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The Whistler Mountain Ski Club continued to build its reputation as one of the top racing clubs in the Canada last week as a group of Whistler athletes excelled in the Merrill Lynch K2 Series Canadian Juvenile Champions against the top clubs in Canad

The 2001/02 season is winding down and wow has it ever gone by quickly. I feel like just last week I was writing about my first race of the season in Solden, Austria.

Bradley, Ringstad among mogul medallists After one of its most successful seasons on the World Cup tour in years, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team wrapped it up at Marble Mountain, Newfoundland last weekend at the Canadian Freestyle Ski Championships.

The light was the only flat thing on the snowboard cross course on March 21 for the third and final instalment of the Atomic Skier and Snowboarder Cross series.

July 14 th was the day chosen to run the fifth annual Squamish Triathlon – A Memorial to Bob McIntosh. Once again the race will be part of the New Balance TriBC race Series, number eight in a series of 10 competitions.

The Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team brought home 12 of Canada’s 15 medals for the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, placing Canada fourth in the overall medal tallies.

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club has a lot to celebrate these days, with alumni cleaning up at the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships, and both the K1 and juvenile teams cleaning up in provincial and national competitions.

Only one event remains on the calendar for the annual Kokanee Valley Race Series, the giant slalom finals on March 28. A total of seven races have been held so far this season, with two events cancelled due to the weather.

Over the past few weeks, the less experienced members of the Whistler Gymnastics Club took part in Kids In Progress and Zone competitions.

BidIndex places Vancouver bid behind Bern, according to Gamesbids.com Eight cities are currently bidding for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, although Andorra la Vella, Andorra looks like it might pull out and go for 2014 instead.