The

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participated in the

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 Gretz ...

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, sending 92 participants, the largest Czech team ever to appear at the Winter Olympics. The Czechs competed in the majority of events, except

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and

women's ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hoc ...

. Hockey player

Jaromír Jágr Jaromír Jágr (; born 15 February 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for and the owner of Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, ...

served as flag bearer at the

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. The medal hopes were set on speed skater

Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková () (born 27 May 1987) is a Czech speed skater, specializing in long track speed skating. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple European and World allround champion. She became the first Czech to win two Olympic ...

, cross-country skier

Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer (; born 18 August 1977) is a Czech cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Biography On 17 February 2006 he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical. His best finish at the FIS Nordic W ...

, freestyle skier Tomáš Kraus and alpine skier Šárka Záhrobská. As for ice hockey team, the expectations were less ambitious than at previous Olympics and this became true when the Czech teams went out in the quarterfinals. The games of Vancouver were with six medals the most successful in history of independent Czech Republic, equalling the medal count of its predecessor

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from

Sarajevo 1984 The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр� ...

but surpassing it in quality. The most successful Czech participant (and also the flag bearer during the

closing ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event.

) was speed skater

with two gold and one bronze medal. 2010 Opening Ceremony - Czech Republic entering

Medalists

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File:Sarka Zahrobska Semmering 2006.jpg, Šárka Záhrobská File:Lukas Bauer 2010.jpg,

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Martin Jakš Martin Jakš (; born 6 September 1986 in Plzeň, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) is a Czech cross-country skier who has competed since 2004. His best World Cup finish was third in a 3.3 km event in Italy in 2008. He also has two wins in th ...

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Martin Koukal Martin Koukal () (born 25 September 1978 in Nové Město na Moravě) is a Czech cross-country skier and mountaineer who has been competing since 1996. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 50 km (2003) and ...

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

;Men ;Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint

Figure skating

The Czech Republic qualified two entrants in men's singles and one in ice dancing, for a total of four athletes.

Freestyle skiing

;Ski cross

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

;Roster

Group play

The

will play in Group B. ;Round-robin All times are local ( UTC-8). ---- ---- ;Standings

Final rounds

;Qualification playoff ;Quarterfinal

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

;Halfpipe ;Parallel GS ;Snowboard cross

Speed skating

References

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