2010 Winter Olympics

Multi-sport event in Vancouver, Canada 2010 Olympics the Youth Olympics in Singapore 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Vancouver 2010 the video game Vancouver 2010 (video game)Vancouver 2010 (video game) the Winter Paralympics 2010 Winter Paralympics March 2024 December 2024 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 Winter Olympics logo.svg 200 2010 Winter Olympics logo Emblem of the 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, Canada With Glowing Hearts(fr Des plus brillants exploits) 82 2,619 (1,586 men, 1,033 women) 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) February 12, 2010 February 28, 2010 Governor General Michaëlle Jean IOC President Jacques Rogge Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne GretzkySteve Nash BC Place Torino 2006 Sochi 2014 Beijing 2008 London 2012 The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (fr XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010, were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler. It was regarded by the Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history, in both attendance and coverage. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines.The Olympic Winter Games Factsheet https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf International Olympic Committee August 5, 2012 February 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219122225/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Winter_Games.pdf live Both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Games were the third Olympics to be hosted by Canada, and the first to be held within the province of British Columbia. Canada had hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Following Olympic tradition, incumbent Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised in a special ceremony on February 28, 2006, and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Vancouver opening ceremony. The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean,http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13510 Office of the Governor General of Canada Governor General to Open the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games February 8, 2010 Queen's Printer for Canada September 21, 2012 February 10, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100210175213/http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13510 live accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.http://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/gretzky-lights-up-vancouver-olympics-1.935989 Gretzky lights up Vancouver Olympics CBC CBC Sports February 12, 2010 August 14, 2012 Robson, Dan March 26, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190326210625/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/gretzky-lights-up-vancouver-olympics-1.935989 live Vancouver was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague, Czech Republic. The final host city selection was determined by a secret ballot of the active members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), led by the organization's President, Jacques Rogge. Vancouver secured the hosting rights in the second round of voting, narrowly defeating the bid from Pyeongchang, South Korea, by a margin of 56 to 53 votes, after Salzburg, Austria, was eliminated in the opening round. Vancouver 2010 was immensely successful, with the official Olympic Committee press release citing "Full venues, record public attendance: Over 97% of the 1.54 million tickets available were sold, with 71% to the Canadian public at an average price of $139. Adding in international public ticket sales, the percentage of ticket sales to the public exceeds 75% of all available tickets."Vancouver 2010 Press Release https://olympic.ca/press/vancouver-2010-press-release/ 2022-06-16 Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website en-US October 10, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231010221712/https://olympic.ca/press/vancouver-2010-press-release/ live Vancouver 2010 also achieved record global television coverage as per the Olympic Committee, more than double the viewership of the preceding Turin 2006 games and triple the available coverage of Salt Lake City 2002, and is "recognized in numerous post Games reports as being among the most widely viewed and well received Games in Olympic history, both in Canada and internationally." Vancouver 2010's gold medal game between Canada and USA "was the most watched hockey game ever with viewership of 114 million viewers around the world." For the first time, Canada won gold in an official sport as the host nation of the Olympics, having failed to do so in 1976 and 1988 (although Canada won the 1988 woman's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport).http://www.worldcurling.org/past-olympic-winter-games-results World Curling Federation - Past Olympic Results World Curling Federation 2018-02-11 en https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083333/http://www.worldcurling.org/past-olympic-winter-games-results February 12, 2018 dead Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition, first topping the gold medal tally on the second-to-last day of competition, and went on to become the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/27/us-clinches-medals-total-canada-most-golds/ U.S. clinches medals mark, Canada ties gold record February 27, 2010 Associated Press January 25, 2011 Vancouver March 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100303001703/http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/27/us-clinches-medals-total-canada-most-golds/ live Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics (14), which had been set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002 (13).https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/canada-sets-olympic-gold-record-1.971872 https://web.archive.org/web/20100303045557/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html 2010-03-03 Canada sets Olympic gold record February 27, 2010 February 27, 2010 Canadian Press live CBC Sports The United States won the most medals in total, marking their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won during the Winter Games (37), a record held until then by Germany in 2002 (36). Athletes from SlovakiaThe Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/anastasiya-kuzmina-wins-slovakia-first-winter-crown/story-e6frg7mf-1225830166112 https://archive.today/20120526202034/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/anastasiya-kuzmina-wins-slovakia-first-winter-crown/story-e6frg7mf-1225830166112 dead May 26, 2012 Anastazia Kuzmina wins Slovakia first winter crown February 14, 2010 February 21, 2010 and Belarushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-freestyle-medals-idUSTRE61O12Y20100226 Grishin Grabs First Gold For Belarus February 26, 2010 Reuters February 26, 2010 Vancouver December 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151223051843/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-freestyle-medals-idUSTRE61O12Y20100226 live won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. Bid and preparations Bids for the 2010 Winter Olympics + 2010 Winter Olympics bidding results City Country Round 1 2VancouverCanada40 56PyeongchangSouth Korea 5153SalzburgAustria16 – When Vancouver was bidding for the games, it proposed different dates (5-21 February for the XXI Olympic Winter Games and 5–14 March for the X Paralympic Winter Games). The concept of a bid by Vancouver to host the Winter Olympic Games first appeared at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, where the Canadian representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sidney Dawes discusses the possibility of hosting a Games in British Columbia if a venue was found near Vancouver.VANOC 2010a 15 Shortly afterwards, the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) was created in order to prepare a bid to host the Winter Games in the region of Mount Garibaldi, near Whistler. In 1961, GODA considered developing a bid for the 1968 Winter Games, but the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) preferred the cities of Calgary and Banff, in Alberta, as the best opportunity for a Canadian bid to succeed.VANOC 2010a 15 Calgary's candidacy ultimately failed, and the 1968 Games were awarded to Grenoble. Crosbie Cotton Canada missed six prior bids Calgary Herald September 30, 1981 A19 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3926,6767945 August 5, 2021 August 16, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210816043849/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3926%2C6767945 live A development program for the Whistler and Mount Garibaldi region was then launched to host the 1972 Games. It included the development of road infrastructure, electrical network and drinking water, which was still absent in this region.VANOC 2010a 16 But once again, Banff was chosen to represent Canada as the potential host city for the 1972 Games, which were eventually awarded to Sapporo, Japan. In 1968, the GODA was finally chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee with the aim of making a joint candidacy with the city of Vancouver for the organization of the 1976 Winter Olympics. However, the chances of Vancouver's candidacy dwindled when Montreal was selected to host the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the Vancouver-Garibaldi candidacy was thus eliminated in the first round of voting.VANOC 2010a 16 Vancouver was again a candidate for the 1980 Games, but withdrew at the last moment.August 2021 For the 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary was chosen as the preferred site for the Canadian bid, Vancouver loses to 'big ticket Games' Vancouver Sun October 29, 1979 F7 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cLdlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1218%2C3630583 August 5, 2021 August 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cLdlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1218,3630583 live and would go on to win the election and thus become the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympics. For the 2010 Games, the Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary, which sought to re-host the Games, and Quebec City, which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21, 1998, Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes, Quebec City had 25 and Calgary had 21. On December 3, 1998, the second and final round of voting occurred between the two leading contenders, which saw Vancouver win with 40 votes compared to Quebec City's 32 votes. Vancouver had also bid for the 1976 games, which were first awarded to Denver, then to Innsbruck and the 1980 games, which were awarded to Lake Placid. After the bribery scandal over the candidacy of the Salt Lake City bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics (which resulted in Quebec City asking for compensation (C$8 million) for its unsuccessful bid),http://www.canoe.com/SlamOlympicScandalArchive/mar23_ioc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000928192828/http://www.canoe.com/SlamOlympicScandalArchive/mar23_ioc.html dead September 28, 2000 IOC rejects Quebec City request March 23, 1999 Slam! Olympics January 7, 2009 many of the rules of the bidding process were changed in 1999. