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Canadian athletes are closing in the goal of becoming the top medal-winning country among winter sports nations, according to statistics released Friday by the Own the Podium 2010 program.
As of December 31, Germany had won medals in 93 World Cup events early in the 2007-08 winter his season, an increase of one over the same period in 2006-07. Canada had a record 88 medals in that span, an increase of 24 over 2006-07. The United States lags in third with 64 followed by Austria (60) and Norway (53).
"We are extremely proud of Canadian athletes' performances this season as they are now beginning to achieve more consistent podium success at world cup events," said Dr. Roger Jackson, CEO of Own the Podium 2010. The $110-million program, financed by the federal government, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Vancouver Games organizing body known as VANOC, is a combined effort approved by the International Olympic Committee to have the home team put on a good show on home snow.
"Together with the winter national sport organizations, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, Sport Canada and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Own the Podium 2010 will continue to help provide Canada's athletes with the support needed to achieve OTP's goals of being the number one nation at the 2010 Olympics Games and among the top 3 nations at the 2010 Paralympic Games," Jackson said.
