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Team GB Kit Launched For Winter Olympics 2010

Team GB Kit Launched For Winter Olympics 2010

The official kit for members of this year’s British Winter Olympics team was this evening unveiled at Somerset House, London.  The names of a further 19 athletes who will be competing at Vancouver 2010 were also announced in what Adam Parsons, Director of Communications for the British Olympic Association (BOA), called “an important day for Team [...]

British Olympic Association Urges Calm Over Snowsport GB Difficulties

British Olympic Association Urges Calm Over Snowsport GB Difficulties

Reports that the national governing body for Winter sports in the UK is about to go into administration have prompted the British Olympic Association to reassure athletes.
Snowsport GB is the official governing body of snowboarding and other Winter sports in the UK and membership is compulsory for those athletes competing in the Olympics. The body [...]

British Short Track Speed Skating Team Announced

British Short Track Speed Skating Team Announced

Team GB will be sending seven short track speed skating athletes to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in February. The Team GB short track speed skating athletes in Vancouver will be:
Men: Jon Eley, Anthony Douglas, Paul Worth, Jack Whelbourne, Tom Iveson.
Women: Sarah Lindsay, Elise Christie.
Short track differs in several ways from conventional speed skating, [...]

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