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CALGARY - The Canadian freestyle skiing program is
getting a significant bump in Own The Podium funding this
winter, while money for skeleton has been slashed almost
to the bone.
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on a sport federations ability to produce Olympic
medallists.Freestyle skiers led Canadas medal haul at
this years Winter Olympics with seven, including three
gold.Out of OTPs budget of $21,605,000 for the 2014-15
winter season, freestyle skiing will have $3.78 million
at its disposal. Thats a significant raise on the average
of $2.58 million annually in the four years between the
2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.Skeleton, by contrast, will
receive just $20,000 this winter and far less than the
average of $876,250 in the previous quadrennial.OTP meets
with each sport federation to identify athletes with
medal potential and come up with a training and
competition plan to get them on the podium. Chief
executive officer Anne Merklinger emphasizes the
financial allotments for 2014-15 were not rewards for
results in Sochi in February.Where the money went
reflected a sports ability to not only win medals in
Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018, but also in 2022, she
said.It is very much about investing in future podium
potential athletes and teams, Merklinger said in an
interview. Sure, the past result is important because it
indicates an organization has been successful in getting
athletes on the podium, so its embedded in their culture.
Thats important, but at the same time, if theres no
athletes in the pipeline particularly for zero to four
years out for the upcoming set of Games, then thats OTPs
mandate, to help Canadian athletes and coaches win more
medals.No athletes, no money.OTP is the organization
established five years out from the 2010 Vancouver
Olympics to get the home team on the podium.The majority
of its money comes from taxpayers via Sport Canada,
although the Canadian Olympic Committee contributes to
OTPs budget from its own corporate sponsorship
campaign.Canada topped the gold-medal count in 2010 with
14, which is a Winter Games record, and ranked third in
the overall medal count with 26. In Sochi, Canada was
third in the gold-medal count with 10 and fourth overall
with 25.Canada achieved the goal of a top-three ranking
in gold medals won at both Paralympic Winter Games with
10 in 2010 and seven in Sochi.But a troubling stat for
Merklinger is the number of Canadians who finished in the
top eight at the Winter Games fell from 72 in 2010 to 57
in Sochi. That decline is one indicator of a shrinking
pool of athletes with medal potential, which would impact
Canadas performance at future Games.Canada needs to widen
and deepen that pool and not just for Pyeongchang,
Merklinger said.Going into Sochi, going into Vancouver,
the lens from OTP was pretty narrow, she explained. It
was about podium performance in the upcoming set of
Games.We made a very deliberate decision to look at the
top sports that have multiple medal potential and invest
a little bit deeper in the pathway, so looking at
athletes who are eight to five years away from a podium
performance in addition to those sports that have
athletes who are four to zero years away.So the Canadian
Freestyle Association is using its increased funding to
hire staff and operate projects for athletes who are
competing at a level between the provincial and national
teams.The most visible sign of the increased money will
be seen this winter at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.The
CFSA has hired the best half-pipe course designer in the
world, according to chief executive officer Bruce
Robinson, to construct and maintain this years edition of
the half-pipe.In half-pipe skiing, the quality of the
pipe is incredibly important, Robinson said.It allows our
team to have the best training possible in their home
country and not always having to go to the United States
or overseas. Thats a huge benefit for us.The CFSA also
hired a staff to work with developmental athletes across
the four freestyle disciplines of moguls, aerials, half-
pipe and freestyle.A moguls program of 10 to 15 athletes
who race on the NorAm circuit, one level below the World
Cup, was also established in Whistler, B.C.Canada won
gold and silver in Sochi in skicross, which falls under
the freestyle umbrella internationally. OTP funds it
separately from freestyle, however, as it is administered
domestically by Alpine Canada.After skeleton made its
Olympic debut in 2002, Canadians won World Cups, world
titles and Olympic medals over the next decade. But
Canada has been overtaken by Europeans and Americans. OTP
has determined there isnt another Duff Gibson or Jon
Montgomery on the near horizon.Our analysis was skeleton
does not at this point does not have medal potential for
2018, Merklinger said.The head of Bobsleigh Canada
Skeleton disagrees with that assessment.I believe and I
think the organization believes that OTP underestimated
the talent we have and their prospects of medalling in
2018 and 2022, Sarah Storey said. That being said, we
need to demonstrate that to a degree.Im confident well be
able to show OTP these athletes are worth OTP investing
in because they do have the talent and the potential and
we do have a plan to get them there.Skeletons coaching
staff has been reduced to one, Ivo Pakalns, who oversees
all athletes in the program. Gibson, the 2006 Olympic
gold medallist who coached the Canadian team in Sochi,
says he returned to his job as a firefighter for family,
not funding, reasons. BCS will provide financial support
for Canadian skeleton athletes who qualify to race World
Cups this winter, Storey said.It is still our
responsibility and mandate to develop world-class
