Vancouver 2010 Winter Game was successfully opened on Feb.12.2010. The opening ceremony was hosted in Vancouver's BC Place and was directed by David Atkins, who was also the director of Sydney 2000 Olympic. The event was opened by Governor General Michaelle Jean and dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to Nobar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died earlier that day on a training run. An estimated 60,000 people were in attendance with 4,500 perfumers. The cost of this event was the second most expensive Olympic opening ceremony in the world with Beijing at the lead.Vancouver 2010 Winter Game began on Feb.12.2010 and ends on Feb.28.2010. The Paralympic Game will began on Mar.12.2010 and ends on Mar.21.2010. The game were hold in Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler. There were in total of 15 winter sport event in 2010 Winter Game. The eight sports categorized as ice sports are: bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating and curling. The three sports categorized as alpine skiing and snowboarding events are: alpine, freestyle and snowboarding. The four sports categorized as Nordic events are: biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined. There are 82 National Olympic Committee that have entered teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The mascot of this Olympic is Miga and Quatchi and Paralympic is Sumi. Slogan of this game was "With Glowing Heart" which was also a line in the Canadian National Anthem "O Canada".
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Game Official Website: http://www.vancouver2010.com/
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Mascots
