Thursday marks one year to go until the lighting of the flame at the 21st Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. From 12 – 28 February 2010, 5,000 athletes and officials from a projected 80 National Olympic Committees will converge on Vancouver, and the mountain resort of Whistler, to compete across 15 winter sport disciplines.
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.
