July 23, 2010
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homes for sale As one of the world’s leading mountain resorts, Whistler provides an excellent venue to co-host the 2010 Winter Olympics alongside Vancouver. With an average snowfall of 10.22 metres a year and 8,171 acres of total terrain, Whistler offers ideal conditions for the alpine event portion of the 2010 winter games. This article will explore the competition venues at the Whistler Olympics and highlight the alpine sports each venue will host.
juegos Environmental Stewardship and Impact Reduction With the extensive construction and development that such an event requires, it is easy to forget the value of the environment. For this reason, it has become a major priority to preserve and protect the natural beauty and ecosystems in Vancouver as far as possible. Any negative impacts caused by our developments need to be addressed and compensated for. VANOC has committed to:
- Ensuring that design and location of venues is as eco-friendly as possible
- Rehabilitating areas that have been negatively impacted
- Using members of the community to build and assist, so that they are economically benefited, as well as protecting their human rights
- Saving water, energy and materials as far as possible to minimize waste
- Disposing of waste in a responsible way
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Located in the gorgeous Callaghan Valley, the Whistler Olympic Park is the site of the Olympic biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined events at the 2010 Olympics. It will also host the Paralympics biathlon and cross country skiing events. The park includes 55 kilometres of proficiently groomed cross-country trails, biathlon range and stadium and extraordinary ski jumps; a truly world-class arena for 2010 Olympic contenders.
Whistler Sliding Centre
Located in breath-taking Fitzsimmons Valley on Blackcomb Mountain, the Whistler Sliding Centre will host the high performance sliding events. The site contains a 1,450 metre long competition track noted to be among the fastest in the world. During the 2010 Olympics, the Sliding Centre is due to host bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events.
As one of only two sliding tracks in Canada, the Whistler Sliding Centre track will be a major asset after the 2010 Olympics to the improvement and development of high performance sliding sports in Canada.
These three competition venues will host a total of 63 exciting medal events and will remain as a legacy to spectators, athletes and organizers once the 2010 Olympics has passed You can be published without charge. You can to republish this article in your website or blog. Please provide links Active.
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