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Nate Johstone in action in Cardrona at the World Junior Championships

Johnstone makes impressive comeback at world juniors
26 August 2010

Nathan Johnstone has made an impressive comeback to elite snowboard halfpipe competition, taking the silver medal at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Cardrona, New Zealand.

Johnstone was number two in the world on the FIS World Cup circuit in 2009, but suffered an ankle injury in January in training for Vancouver 2010, missing out on a chance to make his Olympic debut.

The 19-year-old AIS scholarship holder placed third in his qualifying heat on 36. [more]

Chairlift named for Lassila as season kicks off

14 June 2010

Olympic Winter Institute athletes and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holders Lydia Lassila, Alex Pullin, Joh Shaw and Katya Crema helped kick off the 2010 ski season at Mt Buller over the weekend. All four Vancouver Olympians were guests at the OWI’s Masquerade Cocktail Party on Sunday evening, a fundraiser for the Institute, and also took part in other events where they were happy to tell the story of their Olympic experiences and their plans for the future. [more]

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]

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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