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Concerns And Controversies Over The 2010 Winter Olympics
A number of concerns and controversies at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, surfaced before and during the Games, and which received media coverage. Safety Death of Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili Hours before the opening ceremony, Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia was killed during a training run for the luge after he was thrown from his sled and struck a steel pillar at high speed, near the end of the course. The International Luge Federation called an emergency meeting after the accident, and all other training runs were cancelled for the day. Vancouver Olympics Organizing Committee (VANOC) was criticized after members of the media assumed that VANOC was the governing body that conducted a prompt 12-hour investigation into the luger's death, which put the blame on the luger. In fact, it was the International Luge Federation (ILF) which conducted the investigation. The ILF had stated that it would investigate the crash and issue a repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Winter Olympics
)'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretzky Steve Nash , stadium = BC Place , winter_prev = Turin 2006 , winter_next = Sochi 2014 , summer_prev = Beijing 2008 , summer_next = London 2012 The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (french: XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 ( lut, K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler. It was regarded by the Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history, in both attendance and coverage. Approxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Organisation Internationale De La Francophonie
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Cross-country Skiing At The 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's Sprint
The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - Accessed November 3, 2009. 's was the defending champion in this event, though that event was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Majdič
Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979) is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon (30 km race) in Trondheim in 2009. She is the first Slovenian cross-country skier to win a World Cup race, the first to get a medal at the World Championships and the first to get an Olympic medal. With 20 wins, Majdič is the second-most successful sprinter in FIS Cross-Country World Cup history and with 24 wins in total she's the fourth-most successful World Cup competitor of all time. Career She first appeared in World Cup on 9 January 1999 in Novo mesto, where she ended 10 km classic as 69th. In 2000, she won her first point in Falun with 30th place in 10 km freestyle. She showed talent for sprint events a year later in Asiago, where she earned her first podium for a 3rd-place finish in 1.5 km freestyle sprint. But real breakthrough came late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2010 Winter Olympics
The cross-country skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were held at Whistler Olympic Park. The events were held between 15 and 28 February 2010. Medals summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Competition schedule All times are Pacific Standard Time ( UTC-8). , -bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Day !! Date !! Start !! Finish !! Event , - style="background:#efefef; color:black" , rowspan=2, Day 4 , , rowspan=2, Monday 15 February , , 10:00 , , 11:15 , , 10 km individual free women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , 12:30 , , 14:00 , , 15 km individual free men , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , rowspan=2, Day 6 , , rowspan=2, Wednesday 17 February , , 10:15 , , 11:00 , , rowspan=2, Individual sprint classic men/women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , 12:30 , , 14:00 , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , Day 8 , , Friday 19 February , , 13:00 , , 13:50 , , 15 km pursui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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