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Round Two of Ticket Sales
Lotteries expected as Olympic ticket deadline approaches
Time is nearly up for Canadians to get their orders in for the first round of ticket sales for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
The deadline for residents of Canada to place their orders is midnight PT on Friday.
Caley Denton, vice-president of ticketing with the Vancouver Organizing Committee, said demand is already exceeding official sales targets and there’s no doubt they’ll need to hold a lottery for medal round hockey events.
Denton is also expecting demand will exceed supply in many other high-profile events, including figure skating and the opening and closing ceremonies. Officials have not been specific about which event tickets beyond hockey will be distributed by lottery.
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The first round of ticketing ends tonight at midnight (PST). People are allowed to make multiple ticket requests, so if they don’t get their first request, they are not completely left out in the cold. After the deadline has passed, a computerized lottery will start picking who gets what seat. Lotteries will definitely be held for the Gold Medal Hockey event, and probably for other hockey events, figure skating, and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
Tickets can be purchased at Vancouver 2010 ticketing information.
Winter Olympians begin on-ice training
Lake Placid sliding track opens for winter season
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — With temperatures around freezing, the bobsled-skeleton-luge track in Lake Placid opened for the season Monday morning, allowing more than 100 American sliders to officially begin on-ice training.
The Lake Placid track was the first in the world to open in preparation for the 2008-09 season.
“It always feels good to get back on the ice,” said 2002 Olympic luger Ashley Walden. “We’ve all put a lot of hard work in this summer, so we’re ready to get back into sliding after the long break.”
When skeleton racers - the ones who slide headfirst down the track on thin sleds, at speeds of around 80 mph - arrived to begin training around 9:30 a.m., a thin layer of snow greeted them at the start deck.
“It’s nice to be on the track this early, because it gives us an advantage over other nations,” said 2007 women’s skeleton champion Noelle Pikus-Pace, who became a mother for the first time earlier this year and skipped the last racing season.
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It always amazes me the hard work and determination and level of commitment that it requires to be an Olympic-caliber athlete. Maybe in this case, the early bobsled gets the gold??
Olympic Ski Jumpers sue Vancouver organizers
Canadian female ski jumper joins lawsuit
A 17-year-old female ski jumper has become the first active Canadian athlete to join a lawsuit over the sport’s exclusion from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Zoya Lynch is among 10 female athletes — most from the United States and Europe — suing Vancouver Olympic organizers because female ski jumping isn’t on the lineup for the 2010 Games.
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The IOC votes events in and out of the Olympics. I’m not sure why they would sue the Vancouver organizers instead of the IOC. The are suing because Men’s Ski Jumping is included and Women’s Ski Jumping is not. They say it violates their equality rights. Leave a comment and tell me what you think.
Winter Olympics vs. Summer Olympics
Statue of the Olympic Rings
Someone recently mentioned liking the Winter Olympics better than the Summer Olympics. I thought it would be interesting to see how others felt about it. So tell us what you think….
Summer Olympic events -
Archery, Athletics (Track & Field), Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak Flatwater, Canoe/Kayak Slalom, Cycling BMX, Cycling Mountain Bike, Cycling Road, Cycling Track, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics Artistic, Gymnastics Rhythmic, Trampoline, Handball, Field Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling
Winter Olympic events -
Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Freestyle skiing, Ice hockey, Luge, Nordic combined, Short track speed skating, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, Speed skating
So leave me a comment and tell me what you think!