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Welcome 2010 TableofContents PersonalWElcome iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com Proud to Welcome you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 iStockphoto.com Welcome, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. . . . . . . . 9 iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com photo Welcome, Gov. Gary Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 contributors for this page: jacomstephens FeaturedArticles LaserLens EnjoyLife2 The Games, Ancient and Modern . . . . . . . . . . 14 babyblueut :: Diane Weeks, Author & Journalist :: PeskyMonkey yesfoto Getting the Bid, A Journey of the Games. . . . . . . 28 :: Erwin Roth :: Speed Skating, Where FAST isn’t fast enough . . . . . 38 :: Dr. Eric Heiden, Five-time Gold Medal Speed Skater :: Investment and Tourism in British Columbia . . . . . 50 :: Diane Weeks, Author & Journalist :: The Modern Day Olympian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 :: Mike MacDonald :: An Englishwoman in Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . 66 Plastic Surgery, Exciting Stuff in the Future. . . . . . 72 :: Dr. Aaron Barson, Medical Director-Surface Medical Spas :: SpecialInformation iStockphoto.com Venue Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Venue Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Schedule of Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Participatingsponsors (in order of appearance) AmeriScience Gold’s Gym ExtraSpace Storage Association Solutions AVIA Hotels Tradia Piccadilly Inn Stein Erickson Lodge Dining at Temple Square Omni Hotels Hoovers Muse Hotel - New York The Church of Jesus Christ of Larry H. Miller Latter-Day Saints British Columbia Tourist Office Bizplete Hotel Monaco - Portland Jaspers Restaurant Brickhouse Retreat Purity 12 Salon & Day Spa The Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa Franchise Smith, LLC Charmex Watches Forrest Grove Condos Mizumi Restaurant PUR Salt Lake City Body Works Ski Utah Harley Davidson All advertisements are the property of the individual company and any misinformation is the responsibility of that company. 4 | welcome 2010 |
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Welcome 2010 Courtesy iStockphoto.com / Laser Lens welcome Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, Canada I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. I hope you are ready for some excitement as the world’s best athletes gather in Canada. Our athletes trained long and hard to earn their place on their teams. Let’s show them our support. We are proud to support and promote Canada’s official languages and rich multicultural heritage. The Cultural Olympiad will present the best of Canada’s culture through festivals, live performances and other artistic experiences. The Government of Canada is proud to be part of what is going to be a spectacularly successful event that will bring tremendous benefits to Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, Whistler, and many, many other communities. This is Canada’s time to shine on the world stage. Enjoy the Games! Stephen Harper Prime Minister, Canada | welcome 2010 | 9
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Welcome 2010 welcome Gary Herbert, Governor, Utah It is with great honour that I have stepped into the capable shoes of the outgoing Governor, John Huntsman, who is now the US Ambassador to China, and I wish the Canadians every success with the forthcoming Winter Games. Utah has prospered greatly from increased investment and tourism in the seven years since the 2002 Winter Games, as a result of the positive recognition and global exposure the games brought. As a result the Salt Lake area has become recognised throughout the world as a leading winter sports destination and we hope a similar experience will be felt in Vancouver and Whistler after the 2010 games. The security surrounding the Salt Lake 2002 games, coming as they did just a few months after the terrible events of 9/11, have become a blueprint to build on for each Olympic event since. We are pleased to be hosts to the US ski and snowboard association, official sponsors of the Vancouver Winter Games, at Park City, Utah, where the US Olympic teams have been practicing in readiness for the games. The superb facilities at Park City resort are one of the legacies of the 2002 games of which Utahns are justifiably proud. The success of the 2002 games in Utah owe not a small amount to our leading lights at the time, namely Mitt Romney, President of SLOC (the Salt Lake Organising Committee), and Michael Leavitt, the then Governor of Utah, who spoke with sincerity when they wished all athletes good luck in their striving to win. Those wishes are extended today, to athletes about to compete in the Vancouver games; that they will participate with the same true Olympian spirit as they reach out for gold. | welcome 2010 | 11
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The Games The Games... Ancient and Modern Courtesy iStockphoto.com / PeskyMonkey By Diane Weeks, Author & Journalist The Ancient Games Since the first event, countries have vied with one another to be the host nation, recognising the The Olympic Games have a history dating back to enormous prestige and opportunities it brings. This 776BC, when the games were held on the plains of is still true today, as it is realised that the Olympics Olympia, Greece, and all male citizens of Greece can act as a catalyst for growth not just in the were entitled to compete. tourism industry, but in the economy as a whole. The earliest games only lasted one day, but this was The income which the games generate can be gradually increased to five days by the 5th century used by the host city to improve the facilities and B.C. The sports included running, long jump, infrastructure in order to attract both visitors and boxing and wrestling, discus, javelin and shot put, investors. International recognition of the host city horse and chariot races. will bring further investment and development opportunities. From when the games were first At the award ceremony, held at the end of the games televised the huge impact this has in terms of at the Temple of Zeus, a wreath made from the branch bringing a region’s attractions to a wider public has of an olive tree was placed on each winners’ head. been taken full advantage of. The Modern Games 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah The Winter Games have been held every four years since 1924, when the very first games were held in North America, with a population which participates Chamonix, France. All the cities which have hosted in winter sports to a high degree, can always be the games belong to countries with a tradition of relied upon to provide the ideal venue for Winter organising winter games, and participation in winter sports. The Games 14 | welcome 2010 | Continued on next page
