2010_Winter_Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 Winter Olympics XXI Olympic Winter Games Winter Olympics in Calgary. These will also be the first games to be held in an NHL market since the league allowed its players to participate starting in 1998 at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Following Olympic tradition, then Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special ceremony, and will be on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. Bid The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005 and is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq is the Inuktitut word for friend 2010 Winter Olympics bidding results City Vancouver, British Columbia PyeongChang Salzburg Austria 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, VancouverWhistler 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 NOC Name Canada South 51 Korea 16 53 Round Round 1 2 40 56 Host city Motto Vancouver, BC, Canada With glowing hearts/ Des plus brillants exploits[1] 80+ (projected)[2] Nations participating Athletes participating Events Opening ceremony Closing ceremony Stadium 5,500 (projected)[2] 86 in 7 sports February 12 February 28 BC Place Stadium The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held February 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler nearby. 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 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 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.[4] 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. It was the closest vote by the IOC since Sydney, Australia beat Beijing for the 2000 Summer Olympics by 2 votes. Vancouver’s victory came almost 2 years after Toronto’s 2008 Summer Olympic bid was defeated by Beijing in a landslide vote. 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver inviting the world to come to Vancouver in 2010 for the 21st Winter Olympic games.[7] The security budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics has been set at $900 million, a number which is more than five times the original $175 million estimate. .[8] Construction The Olympic Flag outside the Vancouver City Hall. 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 $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. The three main venues – constructed at a cost of $580 million, about 23 percent above the 2003 bid forecasts – have already had their work largely completed. The $40-million Development and preparation 2010 Winter Olympics • • • • Bid process Village Mascots Torch Relay (route) IOC · COC · VANOC The Call for Volunteers program was launched on February 12, 2008, to find 25,000 volunteers.[5] Tickets for the event were first available for purchase on October 3, 2008.[6] On February 12, 2009, the one year countdown to the beginning of the games started. The torch and uniform were unveiled. Jacques Rogge gave a brief speech from 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Mountain, 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. As of 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics is estimated to be in the range of $1.4 billion. In 2006, VANOC CEO John Furlong estimated it would be about $1.7 billion, all raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. $580 million is the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler, $200 million is expected to be spent for security, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the lead agency. That number was later revealed to be in the region of $1 billion, an amount in excess of 5 times what was originally estimated.[9] 2010 Winter Olympics From left to right: Sumi, Quatchi, and Miga The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005 and is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq 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.[12] After the unveiling, many people were displeased with the look of the new mascots because they represented a minority population of Vancouver.[13] Inspired by traditional First Nations creatures, the mascots include: • Miga - A mythical sea bear, part orca and part kermode bear. • Quatchi - A sasquatch. • Sumi - An animal guardian spirit who wears the hat of the orca whale, flies with the wings of the mighty Thunderbird and runs on the strong furry legs of the black bear. • Mukmuk - A Vancouver Island marmot. Miga and Quatchi are mascots for the Olympic Games, while Sumi is the mascot for the Paralympic Games. The Royal Canadian Mint is producing a series of commemorative coins celebrating the 2010 games[14], and in partnership with CTV - is also allowing users to vote on the Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments; where designs honoring the top 3 will be added to the series of coins.[15] Venues Some venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level, a rarity for the Winter Games. The 2010 Games will also be the first—Winter or Summer—to have an Opening Ceremony held indoors. Vancouver, which will be the most populous city ever to hold the Winter Games, will also be the warmest: in February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C (40.6 °F).[10] The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at BC Place Stadium. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver include Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Olympic Centre, UBC Winter Sports Centre, Richmond Olympic Oval and Cypress Mountain. GM Place will play host to ice hockey events, but because corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue, it will be renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the games.