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From Sand to Snow: The Australian Skeleton Squad arrives in Calgary

 

From Sand to Snow: The Australian Skeleton Squad arrives in Calgary

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The 2006 AIS/OWIA Skeleton Squad arrived in snowy Calgary to begin a fast-paced adventure in the winter Olympic sport of skeleton on Friday 3rd of November. The squad is comprised of beach sprinters and flaggers, Lucy Chaffer, Chelsea Frost, Renee McCabe, Teniele Richards and Lisa Wright and track sprinter Ami Wallace. The new athletes join experienced sliders Olympian Michelle Steele and Emma Lincoln-Smith and AIS support staff to kick off the season under the guidance of coaches Terry Holland (former US coach) and Duff Gibson (reigning Olympic men’s skeleton gold medallist).

The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.

We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.

The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.