Thirteen months out from the Vancouver Olympics, Australia’s winter sports prospects continue to improve, with Jenny Owens finishing fourth in a ski cross World Cup in France and Alex Pullin placing sixth in the third snowboard cross event of the season in Austria. The results come a day after skeleton athlete Michelle Steele raced to fifth place in a World Cup in Konigssee.
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.