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The Games The Games The Californian gold rush of the 1850s and the stationing of soldiers during the Civil War ensured Continued... the city became an important trading hub. This was augmented in 1869 when the transcontinental railroad Games, and this is particularly true of Salt Lake linking the East and West United States was completed situated within a two and a half hours flight of half with the “Golden Spike” at Promontory Summit, 80 the population of the U.S. The Olympic motto of miles from Salt Lake City. From 1860 until the 1920s Citius, Altiud, Fortius – faster, higher, stronger many mines opened in the canyons around Salt Lake – must be the aim of any city hoping to host the producing lead, copper, silver and gold. Winter Olympic Games, and was fully embraced by Salt Lake when it hosted the games in 2002. Today, Utah is ranked one of the best environments for business in the whole country, and continues to The earliest evidence of civilisation in Utah was experience employment growth. Salt Lake City has a that of the Anasazi Indian culture, and later Ute, plethora of high tech industries, including biomedical Shoshone and Navajo Indians lived in the area. and software companies and serves as the industrial, financial and commercial center of Utah. In 1847 Brigham Young led a small group of Pioneers, here in search of a place where they could Legacy of the 2002 Winter settle and practice their religion free of persecution. Games It is still possible to trace the route taken by these early pioneers through Little Emigration Canyon, a The CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake Organizing route subsequently followed by Pony Express riders Committee, Fraser Bullock, has said that the Winter and the stagecoach. Games created enormous pride and unity in the community, turned a profit, and left behind a legacy of world class venues, and an environmental blueprint for future Games to follow. The venues have subsequently been used every day by the citizens of Salt Lake, and are the place where the next generation of sportsmen and women train. Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / honestmike Of the many economic and environmental advantages identified by a report released after the Settlers began to plough the land and plant crops the Games the following are among the most significant: very day of their arrival and founded the city of Salt Lake, the State Capitol, on the 24th July 1847. The • The Games made a profit of $100 million, early pioneers had a reputation for industriousness, despite being held less than six months after thrift and perseverance. Many more emigrants the terrorist attacks in the US on September arrived over the coming years from Europe, Asia, 11th 2001, which led to an economic recession Mexico, the South Pacific and Africa, bringing and a risk averse attitude to air travel. different languages and cultures to the region, creating the foundation of a cosmopolitan future. The Games 16 | welcome 2010 | Continued on next page
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The Games The Games The region has also benefited from a long term increase in tourism, growth in winter sports Continued... participation, and can continue to remind the world of its many attractions at subsequent • The Games generated enough employment international events. – a total of 35,000 job-years – that Utah was prevented from experiencing such a sharp 2006 Winter Games, economic downturn as the rest of the US. Turin, Italy • Investment in infrastructure totaled $435, Turin, with a population in excess of 900,000, visitors to the Games spent $123 million, and became the largest city ever to host the Games. A the state and local government netted revenue major centre for business and culture, it is situated of $76 million. in the Piedmont regions of Italy, on the banks of the River Po, and is surrounded by the Alps. • SLC recycled or composted 95.6 % of the waste generated by the Games, and planted The Romans created a military camp here in the more than 100,000 trees in Utah. first century AD. The city had a population of around 5,000 at the time, who lived inside the high • In August 2005 Outside magazine praised Salt walls protecting the city. During the Middle Ages Lake City for being one of 18 towns that “have the city was redesigned and many beautiful palaces it all.” The article went on to acclaim the city’s and luxurious gardens were built. environmental initiatives – light rail lines opened just in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics reduced It was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy from 1563, road traffic by transporting 44,000 riders a day then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the Royal in and out of downtown, while the SLC sewage House of Savoy and finally the first capital of a treatment plant turns released methane in to unified Italy in 1861. It is often referred to as “the electricity to help run itself. Capital of the Alps”. One significant consequence of the Salt Lake Games Turin became a major industrial center during the were the contributions made to the Utah Athletic first part of the 20th century, and the car production Foundation which created the largest non-profit capital of Italy when Fiat was founded in 1899 and sport fund in the US, enabling the Games facilities Lancia in 1906. By 1911 the city had grown to to be maintained without Government support. 430,000 inhabitants. Heavily bombed during WWII, Turin was rapidly rebuilt afterwards, and its industries greatly developed. Waves of immigration ensued, mainly from the more agricultural regions of southern Italy. Nowadays it holds the headquarters of automobile manufacturers Fiat, Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / bisla The Games Continued on next page 18 | welcome 2010 |
