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Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
Host city : Vancouver, BC, Canada
Motto : With glowing hearts/ Des plus brillants exploits
Nations participating : 82 | Athletes participating : 2,622
Events : 86 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony : February 12
Closing ceremony : February 28
Olympic Torch : Catriona LeMay-Doan, Steve Nash, Nancy Greene, Wayne Gretzky
Stadium : BC Place Stadium

The 2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics , officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, was held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC). The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.

Following Olympic tradition, the Vancouver mayor then, Sam Sullivan, received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. The event was officially opened by Governor General Micha?lle Jean.

For the first time, Canada won gold at an Olympic Games hosted at home, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Canada clinched first overall in gold medal wins on the second to last day of competition[3] and became the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count. With 14, Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics, which was 13, set by the former Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002. The United States won the most medals in total, their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won at a single Winter Olympics, with 37, which was held by Germany in 2002 at 36 medals. Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. However, the games were overshadowed by the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian who was supposed to compete in luge, but was killed during a test run on the same day of the opening ceremony.