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Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games |
Olympic Winter Games
February 12-28, 2010
There wil be over 5000 athletes and officials from 80+ Countries participating
in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held jointly by Vancouver and Whistler BC,
Canada.
www.vancouver2010.com
Paralympic Winter Games
March 12-21, 2010
The Paralympics which shortly follow the Winter Olympics will have some 1700 athletes and officials
from 40+ Countries participating.
2010 Games events tickets 1.8 million
Estimated number of media 10,000
Estimated number of volunteers: 25,000
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2010 Vancouver Winter Games Venues
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The venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games stretch
over a 120-kilometre zone from the shores of Richmond, just south of Vancouver,
through Vancouver’s downtown centre north to the snowy peaks of the mountain
resort of Whistler.
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The Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic
Winter Games and the Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Paralympics Winter Games will
be held in BC Place Stadium in
Downtown Vancouver. This will also be the site for nightly Victory
Ceremonies presentations
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Canada Hockey Place (
GM Place ) Next to BC Place
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The women’s ice hockey tournament opens on the first day
of the 2010 Winter Games with the finals on Thursday, February 25. The men’s
competition starts on Tuesday, February 16. The men’s gold medal game is the
final event on Sunday, February 28.
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Short track speed skating and figure skating run 16 of the
17 days and include the figure skating exhibition on the final Saturday night.
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The women’s ice hockey tournament opens on the first day
of the 2010 Winter Games with the finals on Thursday, February 25. The men’s
competition starts on Tuesday, February 16. The men’s gold medal game is the
final event on Sunday, February 28.
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Hillcrest, Nat Bailey Stadium Park
–Located at the base of lovely Queen Elizabeth Park and with views of
the gorgeous coastal mountains, this venue will see the curling and wheelchair
curling competitions. Both men’s and women’s curling tournaments start on Tuesday,
February 16. The women’s finals are on Friday, February 26 and the men’s finals
are on Saturday, February 27.
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Another popular skiing spot, this venue is located within
Cypress Provincial Park. Views of Vancouver are magnificent and the mountain is
well serviced by the Trans-Canada highway 1. Freestyle and snowboard events run
16 of the 17 days and the new ski cross event.
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This classy and fantastic venue will host all of the speed
skating events. Speed skating events run from the first to the last day of the
Olympic calendar. The oval is located 14 near the Vancouver Airport and close to
downtown Richmond.
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Main Media Centre
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The Main Media Centre (MMC) for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic
Winter Games will be located within the Canada Place complex and the Vancouver
Convention Centre on the city’s downtown waterfront.
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Olympic Village Vancouver
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The Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver is located on
the southeast side of False Creek in Vancouver. (Athletes Only)
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2010 Whistler Winter Games Venues
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Perched on Blackcomb Mountain, this venue is only one of
15 sliding centres in the world. This will be the venue for the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events.
They will run through the Games period in this order
respectively (lightest to heaviest sled) to maintain optimum sliding conditions
on the track.
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This popular site will be the home of the alpine skiing
competitions during the 2010 Winter Games.
The alpine
skiing schedule follows the traditional Olympic calendar of speed events such as
downhill, Super G and super combined in the first week to allow for weather
contingencies. The second week will include technical events such as slalom and
giant slalom.
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Nordic and biathlon events run all 17 days. Comprised of
three separate stadiums, this venue makes up the cross-country skiing, biathlon, paralympic biathlon and ski
jumping competitions...more
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The Whistler Media Centre
(WMC) will be located in the Whistler Conference Centre, in the heart of
Whistler’s town centre. |
Whistler Medals Plaza
Nightly Victory presentations for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be held at
an outdoor celebration plaza in Whistler’s town centre.....more
Whistler Live Event Venues
Town Plaza
Village Common
Mountain Square
Whistler Live Village Square .....more
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The Olympic and Paralympic Village Whistler is located
within the scenic Cheakamus Valley and less than 20 minutes from all Whistler
competition venues. (Athletes Only)
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Olympic Links
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