Australian Olympic Committee President Ian Chesterman has
congratulated former ice hockey player Geoff Henke on his retirement
as chair of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, a role he has
held since the organisation's inception in 1998.
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The Australian Olympic Committee is incredibly grateful for all of the amazing women helping us reach where we are today and continuing to drive us towards.
Australian Jaclyn Narracott admits it took a significant change of mindset to help her claim silver at the Beijing Winter Olympics in the women’s skeleton – the bobsled event in which competitors hurl themselves down a curving track at speeds of 130 kilometres per hour, with mere centimetres between their chin and the ice.
What does it take to deliver a medal-winning performance in skeleton, which involves racing down a banked track faster than a car on a freeway, with your face mere centimetres from the ice?