In 1981 they were awarded the right to host the 1988 Games and CODA bought a community ski hill on the western outskirts of Calgary called Paskapoo in 1984 to become the Canada Olympic Park. In the mid-1950s the Canadian Olympic Development Association (CODA) was formed and they made three unsuccessful bids to host the Winter Olympics– 1964, 19 Games. Take a look at some of the venues where you can get a taste of the Winter Olympics in Canada. If you’ve been inspired by the recent games in PyeongChang and have booked winter flights to Calgary or somewhere else in Canada, there are lots of former Olympic venues and other destinations where you can try your hand at the sports you’ve been watching on TV. The Winter Olympics could also be coming to Canada in the near future if Calgary wins a bid for the 2026 games. It should come as no surprise that the country has hosted the games on two separate occasions in 1988 in Calgary and in 2010 in Vancouver. Canada is one of the giants in winter sports and in the 2018 Winter Olympics finished third in the medal table with 11 golds, eight silvers and 10 bronze medals (a grand total of 29 medals). The Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games may be over for another four years, but its dramatic coverage has given us a taste of curling, freestyle skiing and speed skating.
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