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) created the Evaluation Commission, which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics, host cities would often fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts. The lack of oversight and transparency often led to allegations of money for votes. Afterward, changes brought forth by the IOC bidding rules were tightened, and more focused on technical aspects of candidate cities. The team analyzed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC. Vancouver won the bid to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague, Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge.http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_3039000/3039690.stm Vancouver to host 2010 Winter Olympics CBBC Newsround July 2, 2003 January 7, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090131105840/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_3039000/3039690.stm January 31, 2009 live Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria. Pyeongchang, which later won the rights of hosting both 2018 Winter Olympics and 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (as a part of the Gangwon Province) had the most votes of the three cities in the first round of voting, in which Salzburg was eliminated. In the run-off, all but two of the members who had voted for Salzburg voted for Vancouver. It was the closest vote by the IOC since Sydney, Australia beat Beijing for the 2000 Summer Olympics by two votes. Vancouver's victory came almost two years after Toronto's 2008 Summer Olympic bid was defeated by Beijing in a landslide vote. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent C$16.6 million on upgrading facilities at Cypress Mountain, which hosted the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. With the opening in February 2009 of the C$40 million Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park, which hosted curling, every sports venue for the 2010 Games was completed on time and at least one year prior to the Games.http://www.crsportsnews.com/?id=785988&keys=Olympics-Venue-Vancouver-Paralympic New Vancouver 2010 Sports Venues Completed Crsportsnews.com February 24, 2009 January 10, 2010 July 8, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708205303/http://www.crsportsnews.com/?id=785988&keys=Olympics-Venue-Vancouver-Paralympic live http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/vancouver-2010-sport-venues-completed-on-time-and-within-$580-million-budget.-vancouver-olympic-paralympic-centre-opens-today-as-a-model-of-sustainable-building-_63896GI.html Vancouver 2010 sport venues completed on time and within C$580-million budget. Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre opens today as a model of sustainable building – News Releases : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Vancouver2010.com February 19, 2009 January 10, 2010 April 9, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100409031440/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/vancouver-2010-sport-venues-completed-on-time-and-within-$580-million-budget.-vancouver-olympic-paralympic-centre-opens-today-as-a-model-of-sustainable-building-_63896GI.html live Financials Operations In 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics was estimated to be Canadian $1.354 billion (about £828,499,787, €975,033,598 or US$1,314,307,896). As of mid-2009 it was projected to be C$1.76 billion,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/vancouvers-poverty-olympi_n_453593.html Vancouver's 'Poverty Olympics' Protest Millions Spent On Winter Games Huffingtonpost.com July 1, 2010 February 8, 2010 February 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100213132053/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/vancouvers-poverty-olympi_n_453593.html live mostly raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. C$580 million was the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler. A final audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers released in December 2010 revealed total operation cost to have been $1.84 billion and came in on budget resulting in neither surplus nor deficit. Construction of venues also came on budget with a total cost of $603 million.https://calgaryherald.com/sports/Vancouver+Olympics+generated+billion/3997570/story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101223121323/http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Vancouver%2BOlympics%2Bgenerated%2Bbillion/3997570/story.html December 23, 2010 Vancouver Olympics generated $2.5 billion Calgaryherald.com December 18, 2010 January 12, 2011 dead PricewaterhouseCoopers' study estimated a total contribution to the BC economy of $2.3 billion of Gross Domestic Product, and as well creating 45,000 jobs and contributing an additional $463 million to the tourism industry while venue construction by VANOC and 3rd parties added $1.22 billion to the economy, far short of the $10 billion forecast by Premier Gordon Campbell. The study also said that hosting the Olympics was one of many reasons why the provincial debt grew by $24 billion during the decade. Indirect Olympic Games costs (e.g. expanded rail network, highways, security, paid time off for government employees "volunteering" etc.) totalled in excess of 7 billion.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouver-olympics-worth-the-7-billion-price-tag-study-says/article15036916/ Vancouver Olympics worth the $7-billion price tag, study says The Globe and Mail October 23, 2013 August 24, 2017 May 15, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170515064435/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouver-olympics-worth-the-7-billion-price-tag-study-says/article15036916/ live Hume Mark In 2011, the provincial auditor-general declined to conduct a post-Games audit.http://metronews.ca/features/legacies-of-the-2010-vancouver-olympics/904188/vancouvers-recession-rocked-olympics-left-a-mixed-economic-legacy/ Vancouver's recession-rocked Olympics left a mixed economic legacy - Metro Vancouver November 30, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205082409/http://metronews.ca/features/legacies-of-the-2010-vancouver-olympics/904188/vancouvers-recession-rocked-olympics-left-a-mixed-economic-legacy/ December 5, 2014 dead Security costs C$200 million was expected to be spent for security, which was organized through a special body, the Integrated Security Unit, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was the lead agency; other government agencies such as the Vancouver Police Department, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Forces, and police agencies across Canada. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) also played a role. That number was later revealed to be in the region of C$1 billion, an amount in excess of five times what was originally estimated.Olympic security estimated to cost C$900M https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympic-security-estimated-to-cost-900m-1.797536 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221115608/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympic-security-estimated-to-cost-900m-1.797536 2009-02-21 February 19, 2009 CBC News January 25, 2011 Venues thumb|right|Richmond Olympic Oval: speed skating long track venue Venues of the 2010 Winter Olympics Some venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval, were at sea level, a rarity for the Winter Games.http://www.tstsy.com/2010/06/20/winter-olympics-vancouver/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110717110537/http://www.tstsy.com/2010/06/20/winter-olympics-vancouver/ 2011-07-17 Winter Olympics Vancouver | Travel and Tourism Tstsy.com 2010 July 1, 2010 The 2010 Games were also the first—Winter or Summer—to have had an Opening Ceremony held indoors.https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123635348 Vancouver Olympics Open With Indoor Ceremonies NPR February 12, 2010 July 1, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100811182957/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123635348 August 11, 2010 live Greater Vancouver was the most populous metropolitan area ever to hold the Winter Games.Mackin Bob Vancouver to reduce downtown traffic http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/10/12830166-qmi.html Toronto Sun QMI February 10, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606094322/http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/10/12830166-qmi.html June 6, 2011 February 24, 2010 live mdy In February, the month when the Games were held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C.Winter Olympics all wet?: Vancouver has the mildest climate of any Winter Games host city Vancouver Sun July 9, 2003 The average temperature as measured at Vancouver International Airport was 7.1 C for the month of February 2010.http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html?timeframe=2&Prov=XX&StationID=889&Year=2010&Month=2&Day=13 Daily Data Report for February 2010 National Climate Data and Information Archive Environment Canada January 25, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110727224941/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html?timeframe=2&Prov=XX&StationID=889&Year=2010&Month=2&Day=13 July 27, 2011 mdy-all The opening and closing ceremonies were held at BC Place Stadium, which received over C$150 million in major renovations. