XXI Olympic Winter Games

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The XXI Olympic Winter Games were the 2010 international multi-sport winter event held primarily in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada, featuring athletes from around the world competing in various winter sports disciplines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
abbreviation VANOC ⓘ
awardedAtSession 115th IOC Session ⓘ
awardedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
awardedDate 2003-07-02 ⓘ
awardedInCity Prague ⓘ
awardedInCountry Czech Republic ⓘ
bidCity Vancouver ⓘ
bidCountry Canada ⓘ
cauldronLighter Catriona Le May Doan ⓘ
Nancy Greene ⓘ
Steve Nash ⓘ
Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
closingCeremonyVenue BC Place ⓘ
closingDate 2010-02-28 ⓘ
coHostCity Whistler ⓘ
commonName 2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ
competingBidCity Pyeongchang ⓘ
Salzburg ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currencyOfBudget Canadian dollar ⓘ
followedBy 2014 Winter Olympics ⓘ
XXII Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
hostCity Vancouver ⓘ
hostNation Canada ⓘ
hostProvince British Columbia ⓘ
includedSport Nordic combined ⓘ
alpine skiing ⓘ
biathlon ⓘ
bobsleigh ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
curling ⓘ
figure skating ⓘ
freestyle skiing ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
luge ⓘ
short track speed skating ⓘ
skeleton ⓘ
ski jumping ⓘ
snowboarding ⓘ
speed skating ⓘ
mainIndoorVenueCity Vancouver ⓘ
mainOutdoorCauldronLocation Jack Poole Plaza ⓘ
mascot Miga ⓘ
Quatchi ⓘ
Sumi ⓘ
motto Des plus brillants exploits ⓘ
With Glowing Hearts ⓘ
mountainVenueCity Whistler ⓘ
notableFeature first Winter Olympics held in Canada since 1988 ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 2566 ⓘ
numberOfDisciplines 15 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 86 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 82 ⓘ
numberOfSports 7 ⓘ
officialName XXI Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
officialWebsite http://www.vancouver2010.com/ ⓘ
openedBy Michaëlle Jean ⓘ
openingCeremonyVenue BC Place ⓘ
openingDate 2010-02-12 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ
paralympicGames 2010 Winter Paralympics ⓘ
precededBy 2006 Winter Olympics ⓘ
XX Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
previousWinterOlympicsHostCityInCanada Calgary ⓘ
previousWinterOlympicsInCanada XV Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
primaryBroadcastRightsHolderCanada CTVglobemedia ⓘ
linked to: CTV
primaryBroadcastRightsHolderUnitedStates NBC ⓘ
sequenceNumber 21 ⓘ
shortName Vancouver 2010 ⓘ
sidekickCharacter Mukmuk ⓘ
sloganLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
year 2010 ⓘ

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2010 Winter Olympics → officialName → XXI Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
XIX Olympic Winter Games → followedBy → XX Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
linked to: XXI Olympic Winter Games
XXI Olympic Winter Games → officialName → XXI Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
Miga → usedIn → Vancouver 2010 ceremonies ⓘ
linked to: XXI Olympic Winter Games
Quatchi → introducedFor → Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
linked to: XXI Olympic Winter Games
XXII Olympic Winter Games → precededBy → XXI Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
XX Olympic Winter Games → followedBy → XXI Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony → partOf → XXI Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
Carolina Kostner → competition → 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver ⓘ
linked to: XXI Olympic Winter Games