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Volunteers restore devastated Bosnia Olympic facilities

Sunday, 30 October 2016 10:35 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 30 October 2016 10:37 AM ]

In this file photo, a member of the Slovak luge team practices on a bob and luge track on mount Trebevic near Sarajevo.

A team of sport enthusiasts and volunteers in Bosnia are working to restore the war-ravaged 1984 Winter Olympic facilities.

The Bosnian war trashed the decades-old Olympic facilities on the mountains around Sarajevo. War turned the bobsled and luge track on Mount Trebevic into a concrete skeleton.

But now after a huge mine clear up operation the track is refurbished and is being used for training by teams from many different countries.

On the other end of the area, the ski-jump facilities still stand as sad relics of war, but a former ski jumper has started working to revive it for children to practice there.

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