<P> The United States Olympic Training Centers (OTCs) are three campuses created by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as training facilities for its Olympic and Paralympic athletes . They are located in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lake Placid, New York; and Chula Vista, California . There is a U.S. Olympic Education Center in Marquette, Michigan, and other official U.S. Olympic / Paralympic training sites are located in Oklahoma City and Edmond, Oklahoma; Carson, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Charlotte, North Carolina; the Pettit National Ice Center in West Allis, Wisconsin; a USRowing training center in Princeton, New Jersey; Huntsville, Texas and the SPIRE Institute near Geneva, Ohio . </P> <P> Some athletes preparing for the Olympics, Paralympics, and Pan American Games live at one of the OTCs for a period of months or years, while others visit periodically with their respective national teams for training camps, coaching (especially in sports science and sports psychology), or physical testing . Although foreign national teams are occasionally granted use of the USOTCs, they are used mainly by athletes from the United States . </P> <P> The Colorado Springs OTC was the first to be built, and has been the home of the U.S. Olympic Committee since 1978 . Its location on the former Ent Air Force Base was selected for its relatively high elevation, which is often thought to improve training effectiveness . Its facilities include an Olympic - size swimming pool, an indoor shooting range, the Olympic Training Center Velodrome, two sports centers housing numerous gymnasiums and weight rooms, and a sports science laboratory, in addition to an athlete center and dining hall, several dormitories, a visitors' center, and the offices of both the USOC and U.S. Paralympics . </P> <P> The Lake Placid OTC facility opened in November 1982, two years after hosting the 1980 Winter Games . The LPOTC is home to four resident sports: Bobsled / Skeleton, Luge, Freestyle Ski, and Biathlon . Athletes from boxing, canoe and kayak, judo, rowing, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, team handball, water polo and wrestling also train frequently on site . </P>

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