spain, while Tatiana Borodulina has recorded a best placing of 21st in the women’s 1000m event at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
And ladies figure skater Cheltzie Lee, men’s representative Mark Webster and ice dancers Danielle O’Brien and Greg Merriman will bring their season to a close this week at the World Figure Skating Championships in Torino, Italy. [more] |
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| Greig finishes top ten at world juniors |
| 16 March 2010 |
| Daniel Greig has skated to a top ten result at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships, finishing seventh in the 500m.
Greig’s time of 36.18 in the first of the event’s two heats was just .01 off his national record posted in January this year, while the overall placing was a massive improvement on last year's result where he finished in 45th place in the same event.
“In Daniel’s first 500m he was just 0.2 from third place,” said Australian speed skating coach Desley Hill.
“In the second one he was unfortunate as he was warmed up and on the line then they called a seven minute delay due to ice repair. So he and his opponent were cold by the time they started the race and weren’t at their best.”
“We still have to learn a lot, but we have time on our side as he has only skated for a short time and the rest of his competitors have been skating much longer.”
Greig followed up with 11th place in the 1000m, in a time of 1:12.16.
Brooke Lochland, contesting her first real international event for Australia, skated a personal best in the 500m, registering 42.93 seconds to finish in 52nd place.
Lochland then set a new Australian senior record of 2:11.37 in the 1500m, taking another half second off her January record time to place 45th. (Courtesy of Frank Anderson, australianspeedskating.blogspot.com) [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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