The Games The Games The exciting sport of snowboard cross was included for the first time in 2006. Competitors race against Continued... each other in groups of four on a course that includes banked turns, jumps and difficult terrain. Lancia and Alfa Romeoand because of this is known as the “Automobile Capital of Italy”, or the The first gold medals were won by Seth Wescott of the “Detroit of Italy”. United States and Tanja Frieden of Switzerland. Turin is famous as the home of the Shroud of Turin, and 2010 Vancouver and Whistler, of the football teams Juventus F.C. and Torino F.C. British Columbia, Canada At the 2006 Winter Games a record 2,508 athletes Whistler was first settled by the Aboriginal First from 80 National Olympic Committees competed Nations people of Canada in ancient times, and at and for the first time, live video coverage of the one time hundreds of thousands of these indigenous Games was available on mobile phones. The Games people hunted and traded in the area around website ‘torino2006.org’ registered 700 million hits Vancouver and Whistler. from internet users surfing for results. British explorer Captain James Cook landed in Sweden, who had not won any gold medals at the Burrard Inlet in 1778, the first of a long list of two previous Winter Games, were rewarded with explorers searching for the North West Passage. In seven gold at the 2006 Games – men’s ice hockey, 1808 that the first trading posts were set up, trading women’s curling, Women’s Alpine skiing and in fish, timber, fur and the first settlers began biathlon, and three for cross country skiing. farming the area. When gold was discovered in the Fraser River in 1858 huge numbers of new migrants In the true spirit of the Games, Norwegian head coach appeared, wanting a share of the apparent riches. Bjørnar Håkensmoen lent Sara Renner of Canada one his poles when hers broke in the cross-country skiing, costing Norway a place in the medals, and enabling the Canadian team to win silver. Duff Gibosn, of Calgary, Canada, became the oldest athlete in the history of the Winter Games to win a gold medal in an individual event, the skeleton. He was 39 years and 150 days old on the day he won. US speed skater Joey Cheek won a gold medal in Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / UrsaHoogle the 500 metres event, earning himself a bonus of $25,000 from the US Olympic Committee which he The trail linking Pemberton Valley with the pacific donated to charity. coast north of Vancouver was completed in 1877, encouraging trappers and prospectors to the area, Turin was commended by the United Nations Environment Programme for its work on the environment. The Games Continued on next page 20 | welcome 2010 |
The Games The Games voted top ski resort in North America for the 12th year running, and remained number 1 in SKIING Continued... magazine’s Top 25 resorts in North America. which was known as Alta Lake. They used the name Vancouver was selected by the International Whistler because Marmots living in the alpine caves Olympic Committee as the 2010 host city on the made a shrill whistling sound. 2nd July 2003. The Games will take place from February 12th to 28th in the city of Vancouver “In 2008 Whistler Blackcomb and the alpine resort of Whistler, highlighting the was voted top ski resort in region’s outstanding attractions as a winter sports North America for the destination. Over eighty countries will send athletes 12th year running.” to compete in events which will include skiing and snowboarding, figure skating, ice hockey, speed In 1884 the Canadian Pacific Railway was extended skating, bobsleigh and luge. to connect the town of Vancouver with the east side of the country, bringing thousands more settlers. Vancouver, through the work of its’ organising The opportunities for business helped the town committee (VANOC), was able to demonstrate to of Vancouver grow swiftly, from a population of the IOC that it has a clear vision for the Games and 400 to 13,000, in just four years. The opening of the legacy they will leave, particularly with regard the Panama Canal in 1914 encouraged more trade to sustainability and the environment. and travel with Europe, and the city’s port, one of the world’s best year round harbours, expanded Sochi, Russia – 2014 rapidly. During the 20C the city boomed, by 1961 the population reached 800,000. Sochi, in the Krasnodar region of Russia, sometimes known as the Russian Riviera, was awarded the A gravel road to Whistler was completed in the privilege of hosting the 2014 Winter Games on the 1950s, when it became a summer tourist destination. 4th July 2007. Despite winning 293 Winter Olympic Travel in winter was too hazardous medals, this will be the first time Russia has hosted prior to the paving of the road inn a Winter Games. 1966 when Whistler became an official skiing resort. Sochi, a major Black Sea port, is situated on the ancient Silk Road, just north of Russia’s southern border and 1,500 km south of Moscow, is a In 2005 Whistler was voted as one of Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / Mordolff the most livable communities in the world when it introduced its plan for the future, ‘Whistler 2020 – Moving Towards a Sustainable Future’ and this was endorsed by the UN at the International Awards for Livable Communities. In 2007 Whistler received a Green City Award for it’s initiatives for sustainable living, and is the first community in Canada to reach the final hurdle in the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Program. In 2008 Whistler Blackcomb was 22 | welcome 2010 |
multicultural city of 400,000 inhabitants. It has The Games played host to thousands of visitors since ancient times, from merchants and travellers to tourists | welcome 2010 | 23 visiting its’ famed mineral springs. The Caucasus Mountains form a dazzling backdrop, and the Black Sea coastline consists of many beautiful beaches. It has an enviable climate, and no Winter Games has ever taken place so near Mediterranean latitudes. The high altitudes and pristine air quality ensure perfect snow conditions in the mountains, while the moderating influence of the ocean at sea level will enable ice events to take place among palm trees. Sochi became a popular resort destination in 1909, and its’ popularity continued until in the mid 1900s the city was the centre of both summer and winter tourism in Russia. Visitors are attracted by Sochi’s unique climate and environment, which boasts numerous mineral springs. 300 spas stretch along Sochi’s Mediterranean-style coastline, or are hidden in the surrounding mountains. Forests form a significant part of the area, forming a semi-circular ring around the resort, and in the suburbs year round flowers bloom among banana, palm and citrus trees. There are over 3,000 different plant species growing in the hundreds of acres of parks and gardens and the area has been designated a UNESCO world heritage site. Evidence of the importance Sochi has placed on the environmental legacy of the games is illustrated by the release of two Persian leopards in September 2009 into a special enclosure in the Sochi National Park, (supported by the WWF fund Russia). They will eventually be released back into the wild, from which they were eliminated in the 1920s, due to excessive hunting.
