Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230784014
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)
Book Synopsis Olympic Luge Venues by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Olympic Luge Venues written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Alpensia Sliding Centre, Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Cesana Pariol, La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track, List of Olympic venues in luge, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck, Sapporo Teine, Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track, Sliding Center Sanki, Spiral (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton), Utah Olympic Park Track, Villard-de-Lans, Whistler Sliding Centre. Excerpt: The Whistler Sliding Centre (French: ) is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is 125 km (78 mi) north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Blackcomb resort, which comprises two ski mountains separated by Fitzsimmons Creek. Located on the lowermost slope of the northern mountain (Blackcomb Mountain), Whistler Sliding Centre hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (an individual sport in which the racer slides down the track head first) competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Design work started in late 2004 with construction taking place from June 2005 to December 2007. Bobsledders Pierre Lueders and Justin Kripps of Canada took the first run on the track on 19 December 2007. Certification took place in March 2008 with over 200 runs from six different start houses (the place where the sleds start their runs), and was approved both by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL). Training runs took place in late 2008 in preparation for the World Cup events in all three sports in early 2009. World Cup competitions were held in February 2009 for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton. The top speed for all World Cup events set by German luger Felix Loch at 153.98 km/h (95.68 mph). In late 2009, more training took...