A team from the 2010 Vancouver bid will be at the Salt Lake Games to review venues and operational plans from a logistical and technical perspective.
Jack Poole, president and chief executive officer of the 2010 Bid Corporation said, “this is our first attendance at a major international sports event with our status as an International Olympic Committee Applicant City for the 2010 Games. It’s our opportunity to observe a live Winter Games during the planning stage of our bid”.
The 2010 Team will be based out of Canada Olympic Lodge in downtown Salt Lake City during the Olympic Games and at Canada Paralympic Place at the University of Utah during the Paralympic Games.
Also, a delegation of the Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, headed by its President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is now in Salt Lake City.
On Saturday the delegation will brief the IOC Executive Board on the status of Olympic preparations and on Monday they will appear before the IOC General Assembly.
The 2004 team will experience the Games and the SLOC from its perspective of hosting the Athens Games.
Athens 2004 officials will brief the international media representatives on the status of preparations for the 2004 Games during their stay in Salt Lake City.
And Turin’s 2006 Olympic team is also attending the Salt Lake Games. The TOROC has an office in the Main Press Center in Salt Lake City until February 27.