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver included the Pacific Coliseum, the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, the UBC Winter Sports Centre, the Richmond Olympic Oval and Cypress Mountain. GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena, played host to ice hockey events, being renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Games since corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue. Renovations included the removal of advertising from the ice surface and conversion of some seating to accommodate the media.https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/gm-place-to-get-new-name-for-2010/ GM Place to get new name for 2010 CTV News 2008 January 7, 2009 February 13, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120213114606/http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/plocal/CTVNews/20080806/BC_GM_place_new_name_080806/20080806/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome live The 2010 Winter Olympics marked the first time an Olympic hockey game was played on a rink sized according to NHL rules instead of international specifications. Competition venues in Whistler included Whistler Creekside at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, the Whistler Olympic Park, the Whistler Celebration Plaza and the Whistler Sliding Centre. The 2010 Winter Games marked the first time that the energy consumption of the Olympic venues was tracked in real time and made available to the public. Energy data was collected from the metering and building automation systems of nine of the Olympic venues and was displayed online through the Venue Energy Tracker project.Measuring the Power of Sport The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/measuring-the-power-of-sport-one-venue-at-a-time/article1455631/ February 4, 2010 Toronto October 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026054654/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/measuring-the-power-of-sport-one-venue-at-a-time/article1455631/ live Marketing 2010 Winter Olympics marketing Media coverage List of 2010 Winter Olympics broadcasters The Olympic Games in Vancouver were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters. As rights for the 2010 Games have been packaged with those for the 2012 Summer Olympics, broadcasters were largely identical for both events. The host broadcaster was Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver, a subsidiary of the IOC's new in-house broadcasting unit Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). The 2010 Olympics marked the first Games where the host broadcasting facilities were provided solely by OBS.http://www.obsv.ca/obsintroduction.html OBSV Introduction Obsv.ca January 10, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100120040058/http://www.obsv.ca/obsintroduction.html January 20, 2010 usurped mdy The executive director of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver was Nancy Lee, a former producer and executive for CBC Sports."Nancy Lee leaving CBC Sports", cbc.ca, October 10, 2006. The official broadcast theme was a piece called "City of Ice" composed by Rob May and Simon Hill.Sitting Duck – Team http://www.sittingduckmusicandmedia.com/team.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110202140842/http://sittingduckmusicandmedia.com/team.html February 2, 2011 April 2, 2010 Sittingduckmusicandmedia.com In Canada, the Games were the first Olympic Games broadcast by a new Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium led by CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media, displacing previous broadcaster CBC Sports. Main English-language coverage was shown on the CTV Television Network, while supplementary programming was mainly shown on TSN and Rogers Sportsnet. Main French-language coverage was shown on V and RDS.CTV wins 2010 and 2012 Olympic broadcast rights CBC Sports February 9, 2005 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/ctv-wins-2010-and-2012-olympic-broadcast-rights-1.529023 September 21, 2008 June 17, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617025552/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/02/07/ctv050207.html live NBC Universal networks televised the 2010 Winter Olympics in the United States, under a contract in which it paid US$2.2 billion for the rights to the Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Advertising sales had slowed in comparison to previous Olympics due to the ongoing recession, and NBC projected a financial loss upwards of $250 million on the Games.Weisman Jon 2010-01-29 Olympics become NBC loss-leader https://variety.com/2010/tv/features/olympics-become-nbc-loss-leader-1118014466/ 2021-08-19 Variety en-US August 19, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212259/https://variety.com/2010/tv/features/olympics-become-nbc-loss-leader-1118014466/ liveJames Meg For NBC, Games are no sure thing https://www.inquirer.com/philly/hp/sports/20100212_For_NBC__Games_are_no_sure_thing.html live 2021-08-19 Los Angeles Times en https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212259/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/hp/sports/20100212_For_NBC__Games_are_no_sure_thing.html August 19, 2021 Chozick Sam Schechner and Amy 2010-02-11 Tape-Delayed Olympic Contests Annoy the Instant-Update World en-US The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703455804575057681187953898 2021-08-19 0099-9660 August 19, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212259/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703455804575057681187953898 live Due to the growth of social media, NBC faced particular criticism for its traditional practice of tape delaying network coverage of the Olympics for the west coast—a practice that was made more egregious by the fact that these Games took place at sites within the Pacific Time Zone. In April 2010, the network reported a financial loss of $233 million on the Games.Associated Press 2010-04-17 $223 Million Loss for NBC is Better Than Expected en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/sports/17sportsbriefs-nbc.html 2021-08-19 0362-4331 August 19, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212300/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/sports/17sportsbriefs-nbc.html live The Associated Press (AP) announced that it would send 120 reporters, photographers, editors and videographers to cover the Games on behalf of the country's news media. AP Seeks New Internet Business Model in Winter Olympics http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004065140 Editor & Publisher February 4, 2010 February 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206010625/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004065140 February 6, 2010 live The cost of their Olympics coverage prompted AP to make a "real departure for the wire service's online coverage". Rather than simply providing content, it partnered with more than 900 newspapers and broadcasters who split the ad revenue generated from an AP-produced multi-media package of video, photos, statistics, stories and a daily Webcast. AP's coverage included a microsite with web widgets facilitating integration with social networking and bookmarking services.About this Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Microsite from wintergames.ap.org In France, the Games were covered by France Télévisions, which included continuous live coverage on its website.http://jo-hiver-vancouver-2010.francetv.fr/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100214105105/http://jo-hiver-vancouver-2010.francetv.fr/ dead February 14, 2010 Jeux Olympiques de Vancouver 2010 - France Télévisions February 14, 2010 Torch relay thumb|right|The clock counting down to the opening of the Olympic Games in Downtown Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay The Olympic Torch Relay is the transfer of the Olympic flame from Ancient Olympia, Greece — where the first Olympic Games were held thousands of years ago — to the stadium of the city hosting the current Olympic Games. The flame arrives just in time for the Opening Ceremony. For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame was lit in Olympia on October 22, 2009.April 2021 It then traveled from Greece, over the North Pole to Canada's High Arctic and on to the West Coast and Vancouver. The relay started its long Canada journey from the British Columbia capital of Victoria. In Canada, the torch traveled approximately 45000 km mi over 106 days, making it the longest relay route within one country in Olympic history. The Olympic Torch was carried by approximately 12,000 Canadians and reached over 1,000 communities.Funding for 2010 Olympics torch relay to focus on local events http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/funding-for-2010-olympics-torch-relay-to-focus-on-local-events-1.820728 April 30, 2009 December 23, 2009 CBC News August 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140815220814/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/funding-for-2010-olympics-torch-relay-to-focus-on-local-events-1.820728 