2010 Winter Paralympics

De 2010 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2010), anaa de tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver den Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. De opening ceremony take place insyd BC Place Stadium insyd Vancouver den de Closing Ceremony insyd Whistler Medals Plaza.

Na dis be de first time Canada host De Winter Paralympic Games den second time e host de Paralympics – na de first be de 1976 Summer Paralympics insyd Toronto.

For June 7, 2006, Prince Edward, as member of de Canadian Royal Family den patron of de British Paralympic Association, raise de flag of de Paralympic Games outsyd Vancouver City Hall.Joyce, Greg (June 8, 2006). "Edward, Sophie raise Paralympics flag, Royal couple rings in 2010 Winter Olympics outside city hall". Vancouver Sun. Canadian Press. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. (Reprinted at Canada.com)

Brian McKeever of Canada cam turn de first athlete make dem name am insyd Winter Paralympics den Winter Olympics team insyd de same year, although he no compete insyd de Olympic Games. (For de 2010 Winter Olympics, na dem schedule am make he compete insyd de men's 50 km cross-country race, buh de coach replace am plus skier wey do well for earlier event insyd.)Cernetig, Mirro (February 17, 2010). "Legally blind skier embodies the Olympic ideal". Vancouver Sun. (Reprinted at CheckOrphan.org)Cohen, Rachel (February 17, 2010). "Canada's McKeever to ski at Olympics, Paralympics". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2010.Kelley, Steve (February 20, 2010). "Blind Olympian doesn't believe in limits". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on March 3, 2010. For de Paralympics, he compete insyd cross-country skiing den biathlon.

Viviane Forest cam turn de first Paralympian make she win gold insyd both de Winter den Summer Games, by she win de women's downhill give visually impaired. Na she previously win gold insyd de 2000 den 2004 Summer Paralympics give women's goalball.Beamish, Mike (March 18, 2010). "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada's Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010.Korobanik, John (March 11, 2010). "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft win 5 gold medals insyd alpine skiing, de most gold medals win by any Canadian Winter Paralympian for single Games."Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal". Vancouver Sun. CanWest News Service. March 21, 2010. German Verena Bentele sanso win 5 gold medals, insyd biathlon den cross-country skiing, den plus dat number dem set de gold medal record give de 2010 Games.

 Bidding process 
As part of formal agreement between de International Paralympic Committee den de International Olympic Committee dem first establish insyd 2001, na de winner of de bid give de 2010 Winter Olympics sanso be de host of de 2010 Winter Paralympics."Paralympics 2012: London to host 'first truly global Games'". BBC Sport. Retrieved August 1, 2012. Dey follow de second den final round of voting for de 115th IOC Session insyd Prague, Czech Republic, na dem award de right make dem host de 2010 Winter Olympics den Paralympics to Vancouver."Vancouver to host 2010 Winter Olympics". CBBC Newsround. July 2, 2003. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2009.

2010 Winter Olympics bidding results"Past Olympic Host City Election Results". GameBids.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2015.CityNationRound 1Round 2VancouverCanada4056PyeongchangKorea5153SalzburgAustria16—

 Development den preparation 
 Torch relay 
De same torch design (silver plus Paralympic logo) dem use give de Olympics na dem use give de Paralympic Games. For March 3, 2010, de torch begin 10-day journey from Ottawa go Vancouver."Paralympic torch relay begins 10 day journey". Ctvolympics.ca. November 20, 2013. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2014. De relay involve approximately six hundred runners make de  carry de torch across ten Canadian cities insyd three provinces:"Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay starting point, torch design, uniform and emblem revealed". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

 Ottawa – March 3
 Quebec City – March 4
 Toronto, Ontario – March 5
 Esquimalt, BC den Victoria, BC – March 6
 Squamish, BC – March 7
 Whistler, BC – March 8
 Lytton den Hope, BC – March 9
 Vancouver (Riley Park) den Maple Ridge, BC – March 10
 Vancouver (University of British Columbia), BC – March 11
 Vancouver, BC – March 12 (24-hour relay)

 Venues 
Na dem share venues give de 2010 Winter Paralympics between Vancouver den Whistler, as plus de 2010 Winter Olympics.

 Competition venues

VenueLocationSportsCapacityRef.Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports CentreVancouverIce sledge hockey7,200"Venues–UBC Thunderbird Arena". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic CentreVancouverWheelchair curling6,000"Venues–Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Whistler CreeksideWhistlerAlpine skiing7,600"Venues–Whistler Creekside". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Whistler Paralympic ParkWhistlerBiathlon, cross-country skiing6,000"Venues–Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Park". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.

 Non-competition venues

VenueLocationPurposeRef.BC Place StadiumVancouverOpening ceremonies"Venues–BC Place". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.International Broadcast CentreVancouverMedia (Broadcaster) Centre"Venues–Main Media Centre". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic VillageVancouverParalympic Village"Venues–Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Whistler Media CentreWhistlerMedia centre"Venues–Whistler Media Centre". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Whistler Olympic and Paralympic VillageWhistlerParalympic Village"Venues–Olympic and Paralympic Village Whistler". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.Whistler Olympic Celebration PlazaWhistlerAwards den Closing ceremonies"Venues–Whistler Olympic Celebration Plaza". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.

 Marketing 
Wen de mascot, Sumi, animal guardian spirit plus de wings of de Thunderbird den legs of black bear, na dem introduce am, na ebe de first time dem introduce de Olympic den Paralympic mascots for de same time.

