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Originally Posted by TheKurgan
'Not necessary' in the sense that they are not falling apart and only need upgrades to bring them up to Olympic standard. Our Olympic athletes can train at the newer oval and bobsled/luge tracks in Vancouver if the Calgary ones aren't up to standard. There are no Olympic skiers training at Nakiska, the FIS club based on that hill barely trains there. Winsport seems like a decent facility to me, not sure what else needs to be done there. And if Canmore needs a upgrade to the Nordic Centre, let the people of Canmore pay for it.
and lets be honest, our athletes doing well at international competitions should be a financial responsibility of our Federal Government and not the taxpayers of Calgary.
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Bingo. In fact to take it a step further I don't see why our beleaguered city and province should shoulder any cost to host a party and build future training sites for a Country that largely resents us.