live http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/about-the-olympic-torch-relay 2010 Olympic Torch relay general info February 11, 2010 CTV CTV February 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100126010750/http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/about-the-olympic-torch-relay January 26, 2010 dead mdy-all Celebrity torchbearers included Arnold Schwarzenegger, https://vancouversun.com/sports/Emotions+high+final+torch+relay/2555283/story.html Emotions run high on final day of torch relay February 12, 2010 Vancouver Sun Canwest Publishing June 15, 2011 February 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100215063057/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Emotions+high+final+torch+relay/2555283/story.html dead Steve Nash, http://www.nba.com/suns/news/nash_torch_100212.html Nash carries Olympic torch Swiat Stefan February 13, 2010 nba.com June 15, 2011 December 1, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101201231100/http://www.nba.com/suns/news/nash_torch_100212.html live Matt Lauer, http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Sports/vancouver2010/2010/02/11/12842276.html For the next Hour, I am pure Canadian February 11, 2010 Vancouver 24hr news Canoe February 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100214105622/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Sports/vancouver2010/2010/02/11/12842276.html February 14, 2010 dead Justin Morneau, http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100130&content_id=8001354&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Healthy Morneau excited to carry Torch February 11, 2010 mlb.com mlb.com February 11, 2010 May 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130513173015/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100130&content_id=8001354&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb live Michael Bublé,https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Michael+Buble+Jann+Arden+join+Olympic+torch+ceremony/2538114/story.html Michael Buble, Jann Arden to join in Olympic torch ceremony February 11, 2010 vancouversun.com Canwest Publishing February 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100212115716/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Michael%2BBuble%2BJann%2BArden%2Bjoin%2BOlympic%2Btorch%2Bceremony/2538114/story.html February 12, 2010 live Bob Costas, http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/vancouver-2010-olympic-torch-relay---day-105---west-vancouver-to-vancouver--bc_273728Oh.html Torchbearer 102 Bob Costas carries the flame in Burnaby January 1, 2010 vancouver2010.com vancouver2010.com February 12, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100219165716/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/vancouver-2010-olympic-torch-relay---day-105---west-vancouver-to-vancouver--bc_273728Oh.html February 19, 2010 live Shania Twain,https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shania-twain-carries-olympic-torch-1.915415 Shania Twain carries Olympic torch January 1, 2010 The Canadian Press Canadian Broadcasting Corporation February 12, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100104222120/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/01/01/twain-olympic-torch.html January 4, 2010 live and hockey greats including Sidney Crosby,http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid=20119.html#reserved+restrained+rocking+with+sid Reserved, restrained, and rocking with Sid the Kid February 11, 2010 ctvolympics.ca The Globe and Mail February 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100130110802/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid%3D20119.html January 30, 2010 live Wayne Gretzky, http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=517718 Pressing questions as Olympic hockey beckons February 14, 2010 February 15, 2010 February 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218003123/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=517718 dead and the captains of the two Vancouver Canucks teams that went to the Stanley Cup Final: Trevor Linden (1994)https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympic-flame-heats-up-vancouver-1.904371 Olympic fever builds in Vancouver February 11, 2010 cbcsports.ca CBC News February 11, 2010 February 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100215015223/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2010/02/11/bc-vancouver-olympic-preparations.html live and Stan Smyl (1982).http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid=32637.html#schwarzenegger+buble+carry+torch Schwarzenegger, Buble to carry torch February 8, 2010 February 8, 2010 Marsha Lederman The Globe and Mail https://web.archive.org/web/20100210042303/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid%3D32637.html February 10, 2010 live The Games Participating National Olympic Committees 82 National Olympic Committees (NOC) entered teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-athletes/ Olympic Athletes, Teams and Countries Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics VANOC February 27, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218221416/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-athletes/ February 18, 2010 dead Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia made their winter Olympic debuts. Morocco returned to the Winter games after an 18-year absence, and Jamaica and Mexico returned after 8 years. Seven countries, Costa Rica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Thailand, Venezuela and the Virgin Islands which were at the 2006 Games, did not participate in 2010. Tonga sought to make its Winter Olympic debut by entering a single competitor in luge, attracting some media attention, but he crashed in the final round of qualifying.Hofman Helene Tongan athlete narrowly misses out on Winter Olympics http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2010-02-01/tongan-athlete-narrowly-misses-out-on-winter-olympics/197722 ABC News (Australia) January 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160828172956/http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2010-02-01/tongan-athlete-narrowly-misses-out-on-winter-olympics/197722 August 28, 2016 Luxembourg qualified two athleteshttp://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/summary-quotas-allocation.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100215145939/http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/summary-quotas-allocation.pdf February 15, 2010 Summary of Quota allocation (Alpine Skiing) FIS-Ski – International Ski Federation 2010 July 1, 2010 dead mdy but did not participate because one did not reach the criteria set by the NOChttp://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/69278/kari-peters-bleibt-zu-hause.php https://web.archive.org/web/20100220155751/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/69278/kari-peters-bleibt-zu-hause.php 2010-02-20 Kari Peters bleibt zu Hause Kari Peters stays at home wort.lu February 7, 2010 German January 19, 2010 and the other was injuredhttp://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/67652/stefano-speck-nicht-nach-vancouver.php Stefano Speck fährt nicht nach Vancouver Stefano Speck doesn't go to Vancouver German wort.lu February 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100304141955/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/67652/stefano-speck-nicht-nach-vancouver.php March 4, 2010 dead before the Games. The Philippines also sought to qualify three athletes, one in figure skating pairs and a single one in snowboarding, but failed to make the qualifying standards.Pinoys in Winter Games https://qa.philstar.com/sports/2010/02/12/548625/pinoys-winter-games 12 February 2010 Below is a map of the participating nations and a list of the nations with the number of competitors indicated in brackets.Countries Yahoo Sports https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/countries https://web.archive.org/web/20111125043233/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/countries 2011-11-25 August 8, 2011 thumb|2010 Winter Olympics Participants|center|upright=2.75 Participating National Olympic Committees22em ALB 2010 Winter 1 ALG 2010 Winter 1 AND 2010 Winter 6 ARG 2010 Winter 7 ARM 2010 Winter 4 AUS 2010 Winter 40 AUT 2010 Winter 80 AZE 2010 Winter 2 BLR 2010 Winter 50 BEL 2010 Winter 8 BER 2010 Winter 1 BIH 2010 Winter 5 BRA 2010 Winter 5 BUL 2010 Winter 19 CAN 2010 Winter 201 (host) CAY 2010 Winter 1 CHI 2010 Winter 3 CHN 2010 Winter 94 TPE 2010 Winter 1 COL 2010 Winter 1 CRO 2010 Winter 19 CYP 2010 Winter 2 CZE 2010 Winter 92 DEN 2010 Winter 18 EST 2010 Winter 30 ETH 2010 Winter 1 FIN 2010 Winter 95 FRA 2010 Winter 108 GEO 2010 Winter 8 GER 2010 Winter 153 GHA 2010 Winter 1 GBR 2010 Winter 50 GRE 2010 Winter 7 HKG 2010 Winter 1 HUN 2010 Winter 16 ISL 2010 Winter 4 IND 2010 Winter 3 IRI 2010 Winter 4 IRL 2010 Winter 6 ISR 2010 Winter 3 ITA 2010 Winter 114 JAM 2010 Winter 1 JPN 2010 Winter 94 KAZ 2010 Winter 37 KGZ 2010 Winter 2 LAT 2010 Winter 58 LIB 2010 Winter 3 LIE 2010 Winter 7 LTU 2010 Winter 6 MKD 2010 Winter 3 MEX 2010 Winter 1 MDA 2010 Winter 7 MON 2010 Winter 3 MGL 2010 Winter 2 MNE 2010 Winter 1 MAR 2010 Winter 1 NEP 2010 Winter 1 NED 2010 Winter 34 NZL 2010 Winter 16 PRK 2010 Winter 2 NOR 2010 Winter 99 PAK 2010 Winter 1 PER 2010 Winter 3 POL 2010 Winter 47 POR 2010 Winter 1 ROU 2010 Winter 29 RUS 2010 Winter 177 SMR 2010 Winter 1 SEN 2010 Winter 1 SRB 2010 Winter 10 SVK 2010 Winter 73 SLO 2010 Winter 47 RSA 2010 Winter 2 KOR 2010 Winter 46 ESP 2010 Winter 18 SWE 2010 Winter 106 SUI 2010 Winter 146 TJK 2010 Winter 1 TUR 2010 Winter 5 UKR 2010 Winter 47 USA 2010 Winter 212 UZB 2010 Winter 3 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee 2,626 athletes from 82 NOCs participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics. IOC