[11] Competition venues in Whistler include Whistler Blackcomb, Whistler Olympic Park and Whistler Sliding Centre. Broadcasting Vancouver 2010 will be broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters. As rights for the 2010 games have been Marketing 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia packaged with those for the 2012 Summer Olympics, broadcasters will be largely identical for both events. The host broadcaster will be Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver, a subsidiary of the IOC’s new in-house broadcasting unit Olympic Broadcasting Services. The 2010 Olympics marks the first games where the host broadcasting facilities will be provided solely by OBS.[16] The executive director of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver is Nancy Lee, a former producer and executive for CBC Sports.[17] 2010 Winter Olympics 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, as such a large flame burning for the required 15 days would cause environmental issues inside the stadium. A possible solution to the problem includes installing a special ventilation system to house the flame. It has yet to be officially stated how this problem will be solved. On 16 May 2008, over $150 million in major renovations to the stadium were announced, including seat replacement, renovations to washrooms and concessions, and the replacement of the Teflon covering with a new retractable roof. These major renovations will be done in two phases. The first phase which includes upgrades to seating, washrooms and concessions and luxury suites is scheduled to be completed prior to the 2010 Olympic Games. The proposed retractable roof is being planned for after the games in 2011; however, upgrades are planned for the existing roof prior to the Olympics opening. Torch Relay The Games 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 relay will start its long Canada journey from the British Columbia capital of Victoria BC. The Olympic 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.[18] 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. Participating nations The number of National Olympic Committees that will enter teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics is still unknown, but projected to be over 80.[2] The nations listed here have already qualified athletes to the games. Nations will be added as they qualify at least one athlete or team. 35 nations have qualified as of March 28, 2009. Of those Ghana and Bahamas will make their winter Olympic debut. • • • Ghana[25] [19] Bahamas • Great • • • Belarus[22] • Canada[22] • • • Denmark[24] China[23] Czech Republic[22] Britain[24] Belgium[20][21] • • • • • • • • India [26] Iran[27] Israel Japan [20][21] Poland [ Russia[2 • • Slovakia[22] • • • Slovenia[20][ Italy[20][21] [24] South Korea[20][21] Kazakhstan[20][21] Latvia[22] Lithuania[20][21] Spain[20][21] Switzerland[ 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ● Opening ceremony • • Event competitions Norway [22] 2010 Winter Olympics ● Event finals Exhibition gala ● Closing ceremony Vancouver 2010 will also be the first winter Estonia[20][21] Sweden[22]Olympics in which both men’s and women’s hockey will be played on a narrower, • • NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft Finland[22] Turkey[20][21] (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international • United • France[24] size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61 m × 30 m). The States[22] • games will be played at General Motors • Georgia[20][21] Place, home of the NHL’s Vancouver CaUkraine[20][21] • nucks. This change is expected to save $10 Germany[22] million (CAD) in construction costs and allow an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Sports Olympic hockey games.[29] There were a number of events proposed Eighty-six winter sports events have been anto be included in the 2010 Winter nounced as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[30] On November 28, 2006, the Olympics. The eight sports categorized as ice IOC Executive Board at their meeting in sports are: bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice Kuwait voted to include skicross in the offihockey, figure skating, speed skating, short cial program.[31] The Vancouver Olympic track speed skating, and curling. The three Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved sports categorized as alpine, skiing and the event to be officially part of the Games snowboarding events are: alpine, freestyle program.[32] and snowboarding. The four sports categorEvents up for inclusion but were ultiized as Nordic events are: biathlon, cross mately rejected included:[33] country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic • Biathlon mixed relay combined. • Mixed doubles curling • • • Luge • Ski • Team alpine skiing Alpine Curling jumping • • Team bobsled and skeleton skiing • Nordic • • Team luge • Figure combined Snowboarding ski jumping • Women’s Biathlon skating • Short • Speed Calendar • • track skating In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Bobsleigh Freestyle speed Olympic Games, each blue box represents an skiing skating • event competition, such as a qualification Cross• Ice • round, on that day. The yellow boxes represcountry hockey Skeleton ent days during which medal-awarding finals skiing for a sport are held. Each bullet in these The opening and closing ceremonies and the boxes is an event final, the number of bullets events categorized as ice sports (excluding per box representing the number of finals bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) will be held in that will be contested on that day.