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The Games Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / yesfoto TGhetteinBg id A Journey of the Games By Erwin Roth, Author of Olympic Games of the Modern Era Dear reader, you read these lines on the The beginnings of the history of the Olympics occasion of the Olympic Winter Games Games of Modern Times were inspired and initiated 2010 in Vancouver. Let us all hope that by the great personality, the man who revived the the venues here in Vancouver, British Olympic Idea, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Columbia will become symbols of outstanding Games and let all work be sustainable and serve John Rodda wrote: “…The revival of the Olympic generations to come well. Many plans in Olympic Games came not from a sudden flash of brilliant Bid files had to be realized and became a nightmare thought, but Pierre de Coubertin mere through - Montreal 1976 to serve as a bad example. “Saint an idea which, born of others, matured slowly for or sinner” - that is the question every Olympic many years…” planner and builder is confronted with - of course always after the fact, often years later. To find the In 1887 Coubertin made his first reference to right balance between vision and realism, is the the Olympic Games. During a conference on challenge for every Olympic Bid. Many have failed English education in talking about the difficulty in the contest of time - many have succeeded. about getting children enthusiastic about history, Coubertin said: “…They need something more Let us have a look at how we alive, more real. Olympic dust is what excites their got to Vancouver in 2010. emulation…”. 28 | welcome 2010 |
The Games In November 1892 Coubertin made his first recorded At the first Olympic Congress in 1894 in Paris itiStockphoto.com / vasiliki reference to the revival of the Olympic Games: “… was decided to host the first Olympic Games of On a basis suited to the conditions of Modern Life, the Modern Era in Athens, Greece (!), not in theiStockphoto.com / Blade_kostas this grandiose and salutary task the restoration of hometown of Pierre de Coubertin - Paris. Coubertin the Olympic Games…”. thought he was a smart diplomat and made a Greek,iStockphoto.com / TMSK “…On July 23, 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris M.Demetrius Vikelas, first President before an illustrious gathering, a young of IOC. With the help of Vikelas, visionary restarted the ancient Olympic Coubertin wanted the delegates to machinery that had been halted in the vote for Paris as Host City for the first year 393 AD…”, Conrado Durantez Olympic Games of the Modern Era to writes in his article “The Olympic Idea be held in 1896. “Olympic Lobbying” as a Philosophy of Life”, and that is what and “Olympic Bidding” was born Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the IOC during the first days of existence of in 1894, had in mind – a philosophy of the International Olympic Committee life. 116 years later, the Olympic Family in the summer of 1894 and Coubertin gathers together in Vancouver Canada lost the first bid race in modern Olympic on the occasion of the Olympic Winter History. Vikelas changed his mind, some Games of 2010. say he broke his word and betrayed Coubertin, and lobbied for Athens as Since 116 years historians, philosophers, the Host City for the 1896 Olympic pedagogues, journalists, politicians and Games. others do not tire of bemoaning the humanistic deficits of modern high The delegates followed Vikelas and level sports. elected Athens. Coubertin was pacified by the IOC with Paris being elected Host for “…There is scarcely a single analysis of the legacy the Olympic Games 1900. After the decision for of Pierre de Coubertin, that does not put forward Athens in Greece the planning for first Olympic the thesis of the Olympic idea, finds itself in a Games started. Greece was practically bankrupt. In permanent crisis…”, as Willy Ph. Knecht, the great 1894 the Greek stock market fell by over 75% (!). German Olympic author, put it. Financing the Games and Venues was next to impossible. The plan to restore the antiqueImage Courtesy iStockphoto.com / PeskyMonkey stadium was estimated to cost over 1 million drachmas. How could one pay for all of that? Georgios Averoff, the wealthiest Greek at that time paid and also paid for the tennis, shooting, cycling and swimming venues. “Olympic Sponsoring” was born. At the opening ceremony on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1896, the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era began. Kings and Queens, Crown Princes and Politicians were present at the VIP lounges (nothing changes!). The Bid Continued on next page | welcome 2010 | 29
The Games The Bid of 1900. Posterity judged the Paris Games in 1900 as the worst on record. Coubertin´s gamble to Continued... exploit the World’s Fair (“Exposition Universelle”) as the means to project the Olympic Games failed The Olympic Games 1896 were such a success, that miserably. Only approximately 3.000 spectators the King of Greece, forgetting the financial situation attended the sports events on a daily basis. In of his country, gave a toast at one celebration and comparison, 250.000 visited the World’s Fair daily. said: “…May Athens from now on be the secure Coubertin wrote: “The Games (in Paris 1900) had and permanent harbour and seat of the Olympic nothing Olympic about them. We made a hash of Games...” our work...” “It was the dream to Coubertin´s bold bid to rotate the Games throughout establish Athens as the the World almost resulted in disaster. His refusal to permanent site for the capitulate to demands of the Greek for a permanent Olympic Games of the site for the Games in Greece has over a century later come to be seen as a triumph for diversity - Modern Era.” one of the most precious attributes of the Olympic Games of the Modern Era. Coubertin in 1900 The argument of the Greek was well-founded. after the disastrous Games in Paris did not have In ancient times, the city of Olympia was the the privilege to see the future. He had to carry permanent site for the ancient Olympic Games. It on. Coubertin favoured the United States as Host was the dream to establish Athens as the permanent for the next Olympic Games. And since a number site for the Olympic Games of the Modern Era. With of US cities, among them Chicago and St. Louis, the toast of the King, the next round of bidding was showed an interest to host the Games, Coubertin´s underway. Pierre de Coubertin listened to the King vision took shape. Both cities bid hard to earn the and kept silent. He believed that the Games belong honour of hosting the Olympic Games. The Chicago