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Vancouver 2010 Olympics




T 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known XXI Olympic Winter Games 21 Winter Olympics, place 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. B Olympic Paralympic Games being organized y Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).

T 2010 Winter Olympics third Olympics hosted y Canada, first y province British Columbia. Previously, Canada 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal 1988 Winter Olympics Calgary. T villages Whistler Garibaldi games 1976 failed .

Following Olympic tradition, current Vancouver mayor S Sullivan received Olympic g during closing ceremony 2006 Winter Olympics Turin, Italy, which attended y Governor General Michaëlle J Premier British Columbia, Gordon Campbell. T g raised February 28, 2006, special g raising ceremony, display Vancouver's y until Olympic opening ceremony. A time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper statement Olympic flame begun journey Vancouver.

Logo Mascots

T 2010 Winter Olympics g unveiled April 23, 2005 named Ilaanaq Inunnguaq. Ilaanaq Inuktitut friend. T g based Inukshuk built Northwest Territories Pavilion Exp 86 donated y Vancouver after event. I landmark English By beach.

T mascots 2010 Winter Olympic Paralympic Games introduced November 27, 2007. After unveiling, y people displeased mascots because y represented small population Vancouver.

Inspired y traditional First Nations creatures, mascots include:

Mg - A mythical bear, p p kermode .

Quatchi - A sasquatch.

S - A animal guardian spirit wears whale, flies wings mighty Thunderbird strong furry g black .

Mukmuk - A Vancouver Island marmot, Mukmuk official mascot their sidekick.

Mg Quatchi mascots Olympic Games, while S mascot Paralympic Games.

Olympic Events

Sixty- thousand winter sports events announced p 2010 Winter Olympics. T eight events categorized sports : bobsled, luge, skeleton, hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating, curling. T three sports categorized alpine, skiing snowboarding events : alpine, freestyle snowboarding. T sports categorized Nordic events : biathlon, cross country skiing, jumping, nordic combined.



Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

I hockey

Lg

Nordic combined

Short track

speed skating

Skeleton

S jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

T opening closing ceremonies events categorized sports (excluding bobsleigh, g skeleton) Vancouver Richmond. T sports categorized "Nordic events" Callaghan Valley located j Whistler. A alpine skiing events Whistler Mountain (Creekside) sliding events (bobsleigh, g skeleton) Blackcomb Mountain. Cypress Mountain (located Cypress Provincial P W Vancouver) 2010 freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls, cross), 2010 snowboard events (-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross).

Vancouver 2010 unique men's women's hockey played narrower, NHL-sized rink, measuring 200 × 85 (61 × 26 ), instead international 200 × 98.5 (61 × 30 ). T games played General Motors Place, NHL's Vancouver Canucks. T change expected $10 million (CAD) construction costs allow additional 35,000 spectators attend Olympic hockey games.

Olympic Venues

F first time, Winter Olympics y venues, Richmond Olympic Oval, level. Also, first Opening Ceremonies Winter Olympics indoors.

Vancouver warmest y Winter Olympics. I February, Games held, Vancouver average temperature 4.8 degrees Celsius (40.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

BC Place Stadium - Opening Closing Ceremonies, nightly medal presentations

Vancouver Olympic Village

Vancouver Cention & Exhibition Centre - Media centre

GM Place - I hockey (primary venue)

Pacific Coliseum - Figure skating, short track

Hcrest P - Curling

UBC Winter Sports Centre I hockey (secondary venue)

Richmond Olympic O - Speed Skating

Cypress Mountain Resort - Freestyle skiing, snowboard, cross

Whistler Olympic Paralympic Village

Whistler Creekside - Alpine skiing

Whistler Olympic P Callaghan Valley - Biathlon, cross country skiing, jumping (fomerly Whistler Nordic Venue)

Whistler Sliding Centre - bobsleigh, luge, skeleton

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