athletes to get medals, she said.Its a major setback, but
were not going to let it affect these athletes and the
next athletes coming through. Its very important we
restore funding next year and were working on that.The
majority of winter sports saw more modest gains or drops
in funding ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of
thousands.But long-track speed skatings piece of the OTP
pie shrunk to $1.35 million from an average of $1.75
million in the previous quadrennial. The athletes are
feeling the pinch.Ottawas Ivanie Blondin says she and her
teammates were told earlier this month they must pay
$1,500 in team fees out of their own pocket to race on
the national team this winter. I just finished paying off
my tuition, Blondin said.We kind of saw it coming, but
moving forward I will have to look for sponsorship
somewhere for myself. I do have a spot available on my
racing skinsuit that I can fill, but its trying to find
that one company or one supporter that would will be
willing to give me that per season is really hard right
now with the economy.After winning a combined 13 medals
in 2006 and 2010, the long-track team produced two in
Sochi. The national team is smaller this winter with just
11 skaters named to the senior team, but there are 20 on
the developmental squad.Long track was cut significantly
from every year of the quad previously, Merklinger
acknowledged. We certainly cant abandon the podium
potential athletes that are there now and we need to work
closely with long track to strengthen the program.For
Canada to continue to be a strong winter sport nation, we
need long track to get back to where they were.Ski
jumping and its cousin Nordic combined will receive no
funding this winter. Ski jumpings OTP funding in 2013-14
was just $54,000. Even with the introduction of womens
ski jumping to the Olympics, OTP determined Canada is not
close to having a medal threat.___WINNERS AND LOSERS: A
QUICK LOOK AT SPORTS IMPACTED MOST BY NEW OTP
FUNDINGWINNERSFreestyle skiing, $3.78 million —
Freestyle is one of the few winter sports where Canada
has the depth to get more than one athlete on the podium
in moguls, half-pipe and slopestyle. Moguls skier Mikael
Kingsbury, half-pipe skiers Mike Riddle, Noah Bowman and
Matt Margetts and womens slopestyle specialists Dara
Howell, Kim Lamarre and Kaya Turski are among them.Luge,
$1.020 million — A trio of fourth-place finishes and two
women in the top five in Sochi indicates the lugers are
on track to claim Canadas first Olympic medal in the
sport. Keep your eye on Kimberley McRae, who was fifth in
Sochi, en route to 2018.Figure Skating, $1.1 million —
Canada must keep its world-class talent across singles,
pairs and ice dance to remain a medal threat in the team
event, as well as contend for individual medals. Nam
Nguyen in mens singles and the ice dance team of Kaitlyn
Weaver and Andrew Poje are the ones to watch for the next
four years.LOSERSSki jumping/Nordic combined, $0 — The
introduction of womens ski jumping in Sochi was four
years too late for Canada, whose best medal prospects
were competing prior to 2010. There are just two ski jump
venues in the country and few people who participate, so
the talent pool is very shallow.Skeleton, $20,000 — It
was a glorious decade of Canadian World Cup, world and
Olympic champions after the sport made its Olympic debut
in 2002, but OTP has determined no slider is currently
tracking to get there again.Long-track speedskating,
$1.35 million — Looks like a lot of money, but down
significantly from previous years because of fewer
potential medallists.---Follow Donna Spencer on Twitter
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-- After beating around the bush for much of the year,
Impact striker Marco Di Vaio is strongly suggesting he
will retire at the end of Montreals current Major League
Soccer season. "Its difficult to say," Di Vaio said after
training on Thursday. "I think Im going to go back to
Italy." Although Di Vaio, 38, was adamant last October
that this season would be his last playing professional
football, rumours of yet another contract extension were
never quelled. Those rumours gained momentum last month
when the Impact acquired Argentine midfielder Ignacio
Piatti, whose chemistry on the pitch with Di Vaio is
undeniable. The Italian striker, who spent most of his
career in Italy with teams like Parma and Bologna, said
he needed to leave Montreal to rejoin his family in
Italy. "After playing here, its going to be difficult
going back home," said Di Vaio. "There are
responsibilities there. Im used to it here. "Going back
to Italy wont be easy. I love going to work every day. I
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I dont know what Im going to do there." Di Vaio denied
that Montreals potential success in the CONCACAF
Champions League could change his mind, stating that
rejoining his family was his top priority. The Impact are
one win away from clinching a spot in the CCL knockout
stage for the first time since 2009. Di Vaio joined the
Impact as the teams first designated player in May 2012
on an 18-month contract, before opting for a one-year
extension last October. The former Italian international
scored 31 goals in 70 Major League Soccer appearances for
the Impact, and added another four Champions League goals
this year. Di Vaio is fourth on Montreals all-time MLS
scoring list behind Lloyd Barker, Eduardo Sebrango and
current assistant coach Mauro Biello. Before coming to
Montreal, Di Vaio scored 142 goals in 342 matches over a
16-year Serie A career. Notes: After a 1-0 victory
against the New York Red Bulls in the Champions League on
Wednesday, the Impact resume MLS play on Saturday when
the team welcomes the San Jose Earthquakes to Saputo
Stadium.
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