team was well prepared and presented its case to the IOC meeting in Paris. On May 21, 1901, Chicago was elected Host City for 1904. However they underestimated the will and cleverness of St. Louis. Behind the scenes they lobbied and worked. The World’s Fair St. Louis 1904 was their vehicle, and despite the disaster in Paris IOC members fell to the arguments of St. Louis. Chicago was infuriated but the front among IOC Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / Rendery to the whole world. “All Games – All Nations” he members crumbled. Pierre de Coubertin sensed once declared. “Rotation” as it is called in Olympic the mood among IOC members and held a “test language today, was his principle. Coubertin fought vote”. A clear majority of 14 votes (with two votes off the Greek and addressed those in attendance at against and five abstentions) for St. Louis was the the closing banquet by confirming that the next outcome. Coubertin however shunned away taking Games would be held in Paris in 1900. At the time, a decision. Once a diplomat – always a diplomat, nobody knew, that Coubertin had already signed a he approached US President Theodor Roosevelt to contract with the organizers of the Paris Exhibition 30 | welcome 2010 |
The Games take a decision. Roosevelt decided for St. Louis in at the London 1908 Games. One IOC President is February 1903 and left Chicago empty-handed. The on record having said “…Why ice, the only time I Olympic Games in St. Louis again proved to be a use ice is in my whiskey...” disaster. Coubertin hated St. Louis: “…Nowhere beauty, nowhere originality - In 1924 a winter sport event I had no desire to attend the took place in Chamonix Games (in St. Louis). I was that was later adopted by wise enough to skip the the IOC and announced to fiasco of St. Louis. Instead be the first “Olympic Winter I listened to Wagner in Games”. From that time Bayreuth….” (What a Olympic Winter Games took judgement by an IOC place every four years in the President!) same years as Olympic Summer Games, only interrupted in 1940 The failures of and 1944 where Olympic Winter Paris 1900 and St. and Olympic Summer Games could Louis 1904 led to not be held due to World War II. a revival of the Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / goldhafen IOC President Juan Antonio Greek dream of being the permanent Samaranch proposed a change in site for the Olympic Games. In schedule for organisational and 1906 Athens staged “Olympic financial reasons for the Olympic Games”. Approximately 800 Winter Games. The decision was taken athletes from 20 countries by the IOC Session to hold Olympic participated, but Coubertin Winter Games separately and independent could do nothing about it. of Olympic Summer Games. This was done He spent 3 months in Rome, Courtesy iStockphoto.com / SiriGronskar for the first time in 1994 with Lillehammer, hoping to see Rome as Host Norway being the Host City. This decision City for 1908. But the Italians of the IOC led to further rapid growth of the let it be known in 1906 that they Olympic Winter Games. did not have the cash to sustain an Olympic Games. Coubertin Olympic Winter Games are highly attractive to was destroyed. Where could the tourist destination and the Bids to win the right Olympic Games go and on such to host Olympic Winter Games have grown as short notice?! During the Games in fierce as for Olympic Summer Games. 1906 in Athens a British fencer William Hippolyte Grenfell (1855-1945) hinted, that London could be When Juan Antonio Samaranch was elected IOC “persuaded” to host the 1908 Games. London saved President in 1980, the IOC was near bankrupt, Coubertin. London saved the Olympic Movement. politically immobile and boycotts threatened the It was in November 1906 that the IOC was informed continuation of the Olympic Movement in 1976 and that the British Olympic Association had confirmed 1980. to be willing to host the Olympic Games in 1908. A curiosity of the London 1908 Games was that figure skating was part of the Olympic Programme for the first time. This foreshadowed Olympic Winter Games. The IOC members however were slow to react to the great success of the figure skating events The Bid Continued on next page | welcome 2010 | 31
The Games The Bid But core to all these efforts was the successful staging of Olympic Summer Games and Olympic Continued... Winter Games and enough interested cities and countries to bid for the right to host these Games. There was practically no interest to host the 1984 Juan Antonio Samaranch worked diligently at Summer Games. Los Angeles as the only Bid arriving at this goal and more and more cities and City offered to host the Summer Games in 1984 countries bid for Olympic Winter and Olympic as privately financed Games however “on their Summer Games. The competition for hosting terms”. Games heated up and peaked in the years 2003 to 2009. Vancouver, Pyeongchang and Salzburg, three “In 2008 Whistler Blackcomb power houses – even though for different reasons was voted top ski resort in battled it out for the Olympic Winter Games 2010. North America for the Austria with Salzburg playing it traditional with 12th year running.” good technical merits, friendliness and folklore and a budget of approximately 14 million US$ Juan Antonio Samaranch caught between a rock and lost badly with only 16 votes at the IOC Session in a hard place knew the IOC could only be political Prague 2003. Canada with Vancouver and South independent if it was financially independent. If it Korea with Pyeongchang led the way into a world needed further proof the Boycott of 1984 was proof of “all out-bidding”. of that fact. The IOC needed competition and IOC President Samaranch was a master to “play both The year 2001 marked that turning point. As the sides”. He invited cities and countries in quiet bids of Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002 are and sometimes not so quiet diplomacy. The IOC proof of, the bid game was “one on one” –l including played TV stations against each other and created personal gifts, bribes, and benefits to individuals. a product that led to a highly successful marketing However, the majority was straight; about 10-15 % programme, “TOP – the Olympic Programme”. IOC members were corrupt and did take bribes. The break of the Salt Lake City scandal by the late Marc Hodler, a prominent senior IOC member at the time, and the shock waves these revelations sent through the Olympic movement changed the bid game once and for all. Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / bigapple 32 | welcome 2010 |
