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The park would be used if Salt Lake City won its bid for either the 1998 or 2002 Winter Olympics and following the games, Olympic funds and revenue would then be used to repay the state. In 1990, the Utah Sports Authority announced their plans to build the park, which included ski jumps and a bobsled/luge track, in Bear Hollow near Park City. [1]
The Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is located in Summit County (28 miles [45 km] east of Salt Lake City) northwest of Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 games the park hosted the bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, ski jumping, and Nordic combined events. [1]
The Utah Olympic Park is a world-class winter sports center where athletes from around the world train year-round. ... It will be the 2034 host site for bobsled, freestyle ski cross, luge, Nordic ...
Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, at Utah Olympic Park.The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 2002. [1] [2]For the first time since 1932, Olympic bobsleigh added a new event, with the first ever women's competition, won by Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers of the United States.
While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes. Prior to this competition, the existing track records for the Utah Olympic Park Track were as follows.
Things were very different nearly 100 years ago when the sport was part of the first Winter Olympics in 1924, held in Chamonix, France.
Canada Olympic Park (includes bobsleigh/luge track) Freestyle skiing (demonstration), ... 2034 Salt Lake City-Utah: Utah Olympic Park Track: Luge, Skeleton: 12,000
The Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah was built specifically for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Utah Olympic Oval is located 14 miles (23 km) west of downtown Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. Along with Soldier Hollow, and the Utah Olympic Park it was built specifically for the 2002 Winter Olympics.