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2010
Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28
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2010
Paralympic Winter Games: March 12 to 21
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Vancouver
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Fifteen
winter sports events have been announced as
part of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The
eight events categorized as Ice Sports include:
bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure
skating, speed skating, short track speed skating,
curling. Three sports categorized as Alpine,
Skiing and Snowboarding events include: alpine,
freestyle and snowboarding. Four sports categorize
as Nordic Events include: biathlon, cross
country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined.
The opening and closing ceremonies and the events
categorized as "Ice Sports" (excluding
bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) will be held in
Vancouver and Richmond.
The sports categorized as "Nordic Events"
will be held in the Callagan Valley located
just to the west of Whistler.
All Alpine Skiing events will be held on Whistler
Mountain (creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh,
luge and skeleton) will be held on Blackcomb
Mountain. Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress
Provincial park in West Vancouver) will host
the 2010 Freestyle Skiing (Aerials and Moguls),
and all 2010 Snowboard Events (Half-Pipe, Parallel
Giant Slalom, Snowboard Cross).
Additional Events
There are a number of events looking to be included
in the 2010 Winter Olympics games.
The
events include:
Individual
curling
Ski cross
Ski halfpipe
Snowboard slopestlye
Team luge
Women ski jumping
The desicion for the inclusion of new events
into the Olympic winter programme will take
place at the end of 2006 by the Olympic Executive
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