The Games “Institutional bidding” started and Vancouver and In 2009 the IOC elected Rio de Janeiro as host for Pyeongchang learned quickly how to play it. As the 2016 Olympic Summer Games over Chicago, one highly visible (and annoying) result of this new Tokyo and Madrid. The “Political Bidding” and form of bidding, the Host City for the IOC Session “Institutional Bidding” was refined in this bid race in 2003 - Prague - was plastered with Samsung banners and billboards and big boards. Even though Samsung was a TOP sponsor, the IOC was totally unhappy with such development but could do nothing about it. Major business contracts between countries and regions were negotiated and drafted, value in kind (VIK), deals with institutions rather than individuals was on the agenda. Contracts with National Olympic Committees increased dramatically and curiously, especially with NOC-s in countries where IOC members lived. Lobbying now involved governments, (sport-) organizations and multi- Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / Laughingmango national corporations. No wonder, since the stakes are so high and billions especially by Rio de Janeiro. In stark contrast, an of US$ for investments in infrastructure and era of “one on one lobbying” came to a crashing technology the prize. Multinational advertising halt. Madrid with the traditional “thirty Samaranch agencies, spin doctors, strategic analysts and votes” did make it to the final round. However it did counsellors did their part. Vancouver edged out not pick up any single vote in any round of voting Pyeongchang in the final round. and lost big time to Rio de Janeiro in the final round, with a result of with 33 votes for Madrid against 66 And here we are in Vancouver 2010, a great city and votes for Rio de Janeiro - a change of guard and the a great host. end of an era could be witnessed by any observer. Since then we have seen London, Madrid, Moscow, What is the outlook for New York and Paris battle it out for 2012 with Olympic bids? London being the winner in 2005. CITIUS- ALTIUS- FORTIUS In that race with 5 major metropolitan areas of this (Faster - Higher - Stronger) world, “political bidding” came to a first climax. In this bid race, for the first time, “Perception What else?! Management – PM” was used in Olympic bidding in an organized and large scale way. May the following quotes by composer Richard Strauss, and great expert in architecture Pedro 2007 saw Sochi as the winner for the Olympic Winter Ramirez Vazquez serve as warning and challenge: Games in 2014. This bid race was characterized by a new level of financial engagement of a country. The Bid Russian media report that anywhere between 100 -150 million US$ have been spent directly for the Continued on next page Sochi bid, not counting business deals that were entered into. | welcome 2010 | 33
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The Games The Bid Otto Szymiczek, the late dean of the Olympic Academy summed up the problem in one historic Continued... sentence in 1979: “…Commercialisation is bid positive as long as through its means for exercising “…On the assumption that the new community sport are provided and concentrated, but it also tax serves to fund nonsensical sport and utterly involves the risk that, as a result of our accepting superfluous Olympic propaganda, I wish to express this, those who buy and sell are called into the my objection and, since I use none of the sports facilities- the bob run, the ski jump hill etc.- and temple…” can well do without the triumphal arches at the railway station, I demand exemption from this tax. About the author I propose instead that it be imposed upon those with an interest in Olympics and similar humbug…” Erwin Roth was born 1954 in Salzburg, Austria. (end of quote Richard Strauss). He founded the company “Roth Strategy & Transculturization” in 1978. Among his first clients “…Now that performance sport has developed to was a publishing house dealing with major sports become such a general spectacle, new standards are events which Roth later purchased. In his capacity being applied to sports venues…Sports venues can as President and CEO book titles with a total of 22 promote the urban or original development in sport million copies sold world wide have been released. in trail lazing fashion…They can become symbols The most important work “Olympic Games of the which keep alive the memory of outstanding Modern Era” ranks among the most comprehensive events…such as Olympic Games…” (End of quote documentaries on Olympic History. Pedro Ramirez Vazquez). Since attending his first Olympic Games “Lake May the Olympic Movement and its representatives Placid 1980” as Editor in Chief Roth has attended always find the right balance between vision and Olympic Winter and Summer Games as well as realism. IOC Congresses, IOC Sessions, IOC Executive Board Meetings etc. At present he is preparing a book on all IOC Presidents 1894-2010 (www. prosportpublishing.com) Image Courtesy iStockphoto.com / ImagineGolf 36 | welcome 2010 |
The Games SpeedSk atingImageCourtesyiStockphoto.com / EnjoyLife2 Where FAST isn’t fast enough! By Dr. Eric Heiden, Five-Time Gold Medal Speed Skater The XXI Winter Olympics Games are the first time in 1960 at Squaw Valley. At the next almost here and if you are a sports Olympics in Innsbruck Lydia Skoblikova won all fanatic that means 14 days of sports four of the women’s events. It was the first of two enthusiast bliss. Once every four times in Olympic history that an individual has years we get to sit back and watch swept the competition. In 1980 at Lake Placid Eric in amazement the feats of the best winter athletes Heiden swept the men’s competition winning five the world has to offer. Once every four years the events. best athletes from fifteen different disciplines come together to contest their various pursuits on the The distances raced range from 500m to 10,000m worlds biggest sporting stage. One of those sports in long track skating. Both men and women have is speed skating and it has played a large role in the five individual races that are contested. In 2006 at history that makes the modern Olympics. Speed the Torino Games the team pursuit was added as skating at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics should add the sixth contested event for both women and men. even more color to that history. Short track has three individual distances and the team relay. The sport of short track speed skating From the first starting gun fired at the first Olympics debuted as a test event at the XV Winter Games in Chamonix France it was speed skating that lead in Calgary. By 1992 in Albertville the sport had the way. The men’s 500m was the first Winter gained full status as an Olympic event. Olympic event ever contested. It was won by American Charlie Jewtraw in 44.0 seconds. Since Speed 1924 long track speed skating has been contested in every Winter Olympics. Women competed for Continued on page 42 38 | welcome 2010 |
