2010 Olympic athletes are coming to Mount Washington for pre-games training

	Section 8 Snowsport Institute - SLT - Snowsport Leadership Training The world is coming to the Comox Valley Hundreds of world class athletes will be converging on the slopes of Mount Washington Resort in the lead up to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The list of teams using the mountain as their pre-games training site is still growing, and to date includes... Australia: Ski Cross Canada: Biathlon, Cross Country, Snowboard (GS) Finland: Ski Cross, Biathlon, Freestyle ski France: Ski Cross, Cross Country, Snowboard (GS), Snowboard Cross Germany: Biathlon, Snowboard (GS) Russia: Nordic Combined Sweden: Biathlon, Freestyle Ski, Ski Cross, Cross Country, Snowboard (GS) Switzerland: Snowboard (GS) USA:Snowboard (GS) China: Biathlon This is a great opportunity to check out these world class athletes in action as they prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler. Click here to return to Section 8 homepage - Ski instructor courses, snowboard instructor courses, mountain leadership training and adventurous freeride camps! Click here to register for a Section 8 ski or snowboard instructor training course. Click here for dates and prices. Visit our photo gallery.