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XXI Olympic Winter Games

The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on
April 23, 2005 and is named Ilaanaq the Inunnguaq.
Ilaanaq is the Inuktitut word for friend

Host city Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nations participating (Unknown)
Athletes participating (Unknown)
Events 86 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony February 12
Closing ceremony February 28
Officially opened by (Unknown)
Stadium BC Place Stadium

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will take place in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 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 1976 but failed to win.

Following Olympic tradition, current Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which was also attended by Governor General Michaëlle Jean and Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special flag raising ceremony, and will be on display at Vancouver's city hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. At the same time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun its journey to Vancouver.[1]

The Call for Volunteers programme was launched on February 12, 2008 to find 25,000 volunteers.[2]

Contents

Bidding

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 with 25 and Calgary 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. The win allowed Vancouver to prepare its bid and begin lobbying efforts internationally.

After the bid bribing scandal that took place with the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City (which saw Quebec City asking for compensation (CDN$8 million) for their failed 2002 bid[3]), 1999 saw many of the rules around the bidding process change. The IOC created the Evaluation Commission which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics, often host cities would fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts from the city. 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 analysed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC. The bid books from the three candidate cities were submitted in January 2003 and inspections occurred before May 2003, when the final report was submitted.

Vancouver's residents were asked in a referendum whether they accepted the responsibilities of the host city should it win its bid. Sixty-four percent of residents accepted the proposal. However, like all elections, the facts are in the numbers. The referendum was held only in Vancouver, though the infrastructure tab was to be picked up by the province as a whole.

Furthermore, this victory was helped by a media campaign which saw those who supported the Olympic bid outspend those who were against the bid by 88 to one - this point needs clarification, but ratios this high were bandied about at the time. Regardless, it was the first time such a referendum was successful. In neighbouring Washington state to the south, both the state legislature and Governor Gary Locke passed a resolution in support of Vancouver's bid, and sent it to the IOC.[4]

Vancouver won the bidding process 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.

Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: PyeongChang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria. Pyeongchang 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.

Two years earlier, Canada had put in a bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Toronto, but lost out to Beijing. British Columbia had refused to support Toronto's bid that, had it succeeded, would have ended Vancouver's chances of hosting the 2010 games as the IOC preferred to rotate the Games among continents.

2010 Winter Olympics bidding results
City NOC Name Round 1 Round 2
Vancouver, British Columbia Flag of Canada Canada 40 56
PyeongChang Flag of South Korea South Korea 51 53
Salzburg Flag of Austria Austria 16 -

Construction

The Olympic Flag outside the Vancouver City Hall.  This particular flag was replaced with a replica after it was stolen.
The Olympic Flag outside the Vancouver City Hall. This particular flag was replaced with a replica after it was stolen.

The initial problem Vancouver faced in winning the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics was fundraising for construction of venues. The Bid Committee, and subsequently VANOC, arranged for commitments of investment on a 50/50 basis by the federal and provincial governments, primarily for amounts to cover venue construction costs. It later began to achieve sponsorships and donations from private corporations and institutions. Such commitments were made enthusiastically as a chance to build on the world prestige Vancouver already gained as host of the 1986 World's Fair and to improve on the technological advances made during that event, like the expansion of the SkyTrain transit system.

The expansion was a pledge of the BC government, and not the responsibility of VANOC. Construction of the rapid transit link between Richmond, the adjacent international airport and downtown Vancouver is now underway and is expected to be completed by late 2009. The BC government also indicated it would pay for a C$600 million upgrade of the Sea-to-Sky Highway to accommodate increased traffic between Vancouver and Whistler, although this highway upgrade has been overdue for more than a decade and will still not meet the basic needs of the corridor.[citation needed]

The three main venues -- constructed at a cost of $580 million, about 23 per cent above the 2003 bid forecasts -- have already had their work largely completed. The $40-million Hillcrest/Nat Bailey stadium park, which will host curling, will be finished later this year. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent $16.6 million on upgrading facilities at Cypress, which will host the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. The athletes' villages in Whistler and Vancouver are still under construction, as are the main media centre in Coal Harbour and its Whistler counterpart.[citation needed]

As of 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics is estimated to be in the range of C$1.4 billion. In 2006, VANOC CEO John Furlong estimated it would be about C$1.7 billion, all raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. C$580 million is the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler, C$200 million is expected to be spent for security, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the lead agency.

Logo and mascots

The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005 and is named Ilaanaq the Inunnguaq. Ilaanaq is the Inuktitut word for friend. The logo is based on the Inukshuk built for the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo 86 and donated to the city of Vancouver after the event. It is now used as a landmark on English Bay beach.

The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were introduced on November 27, 2007.[5] After the unveiling, many people were displeased with the look of the new mascots because they represented a small population of Vancouver.[citation needed] Inspired by traditional First Nations creatures, the mascots include:

Miga and Quatchi are mascots for the Olympic Games, while Sumi is the mascot for the Paralympic Games.

Sports

Fifteen winter sports events have been announced as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The eight events categorized as ice sports are: bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating, and curling. The three sports categorized as alpine, skiing and snowboarding events are: alpine, freestyle and snowboarding. The four sports categorized as Nordic events are: biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined.

The opening and closing ceremonies and the events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) will be held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" will be held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events will be held on Whistler Mountain (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) will be held on Blackcomb Mountain. Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver) will host the 2010 freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls, and ski cross), and all 2010 snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross).

