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.
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]
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]