[34] 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) The IOC voted in 2006 not to include wowill be held on Blackcomb Mountain. Cypress men’s ski jumping in the 2010 Games, on the Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park grounds that the sport was not yet developed in West Vancouver) will host the 2010 freeenough and did not meet basic criteria for instyle skiing (aerials, moguls, and ski cross), clusion. The members of the Canadian Woand all 2010 snowboard events (half-pipe, men Ski Jumping Team filed a grievance with parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross). the Canadian Human Rights Board citing • Concerns and controversies 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia February Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating Total gold medals Ceremonies February ● 6 6 ● ● ● ● ● 5 ● ● 6 ● ● 7 ● ● 5 4 ● 6 ● 6 4 ● ● 4 6 5 ● ● ● ● ●● ● ● ●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●● ●● ● ● 2010 Winter Olympics 27 28 Gold S S medals ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●● ● 10 10 3 ● 12 2 4 6 ● 2 3 3 8 2 3 ● 7 ● ●● 7 2 ● 27 28 S S 6 12 86 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F ● ● ● ● ● ●● ● ●● ● ● ● ●● ● ●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F gender discrimination. So far the IOC has yet to comment or change its decision.[35] According to lobby group Women’s Ski Jumping USA, a group composed of "some of the top women ski jumpers", will file a Statement of Claim with the Supreme Court of British Columbia suing the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee for excluding women ski jumpers from the Vancouver games.[36] The athlete’s village located at South East False Creek was originally planned to be a model sustainable community, with state of the art energy efficiency provisions, and a mix of market and social housing, at one third market, one third social housing and one third subsidized middle income housing. The City of Vancouver would break even through the sale of market housing. However, a new city council in 2005 dropped the provisions for subsidized middle income housing and then sold the lands to a private developer for 193 million dollars.[37] On August 22, 2008 The Globe and Mail reported that the Harper government intended to tie funding to the opening ceremonies to control over content. This was widely criticized as reflecting policies of interfering with the arts and exercising ideological control. However, the vice-president of communications for the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee, Renée Smith-Valade, said the government was not bringing politics into the 2010 games and will not have veto power over any part of the Olympic ceremonies.[38] VANOC controversially trademarked lines from the Canadian national anthem to serve as the slogan for the 2010 games, and also began protecting its brand as required by the IOC, filing lawsuits against residents attempting to register domain names related to the games. The VANOC also sued local businesses for using "olympic" in their names, including already-existent establishments. The Canadian House of Commons also granted protection for various terms surrounding 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the games. However, the VANOC made a statement regarding the trademark, stating that they would only challenge usage of the lines if they are attempting to "create a specific, unauthorized commercial association with the 2010 Winter Games." In addition, the anthem is also in the public domain, meaning it can be generally used by anyone.[1][39] 2010 Winter Olympics for example, was originally intended to make a profit, but is now expected to remain $800 million in debt upon completion.[46] • The destruction of the natural environment, particularly at Eagleridge Bluffs.[47] • The loss of affordable housing in Vancouver. The Anti-Poverty Committee has promised that they would target VANOC officials in their homes and businesses,[48] and on May 22, 2007, "evicted" the British Columbia Cabinet and VANOC officials by trashing their offices in downtown Vancouver.[49] • Rising homelessness caused by speculation on land in the Downtown Eastside and divergence of funds from social services to Olympic costs.[50] • Use by the provincial government of the Olympics to force through a $2 billion private-public partnership-funded rapid transit link from Downtown Vancouver to the Vancouver International Airport, over other transit options.[51] There is opposition to the Olympics amongst indigenous people and their supporters. The St’at’imc fear the Olympics will once again bring unwanted tourism and real estate sales to their territory.[52][53] On another front, local First Nations people as well as Canadian Inuit 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 build [sic] 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."[54] Local First Peoples 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. One chief also said that the design lacked dignity, comparing it to Pac-Man. However, other First Nations and Inuit leaders praised the design.[55] The First Nations governments of the Squamish, Musqueam, Lil’wat and Tsleil-Waututh (the "Four Host Nations"), on whose traditional territory the Opposition Members of the Native Warriors Society pose with the stolen Winter Olympics flag, while holding a Mohawk Warriors Society 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[40] 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.[41] 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.[42] Protesters have also vandalized branches of the Royal Bank of Canada, an Olympic sponsor, in Ottawa, Vancouver and Victoria.[43] There are several reasons for the opposition, some of which are outlined in the documentary film Five Ring Circus.[44] These issues include: • The large expense to taxpayers, estimated in 2007 to be CAN$580 million.[45] After the stock market crash of 2008, there are increasing concerns that Games-related projects will not meet their economic targets. The Olympic Village development, 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia games will be held, signed a protocol in 2004[56] in support of the games.[57] 2010 Winter Olympics estimate". The Canadian Press/Google News. 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