Vancouver 2010

The Olympics Vancouver 2010 are held from 12 to 28 February in Vancouver, Canada.

Following the conclusion of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, will arrive in the same place, the Paralympic Winter Games. Vancouver won the race to host the Olympics great snow ahead of cities like Andorra or Jaca, in addition to Salzburg and Pyeongchang (South Korea). The disciplines that take place in the Olympic Games are:

• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Nordic Combined
• Curling
• Freestyle skiing
• Alpine Skiing
• Cross Country Skiing
• Ice hockey
• Luge
• Figure Skating
• Speed Skating Short Track
• Speed skating
• Ski Jumping
• Skeleton
• Snowboard

Precisely the beginning of the Winter Olympics has been a tragic death because, in practice for Luge in Nodar Kumaritashvili to lose control of his sled at about 140 mph and crashing into a pillar of the installation, just at a point where several had been injured athletes during the Olympic preparation.

Previous Winter Games were in Turin in 2006, where Germany, with 11 golds and 29 medals in total, was the big winner, ahead of the United States, Austria and Russia.

Source | RTVE