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[14-02-2006] IRISH TEAM FOR WINTER OLYMPICS IS READY TO FLY THE FLAG WITH PRIDE AND PASSION
The qualification of Wicklow Town’s David Connolly in an Olympic qualifying event in Germany last month completed the Irish team line-up for the Winter Olympics in Turin.
Connolly, age 25, achieved the difficult Olympic standard in the Skeleton discipline, an event in which Ireland’s Clifton Wrottesley missed out on a medal by a fraction of a second in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
He joins top skiers Kirsty McGarry (Dublin), Thos Foley (Kerry) and Rory Morrish (Cork) in Turin where Ireland will be one of 75 nations seeking Olympic honours. Over 2,500 athletes will be competing in 15 winter sports in eleven major centres in the city and the surrounding Piedmont alpine region from February 10th to 26th.
Congratulating the team and wishing them the best of luck, Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey said that the small, but select, squad would represent Ireland with pride, passion and total commitment. “For a non-alpine nation, Ireland’s growing stature in winter sports is remarkable and one in which we have an excellent sporting future. More and more Irish people are taking winter sports holidays and this has fuelled the interest in a major way,” he commented.
Stephen Martin, the newly appointed chief executive of the Olympic Council, commented “We plan to build on the competitive experience of Turin in order to develop a more diverse squad for the Vancouver Winter Olympics of 2010. We have already had preliminary meetings with the Irish Sports Council to develop a strategy for identifying and funding a small focused group of winter athletes. For instance, we hope for Vancouver to add qualifiers in disciplines such as curling, snowboarding, bob skeleton and even ice skating”
The Irish athletes for Turin are all Olympic first-timers and will be managed by Clifton Wrottesley (chef de mission) who brings huge experience from his previous Olympic and World Cup exploits for Ireland.
The Opening Ceremony of the Games will take place in the Olympic Stadium (former home of Juventus FC), Turin, on Friday next February 10th.
MET THIS DUDE AT COREY's LADY's BIRTHDAY PARTY..WE WERE DRESSED UP AS THE MISFITS (FROM JEM, TRULY OUTRAGEOUS).. OFFERED HIM A BIG DOOB... HE DECLINED SAYIN' HE WAS IN TRAINING FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS... THAT WAS 2004.. HE FUCKIN' WENT AND DID IT. RIGHT ON SKELETON MAN!!!
ALLAHQUAANNDO!!
Connolly, age 25, achieved the difficult Olympic standard in the Skeleton discipline, an event in which Ireland’s Clifton Wrottesley missed out on a medal by a fraction of a second in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
He joins top skiers Kirsty McGarry (Dublin), Thos Foley (Kerry) and Rory Morrish (Cork) in Turin where Ireland will be one of 75 nations seeking Olympic honours. Over 2,500 athletes will be competing in 15 winter sports in eleven major centres in the city and the surrounding Piedmont alpine region from February 10th to 26th.
Congratulating the team and wishing them the best of luck, Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey said that the small, but select, squad would represent Ireland with pride, passion and total commitment. “For a non-alpine nation, Ireland’s growing stature in winter sports is remarkable and one in which we have an excellent sporting future. More and more Irish people are taking winter sports holidays and this has fuelled the interest in a major way,” he commented.
Stephen Martin, the newly appointed chief executive of the Olympic Council, commented “We plan to build on the competitive experience of Turin in order to develop a more diverse squad for the Vancouver Winter Olympics of 2010. We have already had preliminary meetings with the Irish Sports Council to develop a strategy for identifying and funding a small focused group of winter athletes. For instance, we hope for Vancouver to add qualifiers in disciplines such as curling, snowboarding, bob skeleton and even ice skating”
The Irish athletes for Turin are all Olympic first-timers and will be managed by Clifton Wrottesley (chef de mission) who brings huge experience from his previous Olympic and World Cup exploits for Ireland.
The Opening Ceremony of the Games will take place in the Olympic Stadium (former home of Juventus FC), Turin, on Friday next February 10th.
MET THIS DUDE AT COREY's LADY's BIRTHDAY PARTY..WE WERE DRESSED UP AS THE MISFITS (FROM JEM, TRULY OUTRAGEOUS).. OFFERED HIM A BIG DOOB... HE DECLINED SAYIN' HE WAS IN TRAINING FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS... THAT WAS 2004.. HE FUCKIN' WENT AND DID IT. RIGHT ON SKELETON MAN!!!
ALLAHQUAANNDO!!
