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The Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Calgary, Alberta. Part of Canada Olympic Park, it hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Canada Olympic Park was one of the venues for the 1988 Winter Olympics, being the primary venue for ski jumping, bobsleigh, and luge. The park is located in western Calgary, south of the Trans-Canada Highway, north of the community of Cougar Ridge, west of Bowness and east of Valley Ridge.
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) is the official federation for bobsleigh and skeleton in Canada. It serves as the Canadian representative for the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and is part of the Canadian Olympic Committee. BCS is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta at Canada Olympic Park.
The venue hosted the bobsleigh events for both the 1928 and the 1948 Winter Olympics. ... 1988 Calgary: Canada Olympic Park (includes bobsleigh/luge track)
The Paskapoo Ski Hill became the site of Canada Olympic Park (COP) which was the primary venue for ski jumping, bobsleigh, and luge during the 1988 Winter Olympics. COP is now operated by WinSport Canada formerly the Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA). Canada Olympic Park's facilities are a key tourist attraction for Calgary.
The combination track of the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run at Lake Placid in 2005. For the 1980 Winter Olympics, the luge track was located there. Men's tower start house at the Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in 2006.
In the summer, Canada Olympic Park functions as a venue for both cross-country and downhill cycling. The Glenmore Velodrome is an outdoor track facility in the city. The Calgary BMX Association also operates a BMX racing track near Blackfoot Trail. There is a general cycling advocacy group, Bike Calgary.
The Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA), operating as WinSport, is a non-profit organization based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada whose mandate is to provide training and development to Canada's Olympic athletes, and to maintain the facilities built for the 1988 Winter Olympics. The organization was founded in 1956 to bring the Olympics ...