Letter Code Country Athletes USA USA 2010 Winter 212 CAN CAN 2010 Winter 201 RUS RUS 2010 Winter 177 GER GER 2010 Winter 153 SUI SUI 2010 Winter 146 ITA ITA 2010 Winter 114 FRA FRA 2010 Winter 108 SWE SWE 2010 Winter 106 NOR NOR 2010 Winter 99 FIN FIN 2010 Winter 95 CHN CHN 2010 Winter 94 JPN JPN 2010 Winter 94 CZE CZE 2010 Winter 92 AUT AUT 2010 Winter 80 SVK SVK 2010 Winter 73 LAT LAT 2010 Winter 58 BLR BLR 2010 Winter 50 GBR GBR 2010 Winter 50 POL POL 2010 Winter 47 SLO SLO 2010 Winter 47 UKR UKR 2010 Winter 47 KOR KOR 2010 Winter 46 AUS AUS 2010 Winter 40 KAZ KAZ 2010 Winter 37 NED NED 2010 Winter 34 EST EST 2010 Winter 30 ROU ROU 2010 Winter 29 BUL BUL 2010 Winter 19 CRO CRO 2010 Winter 19 DEN DEN 2010 Winter 18 ESP ESP 2010 Winter 18 HUN HUN 2010 Winter 16 NZL NZL 2010 Winter 16 SRB SRB 2010 Winter 10 BEL BEL 2010 Winter 8 ARG ARG 2010 Winter 7 GRE GRE 2010 Winter 7 LIE LIE 2010 Winter 7 MDA MDA 2010 Winter 7 AND AND 2010 Winter 6 GEO GEO 2010 Winter 6 IRL IRL 2010 Winter 6 LTU LTU 2010 Winter 6 BIH BIH 2010 Winter 5 BRA BRA 2010 Winter 5 TUR TUR 2010 Winter 5 ARM ARM 2010 Winter 4 ISL ISL 2010 Winter 4 IRI IRI 2010 Winter 4 CHI CHI 2010 Winter 3 IND IND 2010 Winter 3 ISR ISR 2010 Winter 3 LIB LIB 2010 Winter 3 MKD MKD 2010 Winter 3 MON MON 2010 Winter 3 PER PER 2010 Winter 3 UZB UZB 2010 Winter 3 AZE AZE 2010 Winter 2 CYP CYP 2010 Winter 2 PRK PRK 2010 Winter 2 KGZ KGZ 2010 Winter 2 MGL MGL 2010 Winter 2 RSA RSA 2010 Winter 2 ALB ALB 2010 Winter 1 ALG ALG 2010 Winter 1 BER BER 2010 Winter 1 CAY CAY 2010 Winter 1 TPE TPE 2010 Winter 1 COL COL 2010 Winter 1 ETH ETH 2010 Winter 1 GHA GHA 2010 Winter 1 HKG HKG 2010 Winter 1 JAM JAM 2010 Winter 1 MEX MEX 2010 Winter 1 MNE MNE 2010 Winter 1 MAR MAR 2010 Winter 1 NEP NEP 2010 Winter 1 PAK PAK 2010 Winter 1 POR POR 2010 Winter 1 SMR SMR 2010 Winter 1 SEN SEN 2010 Winter 1 TJK TJK 2010 Winter 1 Sports The 2010 Winter Olympics featured 86 medal events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. Alpine skiing 10 Biathlon 10 Bobsleigh 3 Cross-country skiing 12 Curling 2 Figure skating 4 Freestyle skiing 6 Ice hockey 2 Luge 3 Nordic combined 3 Short track speed skating 8 Skeleton 2 Ski jumping 3 Snowboarding 6 Speed skating 12 Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. The opening and closing ceremonies and the events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" were held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events were held on Whistler Mountain (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held on Blackcomb Mountain. Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver) hosted the freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls and ski cross), and all snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross). thumb|Sidney Crosby celebrates moments after scoring the gold medal-winning goal over the United States. Vancouver 2010 was also the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey were played on a narrower, NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 200 x 85 ft m on, instead of the international size of 200 x 98.5 ft m on. The games were played at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena), home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks, which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics. Utilizing this existing venue instead of building a new international-sized ice rink facility saved C$10 million in construction costs and allowed an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Olympic hockey games.http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Olympics/2010Vancouver/2006/06/08/1620669-sun.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151017110933/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Olympics/2010Vancouver/2006/06/08/1620669-sun.html dead October 17, 2015 VANOC shrinks Olympic ice Mackin, Bob June 6, 2006 Slam! Sports January 7, 2009 However, some European countries expressed concern over this decision, worried that it might give North American players an advantage since they grew up playing on the smaller NHL-sized rinks.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2010-olympic-hockey-will-be-nhl-sized-1.602236 2010 Olympic hockey will be NHL-sized CBC News June 8, 2006 February 14, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127180626/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/06/08/olympic-hockey-rinksize.html January 27, 2010 live By contrast, the only other NHL venue to host Olympic hockey, the Calgary Flames' Olympic Saddledome, started construction before Calgary won the bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics and it was designed to accommodate an international ice rink. There were a number of events that were proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/5071892.stm Ski-cross aims for Vancouver 2010 BBC Sport June 12, 2006 January 7, 2009 December 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/5071892.stm%20/default.stm live On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in Kuwait voted to include ski cross in the official program.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/6192816.stm Ski-cross gets approved for 2010 November 28, 2006 BBC Sport January 7, 2009 December 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/6192816.stm%20/default.stm live The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the event to officially be part of the Games program.http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2099 Vancouver 2010: In good shape with positive progress on media accommodation International Olympic Committee March 9, 2007 July 22, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090722175300/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2099 dead Events proposed for inclusion but ultimately rejected included:http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1972 Olympic programme updates November 28, 2006 International Olympic Committee July 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090725031008/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1972 dead Biathlon mixed relay Mixed doubles curling Team alpine skiing Team bobsled and skeleton Team luge Women's ski jumping The issue over women's ski jumping being excluded ended up in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver during April 21–24, 2009, with a verdict on July 10 excluding women's ski jumping from the 2010 Games. Vancouver 2010 Statement of BC Supreme Court Decision on Women's Ski Jumping at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games July 10, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090714163957/http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/news/news-releases/-/69788/32566/1lthni5/vancouver-2010-statement-of-bc.html http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/news/news-releases/-/69788/32566/1lthni5/vancouver-2010-statement-of-bc.html July 14, 2009 dead A request to appeal that verdict to the Supreme Court of Canada was subsequently denied on December 22 – a decision that marked the end of any hopes that the event would be held during Vancouver 2010.Supreme Court spurns women ski jumpers http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2009/12/22/bc-oly-women-scoc.html CBC News The Canadian Press December 22, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091224074218/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2009/12/22/bc-oly-women-scoc.html December 24, 2009 dead To alleviate the exclusion, VANOC organizers invited women from all over Canada to participate at Whistler Olympic Park, including Continental Cup in January 2009. Women's ski jumping was included in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Calendar All times are in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) Chronological summary of the 2010 Winter Olympics In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, each blue box indicates that an event competition, such as a qualification round, was held on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held with the number in these boxes representing the number of finals that were contested on that day.Vancouver 2010 Olympic Competition Schedule http://www.vancouver2010.com/resources/PDFs/2010_sport_schedbyday_EN.pdf Vancouver Organizing Committee August 9, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080910143551/http://www.vancouver2010.com/resources/PDFs/2010_sport_schedbyday_EN.pdf September 10, 2008 dead Calendar Medal table thumb|Bronze Medal of 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 Winter Olympics medal table The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Canada, is highlighted. #ccf Host country (Canada) solid 1px #AAAAAA To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the File:Sort both.gif icon next to the column title. flagIOC 2010 Winter 14 7 5 yes 10 13 7 9 15 13 9 8 6 6 6 2 6 0 3 5 2 4 5 2 5 4 6 6 4 1 3 Concerns and controversies Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Winter Olympics Some in the foreign press, including London 2012 organizers, had criticized the lack of city decorations to acknowledge that Vancouver was the host of the Games. The original plans to decorate the city in Olympic colours, a tradition followed by other recent Games host cities, were canceled for several reasons. Anti-Games activists repeatedly vandalized the existing 2010 Olympics monuments such as the countdown clock, forcing the city to install CCTV cameras, and adding more Games decorations would have inevitably required more security presence to deter protesters, so VANOC opted to minimize these symbols to avoid making the city a police state. Besides local opposition, budget cutbacks also forced the organizers to scale back on the elaborate plans.Four years later, a reflection on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games https://web.archive.org/web/20140303055251/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/02/three-years-later-a-reflection-on-the-vancouver-2010-olympic-games/ March 3, 2014 . Vancitybuzz.com. Retrieved on April 12, 2014. VANOC initially benefited from an economic boom and was able to secure lucrative and record domestic sponsorships, but this boom also resulted in rapidly rising construction and labour costs. Due to these factors, as well as the Great Recession, VANOC built minimalistic functional venues with little aesthetic appeal though they were well-designed for post-Games usage. This approach, as well as the fact that most of the infrastructure already existed, meant that the direct costs of the Vancouver Games were much lower than recent Olympic games. Before the Games began and as they commenced, a number of concerns and controversies surfaced and received media attention. Hours before the opening ceremony, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training run after being thrown out from his luge, intensifying questions about the safety of the course and promptinghttp://www.nbcolympics.com/king/news/newsid=428729.