Over the past weekend, many of the Australian vying for a spot on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter team, competed in qualification events. Below is a listing of their results:

Biathlon
15-20 Dec - World Cup (Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia)
Alex Almoukov - 76th (20km); 101st (10km)
Mark Raymond - DNF (20km); 114th (10km)

Bobsleigh
18 – 20 Dec -  America’s Cup (Lake Placid, USA)

2 men bob (women)
Astrid Loch-Wilkinson, Cecilia McIntosh – 2nd; 2nd; 2nd

4 men bob
Jeremy Rolleston, Heath Spence, Shane McKenzie, Anthony Ryan - 14th (afternoon)
Travis Sheehy, Beau Lewis, Heath Spence, Jason Olivieri – DSQ (morning)
Jeremy Rolleston, Stuart Trevallion, Shane McKenzie, Anthony Ryan – 11th (morning)

2 men bob
Chris Spring, Duncan Pugh – 3rd; 7th; 4th
Jeremy Rolleston, Duncan Harvey – 6th; 13th; DSQ
Travis Sheehy, Anthony Ryan – 16th; 18th; 21st

Cross Country
19-20 Dec - World Cup (Rogla, Slovenia)
Esther Bottomley - 44th (SP 1.0km C)
Paul Murray - 66th (SP 1.0km C)
Mark Van der Ploeg - 68th (SP 1.0km C)
Aimee Watson - 61st (15km C)

Freestyle Skiing - Aerials
19-20 Dec - World Cup (Changhun, China)
Liz Gardner - injured
Dave Morris - 17th; 11th
Bree Munro - 6th; 18th

Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross
21-22 Dec - World Cup (San Candido, Italy)
Jenny Owens - 23rd
Katya Crema - 34th
Scott Kneller - 25th

Short Track Speed Skating
18 Dec - Selection Skate-off (Brisbane)
Lachlan Hay def Jeremy Beck

Skeleton
17-18 Dec - America’s Cup (Lake Placid, USA)
Anthony Deane - 4th; 4th
John Farrow - 16th; 9th
Michelle Steele - 1st; 2nd
Lucy Chaffer - 2nd; 1st

18 Dec - World Cup (Altenberg, Germany)
Emma Lincoln-Smith - 12th
Melissa Hoar - 14th