Vancouver 2010 will also be unique in the fact that both men's and women's hockey will be played on a narrower, NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61 m × 30 m). The games will be played at General Motors Place, home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. This change is expected to save $10 million (CAD) in construction costs and allow more than 35,000 more spectators to attend Olympic hockey games.[6][7]

Additional events

There were a number of events proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics.[8] On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in Kuwait voted to include skicross in the official program.[9][10] The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the sport to be officially part of the Games program.[11]

Events up for inclusion but were ultimately rejected included:[12]

Controversy

Women's Ski Jumping

The IOC voted in 2006 not to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games, on the grounds that the sport was not yet developed enough and did not meet basic criteria for inclusion. The members of the Canadian Women Ski Jumping Team filed a grievance with the Canadian Human Rights Board citing gender discrimination. So far the IOC has yet to comment or change its decision.[4]

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 Ceremonies for a Winter Olympics will be held indoors.

Vancouver is also the warmest city ever to host a Winter Olympics.[13] In February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius (40.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

Greater Vancouver

Vancouver

University of British Columbia

Richmond

West Vancouver

Whistler

Broadcasting

Vancouver 2010 will be 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 will be largely identical for both events. Confirmed broadcasters include:

Flag of Australia Australia
The Nine Network, in joint partnership with subscription television partner Foxtel, which according to the IOC "will deliver the most comprehensive coverage of the Olympics ever seen on free-to-air and subscription television in Australia".[citation needed]
Flag of Brazil Brazil
TV Record.[14]
Flag of Canada Canada
A consortium of CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media properties. Specific outlets tentatively include CTV, TQS, TSN, RDS, RIS, Rogers Sportsnet, OMNI Television, OLN, CTV Newsnet, Rogers radio stations, as well as third-party broadcasters APTN and ATN, with ancillary coverage (i.e. no events footage) on Discovery Channel, BNN, and The Biography Channel.
With the recent takeover of most CHUM Limited assets by CTV, and the acquisition of Citytv by Rogers, more outlets may be included as well, making likely the largest grouping of TV channels from one country to air Olympic-related live footage. Citytv, A-Channel and CHUM's radio stations are the only such outlets able to air sports, although channels such as MuchMusic could carry ancillary coverage.
As TQS is only available in Quebec and certain areas outside the province, content is being offered free of charge to Radio-Canada stations outside Quebec. Radio-Canada has so far declined, saying it must have assurances that this would not disrupt its own programming for viewers outside Quebec, among other conditions.[15][16][17]
The CTV network alone is promising 22 hours a day in coverage during the games. CTV's studios in downtown Vancouver are going to be the broadcast headquarters for the coverage.
Image:Flag of Europe.svg European Union
Members of the European Broadcasting Union (excluding RAI in Italy and ITV in the United Kingdom).[18] BBC Sport holds exclusive terrestrial rights in the UK. In Italy, SKY has gained the rights. [19]
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Cable TV, which has announced through the IOC that they have the broadcast rights across all media platforms for the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012 in Hong Kong.[20] This is the first time in history that the two Hong Kong-based free-to-air channels TVB and ATV didn't receive the broadcast rights. The free-to-air channels and critics have expressed concerns that the Olympic games should be provided to as many audiences as possible. However, Cable TV only has pay TV channels and satellite TV channels currently. Rights in mainland China are sold separately.
Flag of Mexico Mexico - Televisa and TV Azteca
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand - TVNZ
Flag of the United States United States
NBC Universal, including NBC and various cable properties. Some online webcasts may also be available, as NBC has rapidly approached the possibility of covering every single competition in its entirety over the past few Olympics. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, it is likely that some events will be scheduled so that they air in time-slots favorable to NBC, which pays the highest TV rights fee of any broadcaster in the world. However, unlike Beijing, Vancouver is in the same timezone as the United States' west coast which would make it easier for NBC to show live events. The national radio partner is Westwood One.

Torch Relay

Image:Vancouver-Olympics-clock.jpg
The clock counting down to the opening of the Olympics in downtown Vancouver

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 will first be lit in Olympia in late 2009. It will then travel from Greece, over the North Pole to Canada's high Arctic and on to the West Coast and Vancouver. The Torch will be carried by thousands of Canadians of all ages and cultural backgrounds: on foot, dog sled, snowmobile, horse, plane and virtually every means of transport known to the people of Canada.[21] The torch relay is said to be the longest in winter Olympic history and will travel across all of Canada on its journey to Vancouver.

For the first time in Olympic history the Olympic flame will be lit indoors, as BC place is a covered stadium. This has caused some speculation on how this will be accomplished such a large flame burning for the required 15 days would cause environmental issues inside the stadium. Some solutions to this problem is to install a costly ventilation system to house to flame or to even build a new retractable roof over BC place. It has yet to be officially stated how the problem will be solved.

Opposition

Image:Native Warrior Society - Olympic Flag.jpg
Members of the Native Warriors Society pose with the stolen Winter Olympics flag. They stole the flag to protest the Olympics, and to honour the death of Harriet Nahanee.

Opposition to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver[22] has been expressed by hundreds of activists and politicians, including Lower Mainland Mayors Derek Corrigan and Richard Walton. Many of the public Olympic events held to date in Vancouver have been attended by protesters, and the attendance of protesters outnumbered supporters at the Flag Lighting Ceremony.[23] Non-violent environmental protests at Eagleridge Bluffs in West Vancouver resulted in the arrest of over 20 people and jail time for two local women, Betty Krawczyk and Harriet Nahanee.[24] Protesters have also vandalized branches of the Royal Bank of Canada, an Olympic sponsor, in Ottawa, Vancouver and Victoria.[25]

There are several reasons for the opposition, which are reflected in the documentary film Five Ring Circus.[26] These issues include:

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