Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. After a four-year wait, hundreds of competitors from across the world battle it out for cherished gold medals in sports ranging from downhill skiing to ice hockey, bobsleigh and biathlon. Winter sports fans, athletes and the world's media descend on the city for three weeks of dramatic action. The world-class resort at Whistler on Blackcomb Mountain hosts the ever-popular high-adrenalin Alpine skiing and "sliding" events such as the luge and bobsleigh. Newer sports like freestyle skiing and snowboarding take over Cypress Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park.
You don't even need to leave the confines of the city to watch ice hockey and skating, with events at Canada Hockey Place, the UBC Thunderbird Arena and the Pacific Coliseum at Hastings Park. Away from the pistes and ice rinks, the concurrent Cultural Olympiad presents scores of concerts, new arts projects and other entertainment.
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler and in Richmond, a Vancouver suburb. 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, Quebec and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
Following Olympic tradition, then Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, 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. The event will be officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean.
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