Australia appeals 2-women bobsled decision to Court of Arbitration for Sport
by Aryan in Hockey | Posted on February 4th, 2010 | Comments Off
The Australian Olympic Committee has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to allow its 2-women bobsled team to compete at the Vancouver Games.
Fiona de Jong, the Australian committee’s director of sport, lodged the appeal in an attempt to gain a games berth for Astrid Loch-Wilkinson and Cecilia McIntosh after the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT) failed to award a place to any team from the Oceania region.
Australia was the top-ranked nation in Oceania and the AOC said the pair met the minimum qualification standards imposed by the FIBT.
Loch-Wilkinson and McIntosh are training at the Olympic venue in Whistler. Their event was not until Feb. 23.
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