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The Games Speed skin suits besides being designed for speed are also designed for safety. To avoid a cut from a skate blade Continued... these suits have Kevlar in them to protect the skater. Speed skating has been governed by Another innovation that has the International Skating Union (ISU) contributed to faster times is the since 1892. The ISU was responsible indoor rink for long track. Until the for standardizing the dimension of the Calgary games in 1988 every Olympic track and establishing the distances speed skating event had been held contested. For over one hundred years outside on a 400m track. With outdoor the rules of speed skating have changed racing weather could play a major very little. Over the last thirty years role in the race out come. Today, with technology has caused rapid reduction covered tracks the race conditions are optimized in times for all the different distances. and maintained during the event. The ice surface is well manicured and does not change throughout the Just weeks prior to the 1976 Innsbruck Games the competition. Because of the controlled environment ‘Skin Suit’ was first introduced. It caused a stir in the most indoor 400 meter ice rinks have the ability to sport when it was revealed that the suit alone would change the quality of the ice to match the demands allow you to skate two tenths of a second faster per of the distance contested. Short distance sprinters lap. The Swiss skater Franz Krienbuhl is recognized like softer grippier ice while long distance skaters as the individual responsible for introducing skin like the ice hard for a better glide. Presently the suit technology to speed skating. Since then sports tracks in Calgary and in Salt Lake City compete for apparel companies have made refinements in the the title of fastest ice on earth. design of the skin suits. Today the suits are custom fit and made with varying types of material with the Perhaps the greatest technological advancement intent to make the skater as aerodynamic as possible. since the introduction of the iron skate blade back in There are even suits made specific for sprinting the 19th century is the clap skate. The clap skate idea and other suits for the longer races. The short track Olympians:. Come as you are and enjoy our famous food as you did in 2002. Japanese Restaurant 8391 S. 700 E. & Sushi Bar Sandy, Utah, USA Est. 1995 Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30 pm Fri-Sat 5:30-10:00 pm 42 | welcome 2010 | 801-566-8001
The Games is old. The concept was born early in the twentieth includes physiologists, nutritionists, psychologists, century but was soon shelved. About sixty years physicians, biomechanists, and coaches. By working later the idea was resurrected and finally became a together the team can maximize the skater’s ability reality. The advantage of the clap skate to perform. The technique of skating over the traditional skate is so great that and aerodynamics are evaluated by the the ISU struggled early to adopt this biomechanists along with the coaches. type of skate technology. It is estimated The physiologists and coaches design that the clap skate mechanism can the training programs together. It is the reduce your time by two seconds per job of the physician to identify any illness lap over the traditional skate. The first or injury that might limit the skater and to Olympics where these skates were treat it in a way that meets the skater’s used was Nigano in 1992. The clap needs. The nutritionist reviews the mechanism allows the heel of the blade caloric needs of the skaters and gives to release. This keeps the blade on the recommendations on appropriate ice longer giving a skater a longer stride diets for training, and for pre and post with each push. Today no one uses the competition meals. Skaters today sped traditional skate in long track. Short many hours training everyday and this track continues to use the traditional iStockphoto.com / corepics team approach maximizes the benefit skate because of safety issues. every training session. Sports science has also played in important role For the athletes and the coaches involved this will in improving performances. The science of sport involves a number of different disciplines. It is be one of the most important events of their career. the goal of the sports science team to evaluate the sport and to identify key components to Preparation, dedication, focus and team work are success. For speed skating the sport science team the ingredients for their success. Qualities that are part of all winning efforts. Salt Lake City Body Works . : Massage at its finest Contact Kami 801-505-2088 [email protected] Follow on - http://kamismassage.blogspot.com | welcome 2010 | 43
Events & Venues Competion Locations VenueLocations 1 Canada Hockey Place Whistler Vancouver Olympic Centre Pacific Coliseum English Bay Cypress Mountain UBC Thunderbird Arena Whistler Olympic Park Vancouver Whistler Creekside Richmond The Whistler Sliding Centre Richmond Olympic Oval Canada Cypress Mountain USA Non-Competion Locations BC Place Main Media Centre Olympic Village Vancouver Olympic Village Whistler Whistler Media Centre Whistler Medals Plaza 44 | welcome 2010 |
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Events & Venues ScheduleofEvents February Fri 12th Sat 13th Sun 14th Mon 15th Tue 16th Wed 17th Thu 18th Fri 19th 2010 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Alpine Skiing ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING Whistler M Downhill W Super M Super W Downhill M Super-G Creekside 11:45–13:30 Combined Combined 11:00–12:45 11:30–13:30 10:00–11:30 10:00–11:30 13:00–14:00 13:30–14:30 Whistler Venues BIATHLON SKI JUMPING SKI JUMPING NORDIC CROSS-COUNTRY BIATHLON CROSS-COUNTRY BIATHLON SKI JUMPING CROSS-COUNTRY M Individual NH M Individual NH COMBINED SKIING W 10 km Pursuit SKIING W 15 km M Individual LH SKIING 10:00–11:05 9:45–11:25 M Individual NH W 10 km Free 10:30–11:10 M/W Individual Individual 10:00–11:05 NORDIC BIATHLON 10:00–10:50 10:00–11:15 M 12.5 km Sprint Classic 10:00–11:40 COMBINED W 7.5 km Sprint M Individual M 15 km Free Pursuit 10:15–11:00 M 20 km CROSS-COUNTRY SKI JUMPING 13:00–14:10 10 km 12:30–14:00 12:45–13:25 12:30–14:00 Individual SKIING Whistler 13:45–14:20 13:00–14:35 W 15 km Pursuit Olympic Park (7.5 Classic + BIATHLON 7.5 Free) M 10 km Sprint 13:00–13:50 11:15–12:25 BOBSLEIGH LUGE LUGE LUGE LUGE LUGE SKELETON SKELETON LUGE M M W W Doubles W/M W/M SKELETON 17:00–20:35 13:00–16:50 