Vancouver 2010
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The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, are the next Winter Olympics and will be celebrated in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).
The 2010 Winter Olympics will be the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada was home to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The villages of Whistler and Garibaldi bid for the games in
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[edit] Planned Venues
For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held by the sea and some venues, such as the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level. Also, for the first time ever the Opening Ceremony for a Winter Olympics will be held indoors.
Vancouver is also the warmest city ever to host a Winter Olympics. In February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius (40.6 degrees Fahrenheit). It will also be the largest city to hold the Winter Games.
[edit] torch
On February 2009, Patricia Moreno is the first torchbearer
[edit] Greater Vancouver
[edit] Vancouver
- BC Place Stadium - Opening and Closing Ceremonies, nightly medal presentations
- Vancouver Olympic Village
- Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre - Media centre
- GM Place - Ice hockey (primary venue)
- Pacific Coliseum - Figure skating, short track
- Hillcrest Park - Curling
[edit] University of British Columbia
- UBC Winter Sports Centre Ice hockey (secondary venue)
[edit] Richmond
- Richmond Olympic Oval - Speed Skating
[edit] West Vancouver
- Cypress Mountain Resort - Freestyle skiing, snowboard
[edit] Whistler
- Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village
- Whistler Creekside - Alpine skiing
- Whistler Olympic Park in Callaghan Valley - Biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping (fomerly the Whistler Nordic Venue)
- Whistler Sliding Centre - bobsleigh, luge, skeleton
