The tower used for the Olympic flame during the 1972 Olympic Games. It is an easy reference and meeting point. This tower is not the one used in the Opening Ceremony of the Games, but was placed here due to its visibility. Teine Olympia was the site used for the 1972 Bobsleigh event won by Swiss (4 man) and West German (2 man) teams respectively.

The bobsleigh course was used for many years but unfortunately Hokkaido did not have the population of bobsleigh enthusiasts or the economic resources to maintain the course as a world class facility. When the 1998 Olympics required the construction of a new facility in Izuna Kogen just north of Nagano City in Nagano Prefecture for the bobsleigh and luge events the Japanese Federation switched its investment from Sapporo and the former bobsleigh run was dismantled.

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