A pleasant get-together and a surprise for the evening marked the opening of the Slovenia House in the heart of Whistler Village. Although the weather in Whistler is far from a winter fairy-tale, the Slovenia House was all about winter and winter sports. Many members of the Slovenian Olympic Team attended the opening, with ski jumpers being the most numerous.
Guests from other Olympic Committees, Slovenian and foreign media representatives, Whistler community members, Slovenian expatriates and other friends of Slovenia also attended the opening.
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Wednesday, February
17, was a special day for
Slovenia: Petra Majdič won a
medal in cross-country skiing
in Vancouver.
A few hours later, after somehow finding a way to complete three heats of cross-country sprints despite a rib cage throbbing from a training crash, she was still in agony as she hobbled up on the podium for a flower ceremony - with a bronze medal to her name.
Although badly injured
and in pain after skidding off
the track in an icy left turn and
plunging into a ditch several
feet deep, the 30-year-old
Majdič insisted on continuing
to compete and completed
four more runs to secure a bronze medal.
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Slovenians are well-represented in the the XXI Winter
Olympic Games, held in
Vancouver, Canada, from
February 12 until February
28.
More than 2,500
contestants from over 80
countries will compete for 86
sets of medals. The town of
Whistler in British Columbia,
Canada, will be the venue
where most events will be
held, whereas the opening
ceremony will take place
at the BC Place Stadium in
Vancouver, indoors for the
first time in the history of
Olympic Games.
Slovenia will be
represented at the Olympics by
47 athletes, which is the largest
delegation of athletes to the
winter Olympics in Slovene
history. Seventeen women and
thirty men will compete in
ten different Olympic events,
ranging from alpine skiing,
cross-country skiing, skijumping,
snowboarding, and
figure skating to skeleton and
freestyle skiing
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For the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the Olympic Committee of Slovenia (OCS) and the Government Communication Office (UKOM) together with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Ottawa are organising Slovenia House, which will bring together Slovenian sport, culture, economy, tourism and promotional activities. Slovenia House will be located in the Mountain Club of the Westin Resort Hotel at the heart of Whistler Village.
Slovenia House opens its doors to the public on 11 February and will be presenting an exciting programme until the conclusion of the Winter Games. Every day between 5 and 6 pm, there will be meetings with different guests, ranging from athletes, business representatives, partners, media representative and other visitors. Slovenian athletes will be the main focus of attention at Slovenia House, where they will be able to mingle with other guests. There will be a special reception to celebrate every Slovenian medal.
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Swimmer Sara Isakovic, kayaker Peter
Kauzer, soccer coach Branko Oblak, and
sports educator Evgen Titan are this year’s
winners of the Bloudek Prizes, the highest
national awards for achievements in sports.
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BORMIO, Italy — Slovenia's Andrej Jerman won the men's World Cup downhill here on Tuesday, his second victory on the international ski circuit.
Jerman, who had dominated training, finished the course in 2min 00:32sec, 0.53sec ahead of Switzerland's Didier Defago, with Austria's reigning World Cup champion in the discipline, Michael Walchhofer, in third at 1:03sec.
The Slovenian benefited from excellent early light conditions to produce a near flawless display down the gruelling 3.2km-long course that featured several spectacular jumps.
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