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160830082636/http://www.nbcolympics.com/king/news/newsid%3D428729.html dead August 30, 2016 Women's downhill crashes prompt safety change to course | NBC Olympics | Olympic Zone NBC Olympics 2010 July 1, 2010 organizers to implement quick modifications. Immediately after the accident, officials attributed it to an athlete error rather than a track deficiency.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/luge/8513595.stm BBC Sport – Vancouver 2010 – Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies after crash BBC News February 13, 2010 April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100311060428/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/luge/8513595.stm March 11, 2010 live The International Luge Federation called an emergency meeting after the accident, and all other training runs were cancelled for the day.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/8513595.stm Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies after crash February 12, 2010 BBC Sport February 12, 2010 October 23, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131023062720/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/8513595.stm live The President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, thanked the hosts for the way that they handled Kumaritashvili's death which included a moment of silence, bringing his remains back to Georgia and a tribute to him at the opening ceremony.Winter Olympics 2010: Vancouver so passionate to embrace Games, says Seb Coe https://web.archive.org/web/20180513080903/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7293583/Winter-Olympics-2010-Vancouver-so-passionate-to-embrace-Games-says-Seb-Coe.html May 13, 2018 . Telegraph. Retrieved on April 12, 2014. One critichttps://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/01/29/MoveCypressEvents/ The Tyee — Mush! Move Cypress Events to Okanagan January 29, 2010 Thetyee.ca February 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205160114/http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/01/29/MoveCypressEvents/ February 5, 2010 live questioned the choice of Cypress Mountain as a venue because of its potential lack of snow due to the 2009-10 El Niño. Because of this possibility, organizers had a contingency plan to truck in snow from Manning Park, about 250 km mi to the east of the city. This allowed events to proceed as planned.https://vancouversun.com/sports/Trucks+start+moving+snow+Cypress+Mountain+from+Manning+Park/2513307/story.html Trucks start moving snow to Cypress Mountain from Manning Park Vancouversun.com February 2, 2010 February 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100212105336/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Trucks%2Bstart%2Bmoving%2Bsnow%2BCypress%2BMountain%2Bfrom%2BManning%2BPark/2513307/story.html February 12, 2010 dead Political decisions involving cancellation of promised low-income housing and the creation of a community of mixed economic backgrounds for post-Games use of the athletes' village was criticized.Mackin Bob https://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Olympics2010/2009/06/19/OlympicVillageReports/ Vancouver releases secret Olympic Village documents, Bob Mackin, The Tyee, June 19, 2009 Thetyee.ca June 19, 2009 January 10, 2010 March 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100304130232/http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Olympics2010/2009/06/19/OlympicVillageReports/ live Opening ceremonies were stalled while organizers dealt with mechanical problems during the cauldron lighting ceremony.http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/15/12883441-sun.html Mishaps plague games MACKIN BOB February 15, 2010 Toronto Sun February 16, 2010 February 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100216144146/http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/15/12883441-sun.html live Speed skating events were delayed due to breakdowns of the ice resurfacers supplied by Olympia, an official sponsor of the Games.https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61F12C20100216?type=sportsNews Speed skating ice woes threaten green sheen February 16, 2010 Reuters February 16, 2010 November 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106140230/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61F12C20100216?type=sportsNews live Thousands of tickets were voided by organizers when weather conditions made standing-room-only areas unsafe.http://www.spiegel.de/sport/wintersport/0,1518,678465,00.html spiegelonline sport Möge das Wirrwarr gewinnen. Der Spiegel de February 18, 2010 February 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100219045841/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/wintersport/0%2C1518%2C678465%2C00.html February 19, 2010 live Visitors were also upset that, as in past Olympics, medal ceremonies required separate admission and blocks of VIP tickets reserved for sponsors and dignitaries were unused at events.https://vancouversun.com/Olympic+tickets+going+unused/2572915/story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100225091633/http://www.vancouversun.com/Olympic%2Btickets%2Bgoing%2Bunused/2572915/story.html February 25, 2010 VIP Olympic tickets going unused February 15, 2010 Vancouver Sun February 18, 2010 dead Other glitches and complaints have included confusion by officials at the start of the February 16 men's and women's biathlon pursuit races, and restricted access to the Olympic flame cauldron on the Vancouver waterfront.Gustus, Lauren, (Gannett News Service), "Starter error frustrates biathletes, guardsman https://web.archive.org/web/20120513010948/http://militarytimes.com/news/2010/02/gns_army_teela_olympics_021610/ May 13, 2012 ", Military Times, February 18, 2010.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/oly/6872521.html Barron David BURNING ISSUES:Officials get cauldron right at "Glitch Games" Houston Chronicle February 18, 2010 January 25, 2011 February 20, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100220050201/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/oly/6872521.html live Opposition Opposition to the Olympic Games was expressed by activists and politicians, including Lower Mainland mayors Derek Corriganhttp://www2.canada.com/burnabynow/news/story.html?id=47daeb92-861a-410f-9b6f-8c8f36319863 Mayor is no fan of Olympic politics. But he did attend four hockey games and a speedskating event March 30, 2010 October 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Corrigan's concern was with the politics in the site selection, notably his city losing out to another for the site of the speedskating oval. and Richard Walton.http://www.cbc.ca/sports/poland-confirms-olympic-doping-case-1.873626 Vancouver View Areavoices.com 2010 July 1, 2010 October 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017012221/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/poland-confirms-olympic-doping-case-1.873626 live Many of the public pre-Olympic events held in Vancouver were attended by protesters.Jeff Lee Protesters arrested at Olympic flag illumination http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=2ae5bf05-2367-4ee0-b08a-3800325f181a The Vancouver Sun March 13, 2007 July 7, 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071021220445/http://canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=2ae5bf05-2367-4ee0-b08a-3800325f181a October 21, 2007 On Saturday, February 13, as part of a week-long Anti-Olympic Convergence, protesters smashed windows of the Downtown Vancouver location of The Hudson's Bay department store.https://www.straight.com/article-289546/vancouver/2010-heart-attack-disrupts-vancouver-day-two-winter-olympics/ 2010 Heart Attack disrupts Vancouver on day two of Winter Olympics Straight.com February 13, 2010 January 12, 2011 February 2, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110202100815/http://www.straight.com/article-289546/vancouver/2010-heart-attack-disrupts-vancouver-day-two-winter-olympics/ live Vancouver police lay charges in weekend riot June 2016 medicmedic Protesters later argued that the Hudson's Bay Company, "has been a symbol of colonial oppression for centuries" as well as a major sponsor of the 2010 Olympics.https://www.straight.com/blogra/w2-forum-focuses-black-bloc-tactics-february-13-protest-against-vancouver-olympics W2 forum focuses on Black bloc tactics in February 13 protest against Vancouver Olympics Straight.com February 20, 2010 January 12, 2011 January 14, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150114235831/http://www.straight.com/blogra/w2-forum-focuses-black-bloc-tactics-february-13-protest-against-vancouver-olympics live Some of the issues reflected in the opposition continue the themes identified in opposition to all Olympic games, some of which are outlined in anti-Olympics activist and Professor of