Local Sports

Green, Redden finish season on top with dramatic wins at home For Canadian cross country mountain bikers Roland Green and Chrissy Redden, Aug. 27 was a big day, to say the least.

Two Whistler residents were among the 27 B.C. coaches nominated for the 3M Coaching Canada Awards, which have been presented to outstanding coaches and community leaders since 1989.

Over the past 19 years, the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race has earned the reputation of being one of the most physically and mentally demanding point-to-point bike races on the planet.

Devotees, including a Whistler woman, come from around the world to pay their respects to the Dalai Lama, while Tibetans wait to return to their land "I?d rather live in Tibet, than be a refugee." ? Tenpa Gyaltsen.

Although a few notable names were missing, and a few of our more reliable local riders made the DNF list, a number of Whistler riders finished the B.C. Cup season on top at the finals in Rossland last weekend.

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Tourism Whistler's strategic alliance and business partnership with Brewster Transportation is about to move to a new level.

B.C.ers win men?s and women?s titles Local triathletes distinguished themselves among the record turnout of 2,000 athletes who took part in the 2001 Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon Aug. 26 in Penticton.

Almost a dozen local athletes from Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton are taking part in this year’s Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon in Pentiction on Aug. 26.

For the first seven years, the annual Westside Wheel Up bike race was just that – a bike race, by locals for locals.