Skeleton

The Skeleton Event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics

The Skeleton is a particular sport that came into being from the popular spin off that belongs to the traditional British game of Cresta Sledding. This game was originally played in the St. Moritz region in Switzerland. However, though both the Cresta riders and the Skeleton sliders make use of similar tools in the game, yet the two sports have emerged to be a lot diverse from each other. Hence in the contemporary scenario spectators are requested not to confuse between the Cresta sledding and Skeleton sport.

The game of Skeleton can easily share its tracks with lugers and bobsleighers. For partaking in Skeleton the players cannot make use of any braking mechanism or any other process that enables steering. On the other hand, in case of Cresta sledding, the game has to be characterized in particular Cresta sledding tracks only. Moreover, in this game the skates that the players place on their feet come in handy for both braking and steering the sled.

Venue:

This time at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics the Skeleton event will be organized at the Whistler Sliding Center. The later is the official venue for the event. The Whistler Sliding Center has a venue capacity of 12,000 spectators and is a beautiful place to be featuring some breathtaking scenic views. The gates to the venue will be held open as much as 3 hours before the Skeleton event competition starts.

For all those spectators who stay in Vancouver, they can reach at the venue by taking the Olympic Bus Network from the BC Institute of Technology. Board the bus from the departure hub at Burnaby or else they can also take it from North Vancouver, precisely from the Quay transit. Or else if you are staying in Whistler, you will have to take the BC transit bus to reach at the Gondola Transit exchange. There on they will have to take the Excalibur Gondola from the place or else even go by walking.  

Schedule:

The Skeleton games events for the 21st Winter Olympics are supposed to be held amidst the two days, 18th and 19th of February 2010. The event will be expanded over to four runs evenly spread out in two days at the Olympic Games. There will be two events held, the Men’s and the Women’s events respectively.

The competition schedule for the Skeleton games is as follows,

• 18th Feb Thursday: 16:00 to 21:00, Women’s Run 1 and Men’s Run 1
• 19th Feb Friday: 15:45 to 20:30, Women’s Run 2 and Men’s Run 2

Competitor Names:

Athletes from all the five continents will be taking part in this category this time. The participants will include entries from North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

In the Men’s skeleton category this time, three countries are sending in 3 teams, seven countries are sending in two teams and seven other countries are sending in a single team. In the Women’s Skeleton category in 2010, two countries will send in three teams, four countries will send in two teams and six countries will send in a single team. In both these categories, the host country will also be participating.

Accommodation:

To reserve or book suitable accommodation in the Whistler Sliding Center region, you can contact the www.2010destinationplanner.com. This is a specially meant website that is supposed to help the spectators find suitable and affordable accommodation in close proximity to the various event venues for the 21st Winter Olympic Games. Other than the hotels and apartments the site may also help you find various non hotel inventories like town homes and condos. Other than these the lesser expensive accommodation options that you may as well hire would include private home rentals, bed and breakfasts, rooms on cruise ships, etc.

Tickets:

Tickets for the Skeleton events at the Whistler Sliding Center venue will be made available right at the ticket box offices near the transportation drop off area next to Lot 6. Both Category A and Category B tickets would be available. The first leads to the grand stand seating area while the latter is for admission into the general standing area, the Upper Start House sitting and the finish dock area. It is your choice as to which position you will prefer.