Sociology Helen Jefferson Lenskyj's books Olympic Industry Resistance (2007) and Inside the Olympic Industry (2000), which examined a number of different Olympic Games prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.Olympic Industry Resistance https://web.archive.org/web/20091231170952/http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4631-olympic-industry-resistance.aspx December 31, 2009 These issues of concern, underlying the opposition to any and all Olympic Games, include: Displacement of low-income residents.http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/anti-olympics-movement-targeted-some-15-visu-joint-intelligence-group-visits-in-48-hours/ Anti-Olympics movement targeted: Some 15 VISU Joint Intelligence Group visits in 48 hours | San Francisco Bay View June 13, 2009 Sfbayview.com April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100505144933/http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/anti-olympics-movement-targeted-some-15-visu-joint-intelligence-group-visits-in-48-hours/ May 5, 2010 livehttp://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2175 Protesting the Olympics? – Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) Accuracy.org February 12, 2010 April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100612231056/http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2175 June 12, 2010 dead mdy-all The Earthtimes http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308028,olympics-take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-in-vancouver.html Olympics? Take a walk on the wild side in Vancouver – Feature : Sports Earthtimes.org February 8, 2010 April 2, 2010 July 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120706210818/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308028,olympics-take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-in-vancouver.html live http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070606/SPORTS/706060329/1004/SPORTS Olympic games evict millions: Times Argus Online Timesargus.com June 6, 2007 April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100304191038/http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070606%2FSPORTS%2F706060329%2F1004%2FSPORTS March 4, 2010 dead Anticipated human trafficking for the purpose of forced prostitution.Keilholz Doerthe https://thetyee.ca/News/2008/09/04/HumanTraffic/ The Tyee — Will Olympics Be Magnet for Human Traffickers? Thetyee.ca September 4, 2008 February 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100204214714/http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/09/04/HumanTraffic/ February 4, 2010 liveKathie Wallace http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/commentary/2010/02/02/human-trafficking-alive-and-well-2010-olympics Human Trafficking Alive and Well for the 2010 Olympics | The Vancouver Observer – Vancouver Olympics News Blogs Events Reviews The Vancouver Observer February 2, 2010 April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100221082743/http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/commentary/2010/02/02/human-trafficking-alive-and-well-2010-olympics February 21, 2010 liveBarber Mike https://montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/sports/2010wintergames/Vancouver+Olympics+failing+curb+trafficking+group/2542883/story.html Vancouver Olympics get an 'F' for failing to curb sex trafficking: group Montrealgazette.com February 9, 2010 April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100412063706/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/sports/2010wintergames/Vancouver%2BOlympics%2Bfailing%2Bcurb%2Btrafficking%2Bgroup/2542883/story.html April 12, 2010 dead First Nations opposition Although the Aboriginal governments of the Squamish, Musqueam, Lil'wat and Tsleil-Waututh (the "Four Host First Nations"), on whose traditional territory the Games were held, signed a protocol in 20044HN_Protocol_Final_Nov 24.pub in support of the games,http://fourhostfirstnations.com/ Four Host First Nations Four Host First Nations February 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108042742/http://www.fourhostfirstnations.com/ January 8, 2010 dead there was opposition to the Olympics from some indigenous groups and supporters. Although the Lil'wat branch of the St'at'imc Nation is a co-host of the Games, a splinter group from the Seton band known as the St'at'imc of Sutikalh, who have also opposed the Cayoosh Ski Resort, feared the Olympics would bring unwanted tourism and real estate sales to their territory.http://www.warriorpublications.com/?q=node/22 Sutikalh Re-occupation Camp January 25, 2011 March 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120303145626/http://www.warriorpublications.com/?q=node%2F22 livehttp://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1738 It's all about the Land The Dominion January 25, 2011 July 27, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727034649/http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1738 live Local aboriginal people, as well as Canadian Inuit, initially expressed concern over the choice of an inukshuk as the symbol of the Games, with some Inuit leaders such as former Nunavut Commissioner Peter Irniq stating that the inukshuk is a culturally important symbol to them. He said that the "Inuit never build inuksuit with head, legs and arms. I have seen inuksuit [built] more recently, 100 years maybe by non-Inuit in Nunavut, with head, legs and arms. These are not called inuksuit. These are called inunguat, imitation of man."Olympic inukshuk irks Inuit leader CBC.ca Sports April 27, 2005 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympic-inukshuk-irks-inuit-leader-1.548870 August 13, 2008 July 19, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090719171555/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/04/26/olympic-logo050426.html live Local aboriginal groups also expressed annoyance that the design did not reflect the Coast Salish and Interior Salish native culture from the region the Games are being held in, but rather that of the Inuit, who are indigenous to the Arctic far from Vancouver. Doping On March 11, 2010, it was reported that the Polish cross country skier Kornelia Marek was tested positive for EPO by the Polish Olympic Committee. If found guilty of doping by the International Olympic Committee, Marek and the relay teams would be disqualified and stripped of their Vancouver results. She would also be banned from the next Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Marek denied taking any banned substances, but the backup "B" sample from the Vancouver doping lab confirmed the "A" sample.http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jes9QFNtEQg_moCp_Y3LNuLOsU0w https://web.archive.org/web/20100318025712/http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jes9QFNtEQg_moCp_Y3LNuLOsU0w dead March 18, 2010 The Canadian Press: Polish cross-country skier Marek tests positive for EPO at Vancouver Olympics March 18, 2010 On October 9, 2017, the IOC announced that three positive doping cases had been found from their re-analysis programme from the 2010 games. All three cases belonged to the same athlete, whose identity was not released at the time. The IOC had re-tested 1,195 urine samples from the games out of the 1,710 taken, which equates to 70%, as part of their re-analysis programme.https://www.olympic.org/news/vancouver-2010-re-analysis-programme-and-pre-games-anti-doping-taskforce-to-provide-level-playing-field-for-all-clean-athletes-at-pyeongchang-2018 Vancouver 2010 re-analysis programme and Pre-Games Anti-Doping Taskforce to provide level playing field for all clean athletes at PyeongChang 2018 October 10, 2017 October 11, 2017 October 11, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233227/https://www.olympic.org/news/vancouver-2010-re-analysis-programme-and-pre-games-anti-doping-taskforce-to-provide-level-playing-field-for-all-clean-athletes-at-pyeongchang-2018 live Weeks later, the athlete was confirmed to be Slovenian biathlete Teja Gregorin.http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ibu-press-release-positive-findings-from-ioc-retests-in-vancouver IBU Press Release: Positive Findings from IOC Retests in Vancouver - International Biathlon Union - IBU - International Biathlon Union - IBU www.biathlonworld.com October 27, 2017 October 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232135/http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ibu-press-release-positive-findings-from-ioc-retests-in-vancouver live Mascots Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk The 4 mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were Quatchi, a Sasquatch; Miga, a spirit bear—orca hybrid; Sumi, a thunderbird, orca, and black bear hybrid; and their sidekick Mukmuk, a Vancouver Island Marmot. Legacy thumb|Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games Heads of State Reception The massive celebratory crowds in downtown Vancouver were highly praised by the IOC. Jacques Rogge, the president of IOC, indicated that "the way Vancouver embraced these Games was extraordinary. This is really something unique and has given a great atmosphere for these Games."https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?id=4956641 Vancouver atmosphere will be tough to match ESPN.com March 1, 2010 Associated Press March 5, 2010 Vancouver October 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017012221/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=4956641 live Rogge 'happy' but luge death overshadows Vancouver http://news.ph.msn.com/sports/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3914730 Agence France-Presse February 28, 2010 https://www.webcitation.org/5nzkxVeGL?url=http://news.ph.msn.com/sports/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3914730 March 5, 2010 March 5, 2010 dead mdy The atmosphere surrounding the Olympics, and its inclusion of foreign delegates and guests, was