Today: 100 days to 2010 Winter Games

Today, November 4, marks the 100-day countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.  In celebration of the upcoming Games, Rockefeller Center in New York City will be transformed into a Winter Sport Festival presented by Acer, and Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be featured on the "Today" show. 

Hosted by Master of Ceremonies Rowdy Gaines, an Olympic gold medalist, the event will include the opportunity for local school children to skate on the Rockefeller Center Rink with Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls.  For those who can not be in attendance, Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse will blog live from the event to share the action throughout the day.

The public is invited to attend this free Winter Sport Festival in Rockefeller Center and meet Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls giving demonstrations of their sport, including biathlon, bobsled/skeleton, curling, figure skating, hockey, luge, ski and snowboard and speedskating.

Olympians and hopefuls who will be in attendance include: Gretchen Bleiler, Sarah Hughes, J.R. Celski, David Backes, Tim Burke, Lowell Bailey, Jeret Peterson, Andy Yohe, Steve Cash, Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, Vladimir Myshkin, Jack McCartan, Steve Janazak, Haley Johnson, Leslie Bancroft-Krichko, Alana Blahoski, Cammy Myler, the 2010 U.S. Paralympic Curling Team and the 2010 U.S. Olympic Men's and Women's Curling Teams.

View a full schedule of today's events below.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

7am - 5 pm Olympic Winter Sports Festival @ the Plaza. Sponsored by Acer, with interactive demonstrations

7: 30 - 9 am Flying Aces performance @ the Plaza. Featuring Olympian Jeret "Speedy" Peterson

Making Team USA @ the Rink. Official recognition of the first athletes nominated for Team USA 2010

Curling Demonstration @ the Rink.

Interview @ the Rink with Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione and David Backas

9 am - 11 am Celebrating 50 years of USA & Russian hockey rivalry @ the Rink. Featuring Olympians Bill Cleary (1960), Mike Eruzione (1980), Jim Craig (1980), Steve Janaszak (1980), David Backes (2010 hopeful) and Vladimir Myschkin (1980, 1984)

Olympic Apparel Unveiling with athletes @ the Rink. Featuring Nike and Polo Ralph Lauren

11 am - 1 pm Making Team USA @ the Rink. Official recognition of the first athletes nominated for Team USA 2010

Curling Demonstration @ the Rink.

Olympic Apparel Unveiling with athletes @ the Rink. Featuring Nike and Polo Ralph Lauren

Olympic Ice Sculpting performance @ the Plaza.

Paralympic Sled Hockey Demonstration @ the Rink.

Flying Aces performance @ the Plaza featuring Olympian Jeret "Speedy" Peterson

Ice Dancing performance @ the Rink.

1 pm - 5 pm Flying Aces performance @ the Plaza featuring Olympian Jeret "Speedy" Peterson

Leroy Neiman @ the NBC Experience Store autographing copies of his new Vancouver 2010 print

American athletes are hard at work right now, competing to make Team USA, and Teamusa.org has daily updates on your team.  Starting Nov. 4, check back every day for  "Making Team USA: Vancouver Daily," a video update of who is making the team as more than 200 athletes follow their dream.

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