17:00–19:55 13:00–16:10 17:00–19:15 16:00–21:00 15:45–20:30 The Whistler Sliding Centre CURLING CURLING CURLING CURLING M 9:00–12:00 W 9:00–12:00 M 9:00–12:00 W 9:00–12:00 CURLING W 14:00–17:00 M 14:00–17:00 W 14:00–17:00 M 14:00–17:00 Vancouver M 19:00–22:00 W 19:00–22:00 M 19:00–22:00 W 19:00–22:00 Olympic Centre FIGURE SKATING SHORT TRACK FIGURE SKATING FIGURE SKATING FIGURE SKATING SHORT TRACK FIGURE SKATING FIGURE SKATING SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING Pairs Pairs M Short Program SPEED SKATING M Free Program Compulsory SPEED SKATING W 500 m Short Program Free Program 16:15–20:45 M 1,000 m 17:00–21:05 Dance Pacific Coliseum W 3,000 m Relay 16:30–19:55 17:00–20:55 M 5,000 m Relay Ice Dance M 1,500 m W 500 m 16:45–20:05 FREESTYLE 17:00–19:30 17:00–19:15 SKIING City Venues SNOWBOARD FREESTYLE FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD SNOWBOARD SNOWBOARD SNOWBOARD Cypress SKIING SKIING M Snowboard W Snowboard M Halfpipe W Halfpipe Mountain W Moguls M Moguls Cross Cross 13:05- 15:45 12:30–14:05 ICE HOCKEY 16:30–17:30 14:30–15:30 10:30–12:50 10:00–11:40 17:15–18:15 16:00–17:00 Canada 19:30–20:30 17:30–18:30 14:00–15:00 12:15–12:50 19:15–20:15 18:00–19:00 Hockey Place ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY W M M M M UBC Thunderbird 17:00–19:30 12:00–14:30 12:00–14:30 12:00–14:30 12:00–14:30 Arena CAN - SVK USA - SUI FIN - BLR USA - NOR BLR - SWE 16:30–19:00 16:30–19:00 16:30–19:00 16:30–19:00 SPEED SKATING ICE HOCKEY CAN - NOR SWE - GER SUI - CAN CZE - LAT Richmond W 21:00–23:30 21:00–23:30 21:00–23:30 21:00–23:30 Olympic Oval 12:00–14:30 RUS - LAT CZE - SVK SVK - RUS FIN - GER SWE - SUI ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY W W W W W 12:00–14:30 14:30–17:00 14:30–17:00 14:30–17:00 14:30–17:00 USA - CHN SUI - CAN RUS - USA CAN - SWE USA - FIN 16:30–19:00 19:00–21:30 19:00–21:30 19:00–21:30 19:00–21:30 FIN - RUS SWE - SVK FIN - CHN SVK - SUI CHN - RUS SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING M 5,000 m W 3,000 m M 500 m W 500 m M 1,000 m W 1,000 m 12:00–14:20 13:00–14:50 15:30–18:50 13:00–16:05 16:00–17:30 13:00–14:30 LEGEND NEXT DAY VICTORY CEREMONY* * Victory Ceremonies start at 18:30 and **In-venue Victory Ceremonies are not M/W MEN / WOMEN IN-VENUE VICTORY CEREMONY** medal presentations start at 19:00 at included in session time. SAME DAY VICTORY CEREMONY* BC Place for city events and at Whistler All information in this schedule is subject Medals Plaza for Whistler events. to change. 46 | welcome 2010 |
Events & Venues ScheduleofEvents Sat 20th Sun 21st Mon 22nd Tue 23rd Wed 24th Thu 25th Fri 26th Sat 27th Sun 28th Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING ALPINE SKIING W Super-G M Giant Slalom W Giant Slalom W Slalom M Slalom 10:00–11:45 10:00–11:45 10:00–11:30 10:00–11:30 10:00–11:45 13:45–15:00 13:15–14:30 13:30–14:30 13:45–15:10 Whistler Venues SKI JUMPING BIATHLON SKI JUMPING NORDIC CROSS-COUNTRY NORDIC BIATHLON CROSS-COUNTRY CROSS-COUNTRY M Individual LH M 15 km Mass M Team COMBINED SKIING COMBINED M 4x7.5 km SKIING SKIING 11:30–13:10 10:45–11:25 10:00–11:55 M Team M 4x10 km Relay M Individual LH Relay W 30 km, Mass M 50 km, Mass W 12.5 km Mass 10:00-10:45 Classic/Free 10:00–10:50 11:30–13:05 Start Start Classic CROSS-COUNTRY 13:00–13:45 CROSS-COUNTRY M Team 4x5km 11:15–13:10 M Individual Classic 9:30–12:15 SKIING SKIING 13:00- 14:00 10 km BOBSLEIGH 11:45–13:45 Medals M Pursuit M/W Team BIATHLON BOBSLEIGH 13:00–13:35 M presented (15 Classic+ Sprint Free W 4x6 km Relay W Four-Man during Closing 15 Free) 10:45–12:20 11:30–13:05 17:00–19:00 CROSS-COUNTRY 13:00–15:45 Ceremony 13:30–15:00 13:00–13:45 SKIING W 4x5 km Relay Classic/Free 11:00–12:05 BOBSLEIGH BOBSLEIGH BOBSLEIGH BOBSLEIGH M M W M Two-Man Two-Man 17:00–19:00 Four-Man 17:00–19:40 13:30–15:50 13:00–15:25 CURLING CURLING CURLING CURLING CURLING CURLING CURLING CURLING M 9:00–12:00 W 9:00–12:00 M 9:00–12:00 W 9:00–12:00 Tiebreakers Semifinals Bronze Medal Bronze Medal W 14:00–17:00 M 14:00–17:00 W 14:00–17:00 M 14:00–17:00 M/W W 9:00–12:00 W 9:00–12:00 M 9:00–12:00 M 19:00–22:00 W 19:00–22:00 M 19:00–22:00 W 19:00–22:00 9:00–12:00 M 14:00–17:00 Gold Medal Gold Medal M/W 14:00– W 15:00–18:00 M 15:00–18:00 17:00 Bronze medal Bronze medal M/W 19:00– awarded at gold awarded at gold 22:00 medal game medal game SHORT TRACK FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE SHORT TRACK FIGURE SHORT TRACK FIGURE SPEED SKATING SKATING SKATING SKATING SPEED SKATING SKATING SPEED SKATING SKATING W 1,500 m Original Dance Free Dance W Short Program W 1,000 m W Free Program M 500 m Exhibition Gala M 1,000 m Ice Dance Ice Dance 16:30–21:00 M 500 m 17:00–20:55 W 1,000 m 16:30–19:00 17:45–20:15 16:15–19:45 16:45–20:55 FREESTYLE W 3,000 m FREESTYLE M 5,000 m SKIING Relay SKIING Relay SNOWBOARD City Venues FREESTYLE FREESTYLE FREESTYLE W Ski Cross 17:00–18:45 M Aerials 18:00–20:15 M Parallel Giant SKIING SKIING SKIING 10:30–11:30 18:00–19:05 Slalom W Aerials M Ski Cross M Aerials 13:00–14:15 FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD 10:00–11:00 10:00–11:35 9:15-10:15 18:00–19:35 SKIING W Parallel Giant 12:15–13:50 12:15-13:30 W Aerials Slalom 19:30–20:35 10:00–11:00 12:15–13:50 ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICEHOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY M M W M M W M M M 12:00–14:30 12:00–14:30 Semifinals Qual. Playoffs Quarter-finals Bronze Medal Semifinals Bronze Medal Gold Medal NOR - SUI RUS - CZE 12:00–14:30 12:00–14:30 12:00–14:30 11:00–13:30 12:00–14:30 19:00–21:30 12:15–14:45 16:30–19:00 16:40–19:10 SF1 QP1 QF1 Gold Medal SF1 LAT - SVK CAN - USA 17:00–19:30 16:30–19:00 16:30–19:00 15:30–18:00 18:30–21:00 21:00–23:30 21:00–23:30 SF2 QP2 QF2 Bronze medal SF2 GER - BLR SWE - FIN 21:00–23:30 21:00–23:30 awarded at gold ICE HOCKEY QP4 QF4 medal game ICE HOCKEY W W Playoffs 5-8 ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY Playoffs 5-8 14:00–16:30 M M 14:30–17:00 19:00–21:30 Qual. Playoffs Quarter-final 19:00–21:30 19:00–21:30 19:00–21:30 QP3 QF3 SPEED SKATING SPEED SKATING SPEED SPEED SPEED SPEED M 1,500 m W 1,500 m SKATING SKATING SKATING SKATING 16:15-18:00 15:00–16:35 M 10,000 m W 5,000 m M/W Team M/W Team 11:00–13:45 13:00–14:35 Pursuit Pursuit 12:30–14:20 12:30–14:25 LEGEND NEXT DAY VICTORY CEREMONY* * Victory Ceremonies start at 18:30 and **In-venue Victory Ceremonies are not M/W MEN / WOMEN IN-VENUE VICTORY CEREMONY** medal presentations start at 19:00 at included in session time. SAME DAY VICTORY CEREMONY* BC Place for city events and at Whistler All information in this schedule is subject Medals Plaza for Whistler events. to change. | welcome 2010 | 47
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