Whistler Sliding Centre Whistler Sliding Centre The Whistler Sliding Centre () is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Blackcomb resort, which comprises two ski mountains separated by Fitzsimmons Creek. Located on the lowermost slope of the northern mountain (Blackcomb Mountain), Whistler Sliding Centre hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Design work started in late 2004 with construction taking place from June 2005 to December 2007. Bobsledders Pierre Lueders and Justin Kripps of Canada took the first run on the
Fiji whistler Fiji whistler The Fiji whistler ("Pachycephala vitiensis") is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to Fiji. It was variably considered a subspecies of a widespread golden whistler ("P. pectoralis"). Three of the subspecies (P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis) of the former white-throated whistler ("P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis") were lumped with the Fiji whistler in 2014 by the IOC. The Temotu whistler was formerly considered conspecific with the Fiji whistler. Ten subspecies are recognized: Some of the subspecies of the Fiji whistler are yellow-throated, while others are white-throated. It has been speculated that