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The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21stWinter Olympics, will be a major international multi-sport event held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia and in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond. 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.
In 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics was estimated to be $1.354 billion. As of mid-2009 it is projected to be $1.76 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 was expected to be spent for security, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the lead agency.
The Winter Olympics get under way in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday night with the first-ever indoor opening ceremony — which is a good thing, because these could be called the “Soggy and Foggy Games.” The first full day of competition is Saturday, but already there have been drama and weather issues.
The rest of the women’s training runs were cancelled for the day. That kept American Lindsey Vonn from testing her painful and injured shin, which may keep these from being the Vancouver Games. Vonn was expected to be the queen of the podium with five possible medals.
There are about 2,600 athletes. Thirty were told to stay home after testing positive for drugs. Most of the remaining athletes will march into the BC Place Stadium Friday night to celebrate 17 days of athletic effort, glory, disappointment and surprise — giving the games a name we can’t begin to imagine now.
As compared to 2008 Summer Games, Beijing – Organizers pull off an awe-inspiring ceremony, replete with the rhythmic roar of 2,008 people drumming in unison and Chinese gymnast Li Ning running around the rim of the stadium with the torch while suspended with wires. But nine-year-old Lin Miaoke’s performance of “Ode to the Motherland” becomes the most talked-about moment of the extravagant festivities after it’s revealed that she was merely lip-synching to a track recorded by seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, a child prodigy who was deemed not cute enough by Chinese officials.
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