also praised, with many seasoned Winter Olympic observers putting the games at, or near, the top of the list of best ever Winter Olympics.Were these Winter Olympics the best ever? https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jamespearce/2010/02/worst_ever_these_olympics_may.html BBC December 16, 2010 James Pearce February 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110125054705/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jamespearce/2010/02/worst_ever_these_olympics_may.html January 25, 2011 live They were also the best watched Winter Olympics since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.After seven days, Olympic ratings biggest since '94 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/winter-olympic-ratings-biggest-since-94-2010-02-19 MSNBC December 16, 2010 David B. Wilkerson February 19, 2010 February 25, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100225153347/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/winter-olympic-ratings-biggest-since-94-2010-02-19 live They are also mentioned alongside the Sydney 2000 Summer games in regards to the best atmosphere. A large part is credited to the citizens of Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada.Donegan Lawrence Vancouver Winter Olympics Review: 'Mood on the streets was wonderful' https://www.theguardian.com/sport/audio/2010/mar/01/winter-olympics-canada-review The Guardian Audio March 1, 2010 March 5, 2010 London https://web.archive.org/web/20100303074824/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/audio/2010/mar/01/winter-olympics-canada-review March 3, 2010 live Some members of the media (mostly, and particularly the British media) criticized the Own the Podium and criticized the celebrations as having been somewhat nationalistic,U.K. press slams Canada's hosting of Games https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/u-k-press-slams-canada-s-hosting-of-games-1.932091 CBC December 16, 2010 February 15, 2010 February 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218141927/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/15/host-canada-criticism.html liveVancouver Games continue downhill slide from disaster to calamity https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/15/vancouver-winter-olympics-2010 The Guardian December 16, 2010 Lawrence Donegan February 15, 2010 London https://web.archive.org/web/20110127071410/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/15/vancouver-winter-olympics-2010 January 27, 2011 live but this was not an opinion shared by many. Some suggested that the British media were making these criticisms in order to make the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics more appealing.Why Britain's Media are Failing at The Vancouver Olympic Games http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-miah/why-britains-media-are-fa_b_470119.html Huffington Post Andy Miah February 20, 2010 January 25, 2011 March 1, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100301034508/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-miah/why-britains-media-are-fa_b_470119.html live Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 London Olympic Games Organizing Committee, attended the Vancouver Olympics to see how the city coped with the challenges of hosting. Lord Coe noted the Games had "gradually recovered from its tumultuous start" and queried that he "never thought the British would find rivals in their preoccupation with the weather which is almost elevated to an Olympic event" as he credited VANOC for meeting unforeseen challenges such as the unseasonably warm weather of Cypress Mountain. Coe added "Rarely have I seen a host city so passionate and so ready to embrace the Games".Sebastian Coe defends Vancouver Winter Olympics from critics|Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20170328022520/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/18/sebastian-coe-winter-olympics March 28, 2017 . theguardian.com (February 18, 2010). Retrieved on 2014-04-12. The Vancouver Olympics also organized and hosted the first Pride House for LGBT athletes in the history of the event."IOC refuses to stand up for gay athletes" . National Post, August 10, 2012.Pride House: Safe haven at the Games Evan Mitsui https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/pride-house-safe-haven-at-the-games-1.930567 CBC.ca 14 February 2010 9 October 2010 August 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120822084438/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/14/f-pride-house-olympics.html live Nelson Dean Why Pride House is the most significant legacy of the 2010 Olympics https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pride-house-vancouver-olympics-1.5463687 CBC News 16 February 2020 23 July 2020 September 2, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200902224004/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pride-house-vancouver-olympics-1.5463687 live Funding Directly as a result of Canada's medal performance at the 2010 Olympics, the Government of Canada announced in the 2010 federal budget, a new commitment of $34 million over the next two years towards programs for athletes planning to compete in future Olympics.https://vancouversun.com/news/More+cash+podium+program/2644957/story.html More cash for Own the Podium March 4, 2010 Vancouver Sun Canwest Publishing March 5, 2010 June 2016 medicmedic This is in addition to the $11 million per year federal government commitment to the Own the Podium program. Also, as a result of hosting the 2010 Olympics, the British Columbia government pledged to restore funding for sports programs and athlete development to 2008 levels, which amounts to $30 million over three years. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/post-games-no-cash-earmarked-for-own-the-podium/article1487676/ No cash earmarked for Own the Podium March 4, 2010 Vancouver Sun Canwest Publishing March 5, 2010 Toronto https://web.archive.org/web/20100304233456/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/post-games-no-cash-earmarked-for-own-the-podium/article1487676/ March 4, 2010 live Usage of venues after the Olympic Games Unlike at previous Games, all new venues were designed with their post-Games use in mind. The Richmond Olympic Oval was converted from a speed skating oval into an indoor multi-sports centre,Richmond Olympic Oval https://www.cannondesign.com/our-work/work/city-of-richmond-richmond-olympic-oval/ 2022-03-01 CannonDesign en March 1, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220301172802/https://www.cannondesign.com/our-work/work/city-of-richmond-richmond-olympic-oval/ live the Hillcrest Centre is now a multi-purpose community centre with hockey rink and swimming poolHillcrest Centre - Community + recreation Wood Design + Construction https://www.naturallywood.com/project/hillcrest-centre/ 2022-03-01 naturally:wood en-US March 1, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220301172802/https://www.naturallywood.com/project/hillcrest-centre/ live and Whistler Olympic Park is used for public recreation, athlete training, and competition events.Overview https://www.whistlersportlegacies.com/whistler-olympic-park/overview 2022-03-01 Whistler Sport Legacies en March 1, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220301172802/https://www.whistlersportlegacies.com/whistler-olympic-park/overview live See also 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 Winter Olympics victory ceremonies Notes A. note01 Miga and Quatchi were mascots for the Olympic Games, while Sumi was the mascot for the Paralympic Games. Mukmuk is considered a sidekick, not a full mascot. References 30em Official reports Government of Canada The Government Of Canada and The 2010 Vancouver Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games: Canada's Games 2010 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 978-1-100-15721-4 https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-68853 VANOC Vancouver 2010: Bid Report November 2009 VANOC https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-76494 en Official Report of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games VANOC 2010a VANOC Vancouver 2010: Staging the Olympic Winter Games, Knowledge report September 2010 VANOC https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-76494 en Official Report of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games VANOC 2010b VANOC Vancouver 2010: Sustainability report: 2009–10 2010 VANOC https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-76494 en Official Report of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games VANOC 2010c VANOC Consolidated Financial Statements: Vancouver Organizing Committee For The 2010 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games: For The Cumulative Period From September 30, 2003 (Incorporation) To July 31, 2010 December 17, 2010 VANOC https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-186598 VANOC Annual Report Other works Monnin Éric De Chamonix à Sotchi: Un siècle d'olympisme en hiver 2014 Paris DESIRIS 978-2-36403-066-4 French From Chamonix to Sochi: A Century of Olympism in Winter Further reading David Wallechinsky David Wallechinsky & Jaime Loucky The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics https://books.google.com/books?id=6EThoEOnGuUC&pg=PP1 8th October 9, 2009 D&M Publishers Incorporated 978-1-55365-502-2 January 28, 2012 External links Vancouver 2010 Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, official website VANOCwebteam Vancouver Olympic Committee The official Whistler website of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games woly Turin XXI Olympic Winter GamesVancouver 2010 Sochi Olympics Canada Sports 2010s Category:2010 in sports in British Columbia Olympics Category:2010 in multi-sport events 2010 Olympics 2010 Category:Sports competitions in Vancouver 2010 Category:February 2010 sports events in Canada