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| - Vancouver 2010 war das offizielle Spiel zu den olympischen Winterspiele 2010. Das Spiel erschien erschien am 15. Januar 2010 für die PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 und für den PC.
- See:
* Vancouver, the host city of the 2010 Olympics
* 2010 Olympics about the games of Vancouver
- The 2010 Winter Olympic Games, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games is a major international winter multi-sport event held in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver is the province's largest city as well as Canada's third largest. The decision was made on July 2nd 2003 when the city was chosen and announced as the host city. 82 nations competed in the 7 sports divided into 86 events. Governor General Michaelle Jean declared the games open during the opening ceremony. Vancouver 2010 was the first Olympics to have the opening and closing ceremony indoors. It was also the first to have two Olympic cauldrons. A joint project between the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it is the third Olympic games held in the nation of Canada. To get Canadian athletes ready to compete the program, "own the podium" was put into place to help athletes step up to the challenge to get the first gold medals on Canadian soil. For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held by the sea and some venues, such as the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level. Vancouver is also the warmest city ever to host a Winter Olympics. In February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius (40.6 degrees Fahrenheit). It was also the largest city to hold the Winter Games. Before Vancouver, Canada hosted the games twice, the first being the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympic Games and the second being the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, to which Canada did not have a single gold medal in either games. Canada smashed the record for most golds on home soil during an Olympic games with 14.
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