Local Sports

Although the International Olympic Committee won’t decide who gets to the host the 2010 Winter Olympics until July of 2003, Canadian athletes are already starting to benefit from the bid. Regional sport centres throughout B.C.

Whistler’s Rob Eberhard finished second in the A draw of the seventh annual Sea to Sky Open Squash Tournament last weekend in Squamish. Fourteen men entered the top flight of the tournament in this the second year an A draw has been featured.

Wert finishes second for Canada It’s been a season of comebacks for Picabo Street of the U.S., who was sidelined for all of last season with a torn ACL and broken femur she sustained in 1998.

Although the Kokanee Kross Grand Nationals at Mount Seymour tapped a few of the regular pro riders, the third and final Nike Snowboard Cross (SBX) event, Feb. 24 on Blackcomb, was a near sell-out with 150 participants.

The podium at the Kokanee Boardercross North American Championships at Mount Seymour was invaded by European riders last weekend, who took four out of six podium spots and the lion’s share of the $25,000 prize purse.

By Tami Ross and Sheila Mozes The Whistler Gymnastics Club is doing backflips over strong results in their first competitive meet of the season.

For more than 30 years the Equist Slalom has been a major event for junior ski skiers in the Lower Mainland region.

The Whistler Storm senior boys basketball team has bounced its way into the provincial championships after beating St. Thomas Aquinas 78-73 and Pemberton Secondary 73-70 at a tournament in West Vancouver. "St.

The Whistler RCMP will and Vancouver City Police will be battling over jurisdiction next month, specifically over who owns Meadow Park arena.

Vancouver’s Natasza Zurek put together back to back inverts to win the Vans Triple Crown halfpipe at Snow Summit, California last week, and an estimated $7,500 U.S. in prize money.