20th July 2010
A fire at a warehouse near Heathrow Airport in London resulted in the loss of $150,000 of ski equipment owned by the Canadian National Ski team.
The equipment was due to be united with the squad for training on snow at Coronet Peak in New Zealand later this month.
The equipment included skis, electronic timing equipment, computers and communications equipment. The gear was mostly insured but the issue is getting replacement equipment in time.
"This has come as quite a shock to us but we've decided to push ahead with this important training camp," Alpine Canada president Gary Allan said in a press release.
"Everything we had for the camp has been lost. At this point we are starting from scratch and working our way toward what is needed to make this training camp happen."
"The cooperation that we have received from our many suppliers and partners has helped a lot but there's a long way to go," Allan said.
"The national teams have a lot of momentum following the Olympic Winter Games and we felt this camp is too important to lose."
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