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The 2010 Olympics marked the first Games where the host broadcasting facilities were provided solely by OBS. [30] The executive director of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver was Nancy Lee, a former producer and executive for CBC Sports. [31] The official broadcast theme was a piece called "City of Ice" composed by Rob May and Simon Hill. [32]
2010 Winter Olympics medals. From left to right: Tina Maze of Slovenia (silver), Andrea Fischbacher of Austria (gold) and Lindsey Vonn of the United States (bronze) with the medals they earned in women's super-G in alpine skiing. The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in ...
The United States pre-qualified three men and one woman for the 2010 Olympics based on their top-30 status in the overall World Cup standings. The remaining men's and women's teams were officially announced on January 11, 2010, after the conclusion of the IBU cup races at Altenberg, Germany. [4]
Medal leaders. The medal winners in the women's sprint in cross-country skiing, from left to right: Justyna Kowalczyk (left) Marit Bjørgen (center) and Petra Majdič (right). The medal winners in the women's 500 metres in short track speed skating, from left to right: Marianne St-Gelais (left) Wang Meng (center) and Arianna Fontana (right).
Day 10 – February 21. Alpine skiing. Bode Miller of the United States wins the men's combined earning his first Olympic gold. He was ranked 7th after the downhill event but jumped to gold with the 3rd fastest time in the slalom. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway led after the downhill event but veered off-course in the slalom.
Canada hosted and participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada previously hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Canada sent a team of 206 athletes (116 men, 90 women), including participants in all 15 sports, and finished with 14 gold medals and 26 in total ...
BC Place Stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Olympic sites map For the 2010 Winter Olympics, a total of ten sports venues were used, seven in Vancouver (including BC Place), and three in Whistler. The majority of ice sport events were held in Vancouver, while Whistler, which normally serves as a ski resort, hosted the snow events. Six non-competition ...
2010 Winter Olympics. The closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 28, 2010, beginning at 5:30 pm PST (01:30 UTC, March 1) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first Olympic Closing Ceremony held in an indoor venue since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo .