Canada finished fourth in the Olympic medal count at Salt Lake City in 2002, we were third in 2006 in Torino. But officials at Own the Podium (OTP) don’t want to settle for anything less than first on home turf in Vancouver in 2010.
There’s been a shift in Canadian confidence and attitude as our athletes continue to claim their medals this season. As the Globe and Mail said in a recent editorial, “No more excuses. No more just happy to be here, did you notice my personal best.” They are more confident and more ready. In less than a year, Canada will be fielding the strongest Canadian team in our history due in no small part to as OTP.
No sport organization is a better example of the strength of Canadian sport teams than the Canadian Freestyle Team whose aerialists, mogul skiers and ski cross racers have been cleaning up in the standings this year and lead the FIS Nations Cup by a substantial margin.
OTP is a partnership of Canada’s 13 winter national sport organizations, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, Sport Canada and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).
