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Come Play With Us in 2010
Olympic Winter Games - February 12 to 28, 2010
Paralympic Winter Games - March 12 to 21, 2010
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.[15] In February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius (40.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
Paralympic Winter Games - March 12 to 21, 2010
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.[15] In February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius (40.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
Basic Information
* Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28, 2010 (17 days)
* Winter Paralympic Games: March 12 to 21, 2010 (14 days)
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, are the next Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010. Several venues will also be built in Richmond, the University of British Columbia, Callaghan Valley, West Vancouver, and in the resort community of Whistler.
* Winter Paralympic Games: March 12 to 21, 2010 (14 days)
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, are the next Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010. Several venues will also be built in Richmond, the University of British Columbia, Callaghan Valley, West Vancouver, and in the resort community of Whistler.
Olympics
And other related Lens
- Paralympics Winter Games
- A challenge beyond sport
- Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
- August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008 (08-08-08-08 - the number 8 is associated with prosperity in Chinese culture).
Links
- Vancouver 2010 - Welcome
- Official site of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Includes news releases, organizing committee, about the host city, sport, plan, olympic games emblem, and sponsors and partners.
- Impact on Community Coalition
- Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition
(IOCC) is an independent
organization dedicated to ensuring that environmental, social, transportation, - 2010 Commerce Centre
- 2010 Commerce Centre
BC Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat - Ministry of Economic Development an Olympic suppliera subcontractor to a winning supplier? a licensee of products? Your 2010 Business Connection
News Releases
Read the latest VANOC news releases as they are issued to the media
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- Vancouver Olympics to feature US-style "free speech zones" - Boing ...
- "Organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are bracing themselves for ``criminal protests'' like the violent clashes that rocked World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and Quebec City, says the Games' top cop." ...
- Gorilla Radio blog: Vancouver Olympics Gets in Touch with Its ...
- Meanwhile, the Vancouver Olympics Committee (VANOC) already used to acting as a power unto itself, (undoubtedly buoyed by their impunity in the face of the burgeoning fiscal fiasco that is the coming games) is taking to issuing press ...
- OfficiallyScrewed.com ยป Free Speech Zones at Vancouver Olympics
- Vancouver has a wealth of professional tree hugger, dope smoking, protest loving hard core individuals who are all salivating over the international stage the olympics will allow them. Personally I hink they should all be loaded on ...
Books about the Winter Olympics
The Encyclopedia of the Winter Olympics (Watts Reference)
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 07/10/2009) 
Only With Passion: Figure Skating's Most Winning Champion on Competition and Life
Amazon Price: $23.50 (as of 07/10/2009)
Fetching RSS feed... please stand by- Vancouver 2010 High In The Sky
- Air Canada, a sponsor of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, unveiled its Olympic-themed airplane, a behemoth of a Boeing 777 painted in bright Olympic ...
- All-Star Sakic Retires
- ... of the 2008-9 season with an aching back that required surgery to repair a herniated disk, had hoped to play for Canada in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
- Weiland on track for Vancouver Games
- The team will play a 10-game schedule leading up to the Vancouver Olympics, with the 21-player Olympic roster scheduled to be announced in mid-December. ...
Vancouver Canada 2010
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Fifteen winter sports events were announced as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Eight events categorized as Ice Sports were included: bobsleigh, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating, curling. Three sports were categorized as Alpine, Skiing and Snowboarding events: alpine, freestyle and snowboarding. Four sports categorized as Nordic Events were included: biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined.Photo is new long track speed skating venue in Richmond
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