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Sochi Olympics 2014 - Australian Athletes
NZ Snow Tours sends out a HUGE congratulations to everyone who made the Australian Olympic Team!
Australia has a much larger winter Olympic team for the Games than New Zealand, with a role totaling Sixty. 42 of them are skiers and snowboarders with many already holding world champion titles. They are surely going to put up a good fight in Sochi!
There a couple of stand outs that I must mention before I introduce the rest of the skiers and snowboarders. The first one being snowboarder Torah Bright. Not only is Torah the 2010 Olympic gold medalist for pipe, this year she is competing in 3...
Posted By: Paula Mitchell, @ Fri, 31st Jan 2014 View comments (0) Add a comment
Sochi Olympics 2014 - New Zealand Athletes
The New Zealand Winter Olympic team 2014 is now confirmed! These athletes have made enormous sacrifices to get where they are today – and we send out a HUGE congratulations to everyone named in the team today. You are all awesome!
So, here is a quick overview of the New Zealand team and when to watch out for them. Our inside local knowledge (note they all almost all from Wanaka!) tells us that ALL these athletes are the ones to watch – so lets get cheering! Click on their names to take you through to the New Zealand Olympic website for even more information about each athlete.
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Posted By: Paula Mitchell, @ Wed, 22nd Jan 2014 View comments (0) Add a comment
Sochi Olympics 2014 - Our Favourite Sports
There are so many events in the Winter Olympics to watch and follow. This blog will talk about a specific few that are our favourite ones to watch. You will be able to click on the name of any event in this blog, which will take you to more information on the official Sochi website.
So to begin here are a list of all the winter events, followed by a brief of our favourite ones the skiing and snowboarding events!
• Alpine Skiing
• Cross-Country Skiing
• Freestyle Skiing
• Nordic Combined
• Ski Jumping
• Biathlon
• Curling
• Ice Hockey
• Short Track
• Snowboard
• Bobsleigh
• Figure Skat...
Posted By: Paula Mitchell, @ Wed, 15th Jan 2014 View comments (0) Add a comment
Sochi Olympics 2014 - History
The Sochi Olympics are only 30 days away from commencing, and athletes from around the globe are now completing their final qualifying events. For some athletes it will come down to the wire. Every split second and every .01 of a point will count – either making or breaking dreams. They train for years for this moment and head out there to perform their absolute best in hope to reach the top. February is going to be an exciting month!
NZ Snow Tours are jumping on the bandwagon, and the next few blogs are going to be all about the Olympics. If all goes well, I might even blog direct from Soc...
Posted By: Paula Mitchell, @ Wed, 8th Jan 2014 View comments (0) Add a comment
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