Silver in Super G, Gold In Combined Plus Medal Presentations and 2012 INAS IWSC Wrap

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Olivia and Nicole at the Closing Ceremony

The final day of competition at the 2012 INAS World Championship for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability was the Super G, and while the blizzard from the previous day had subsided, the feared Erzurum cold weather that we had long been anticipating finally appeared, with temps of -15C with a bone-chilling wind at the top

Further Gold for Australia in 2012 INAS World Championship Giant Slalom

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Olivia Sayers Braving the Snowstorm in the Giant Slalom

Another day, another Gold for Australian Team member Nicole Harris. In extremely testing conditions she narrowly took out the Giant Slalom event at the 2012 INAS World Championships for the Intellectually Disabled, fractions of a second ahead of Austrian Team Member Heidi Mackowitz. Teammate Olivia Sayers finished in a gutsy ninth position in the Turkish

Australia First and Fifth in 2012 INAS World Championship Slalom

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Nicole and Olivia before the Slalom 2012 INAS World Championships

Australian Skiers Nicole Harris and Olivia Sayers have placed First and Fifth respectively in the Slalom at the 6th INAS World Championships for the Intellectually Disabled held at the Palandoken Resort in Erzurum, Turkey. After a day’s delay due to poor weather we headed out into fresh snow and more clear skies and the racing

Training Update – Feb 25 2012 – The Road to Turkey

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Firstly thanks to all who read and commented on the first Training Update (link here) – Olivia enjoyed reading every single comment and very much appreciates them. It’s great to know she has so much support out there and it is very motivating. We are now in Istanbul on our way to Erzurum. Our 3

Training Update: Feb 21 2012 – Chamonix & Flaine

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This is a report on the first week of training for Olivia Sayers, who will be representing Australia at the 2012 INAS World Championships for the Intellectually Disabled to be held in Erzurum, Turkey from Feb 27th to March 24th. I am fortunate to have been selected as the volunteer coach for the team. Olivia