From the U.S. Ski Team:
One of the longest standing teams in the Paralympics is changing its name to better reflect the high level of athleticism of its members to become the U.S. Adaptive Ski Team. Formerly known as the disabled team, the new Adaptive Team includes both alpine and cross country skiing in a program managed under the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), the parent organization of the U.S. Ski Team.
2010 Olympic organizers announced the route for the torch relay today. The route covers 35,000 kilometers.
Click here to check out an interactive map of the route.
From the U.S. Ski Team:
…World Cup overall and downhill champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) fell during a routine training session for super G Wednesday at Copper Mountain in Colorado. She was seen at the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic at the Vail Valley Medical Center and released Wednesday afternoon pending further observation by doctors.
According to U.S. Ski Team Medical Director Richard Quincy, she was seen by the U.S. Women’s Alpine Ski Team’s Dr. William Sterett who indicated that she suffered a bruised left knee; there was no ligament or cartilage damage. A decision on her return is pending further
Chris Pleasants, Zach Radmer, Bret Nordlund, and Jon Chartrand from Seattle’s Granite Curling Club (www.curlingseattle.org) defeated Brian Caldwell’s Minnesota team 9-4 in a tiebreaker on Sunday afternoon to win the World University Games U.S. Team Trials in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. With the victory, the foursome earned the right to become Team USA, and will represent the United States in curling at the 2009 Winter World University Games in Harbin, China, February 20th- 27th, 2009.
From VANOC:
After weeks of deliberations at kitchen tables across Canada, Olympic enthusiasts submitted more than $345 million in requests for tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. As of this past Friday, November 7, the final day of the Request Period of Phase 1, an estimated 120 of 170 ticketed sessions were oversubscribed due to demand exceeding the available tickets. In terms of dollars, Canadians have already requested approximately four and a half times the value of tickets in Phase 1 for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games ($345 million over five weeks), compared to the first phase of ticketing ($75 million over nine weeks) for the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the most recent Olympic Games held in North America.
From the U.S. Ski Team:
…One World Cup into the season and it’s fairly obvious that reigning Audi FIS World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) has been a busy man. With some new additions to his arsenal of Shred fashions, tentative plans for a new hairdo and a new World Cup podium finish on his resume, it’s a wonder he has time for much else – but he does. To find out what else Ligety has been up to, read on:
You really know how to start the World Cup season off, don’t you?
A statement released today from the U.S. Ski Team
…One of the founding pioneers of the modern day U.S. Ski Team, William Bradford Briggs, died Nov. 1 at the age of 87 at his home in Vero Beach, FL. Briggs, was a driving force in the formation of the Team’s fundraising arm, the U.S. Ski Team Educational Foundation, in the ’70s and one of its staunchest supporters in the Team’s heyday of the late ’70s and early ’80s.
“Much of the success our athletes have earned today can be attributed to the vision of early supporters like
Friday is the last day to request tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.
Ticket requests can be submitted at cosport.com or 877-457-4647. A credit card with an expiration date of February 2009 or later is required to request tickets, but no payments will be collected during this time according to the cosport.com website.
Tickets range in price from $25 to watch cross-country skiing to $1,118 for the opening ceremonies.
The ticket request period started Oct. 3, but regardless of when requests are submitted they will be considered equally when ticket sales are confirmed in
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