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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Good to know - it sounds like a track upgrade is required regardless of Olympics then. I imagine this would be one of the cheapest projects anyways. Is Calgary still the main training hub for sliding, or has it moved out to Whistler? I would think that having an 'easy' track wouldn't be a bad thing for getting new participants into the sport, and I wonder how profitable the blue bullet thing is for COP? In which case a brand new more advanced course might make just as much sense.
I'd never heard of the wind screens - that is a cool idea. Are the existing jumps and runouts suitable for this day and age though?
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Yeah, I think a track upgrade should be done but there really hasn't been a push for it.
Both Canadian tracks are used a lot for training, because obviously it's better to learn how to drive and slide on multiple tracks. But yes, you're right, Calgary is the main training hub due to the additional training facilities here, the Ice House for year round push training and since BCS and Luge Canada are located here. That's why most of the athletes live here.
Unfortunately both the large and small hill ski jumps are currently obsolete for Olympic competition right now; though they have been renovated a little so the national team can train. In fact, Nationals are being held there this Saturday morning.
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Originally Posted by Roughneck
Hockey at the new arena as well as Winsport. Curling at the Corral, short track and figure skating at the Dome. Oval is the Oval, ready to take back all the records.
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The Olympic Oval already holds almost half of the speed skating records, the Utah Olympic Oval holds the rest. It's not really a case of building a better facility but how high above sea level both cities are. We kind of trade them back and forth depending on the conditions during competitions.
Always hope for cold days during speed skating.