Make dem commemorate de 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, na dem issue 17 Canadian coins for general circulation. Two of de circulation coins dey honour Paralympic sports: wheelchair curling (dem release for July 11, 2007) den ice sledge hockey (dem release for March 18, 2010). De circulation quarters omit traditional phrase, Dei Gratia Regina, from dema obverse side, dey make dem de first godless coins for circulation since 1911."14 circulating coins included in 2010 Olympic program", Bret Evans, Canadian Coin News, January 23 to February 5, 2007, issue of Canadian Coin News
Specifications
YearsWeightDiameter/ShapeComposition2007–present4.4 g23.88 mm94.0% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating
Details
Date of IssueSportArtistMintageJuly 11, 2007Wheelchair curlingGlen Green22,000,000March 18, 2010Ice sledge hockeyGlen Green22,000,000

 De Games  
 Opening ceremonies 
Plus theme of "One inspires many," de opening ceremony feature over 5000 local performers. Fifteen-year-old snowboarder Zach Beaumont, wey he be amputee, be de final torch bearer wey he light de Games Cauldron. Na dem produce de 2 hours live ceremony by Vancouver-based Patrick Roberge Productions Inc.

 Nations wey dey participate 
Forty-four National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) enter athletes for de 2010 Winter Paralympics. Na dis be increase of five from de 39 wey represent for de 2006 Winter Paralympics. De number insyd parentheses dey indicate de number of participants from each NPC.

 Andorra (2)Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, The Official Website of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
 Argentina (2)
 Armenia (2)
 Australia (11)
 Austria (19)
 Belarus (9)
 Belgium (1)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
 Bulgaria (3)
 Canada (55)"Vancouver 2010 Team Canada". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
 Chile (2)
 China (7)
 Croatia (4)
 Czech Republic (19)"Sledge Masters: Previewing the 2010 Paralympic Sledge Hockey Tournament", CBS Sports
 Denmark (2)
 Finland (5)
 France (21)
 Germany (20)"Munich Counting Down to Vancouver 2010 – With an Eye to 2018!", Canada International (Canadian government website) Archived July 24, 2010
 Great Britain (12)
 Greece (2)"www.paralympic.gr". www.paralympic.gr. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
 Hungary (2)
 Iceland (1)
 Iran (1)
 Italy (35)"VANCOUVER 2010, PARALIMPIADI: ITALIA AI GIOCHI CON 35 ATLETI". Sport.repubblica.it. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
 Japan (42)
 Kazakhstan (1)
 Mexico (2)
 Mongolia (2)
 Netherlands (1)
 New Zealand (2)
 Norway (27)
 Poland (12)"Reprezentacja Polski na X Zimowe Igrzyska Paraolimpijskie VANCOUVER 2010" Archived February 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Polski Komitet Paraolimpijski
 Romania (1)
 Russia (31)
 Serbia (1)
 Slovakia (13)"Vail skier qualifies for Paralympics" Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Vail Daily, February 17, 2010
 Slovenia (1)
 South Africa (1)
 South Korea (25)
 Spain (5)
 Sweden (26)
 Switzerland (15)
 Ukraine (19)
 United States (50)

Total of 506 athletes participate insyd de Games. Dis be increase from de 476 athletes wey participate insyd 2006.

Argentina den Romania take part insyd de Winter Paralympic Games for de first time,Argentina at the Paralympics, International Paralympic CommitteeAndriev, Lucretia (March 13, 2010). "Vancouver 2010 Au inceput Jocurile Paralimpice/ Romania, reprezentata de o singura sportiva: Laura Valeanu". sport.hotnews.ro (insyd Romanian). Retrieved June 26, 2023. as Bosnia and Herzegovina do.Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee Na all three previously participate insyd chaw editions of de Summer Paralympics. Serbia sanso make ein Winter Paralympics début as distinct NPC, dey follow ein split plus Montenegro.Serbia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Despite de overall increase of delegates den athletes, Latvia, wich participate insyd Turin for de 2006 Winter Paralympics, no send athletes go Vancouver.

 Sports 
Na five sports dey de 2010 program top:

 20x20px Alpine skiing (30) 
 20x20px Biathlon (12)
 20x20px  Cross-country skiing (20)
 20x20px Ice sledge hockey (1) 
 20x20px Wheelchair curling (1) 

 Calendar 
Insyd de calendar wey dey follow give de 2010 Winter Paralympic Games, each blue box dey represent event competition, such a qualification round, for dat day. De yellow boxes dey represent days during wich gold medal finals give a sport dem hold."Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Competition Schedule" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
 ● Opening ceremony   Event competitions  ● Event finals ● Closing ceremony

 March 2010 12thFri13thSat14thSun15thMon16thTue17thWed18thThu19thFri20thSat21stSunGoldmedals20px Alpine skiing  ● ●  ● ● ● ●● ●  ● ● ● ●  ● ●  ● ●  ● ● ● ●  ● ●  ● ●   ● ●  ● ●  ● ● 3020px Biathlon   ● ● ● ●  ● ●     ● ●  ● ●  ● ●    1220px Cross-country skiing   ● ● ● ●  ● ●   ● ●  ● ●  ● ●  ● ● ● ●  ● ●  ● ●2020px Ice sledge hockey        ● 120px Wheelchair curling        ● 1 Total gold medals   6  6  6  4  8  12  6  10  6  64Ceremonies●        ●

 Medal count 
Dem list de top ten NPCs by number of gold medals below. Dem highlight de host nation, Canada.
+RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1Germany (GER)1356242Russia (RUS)121610383Canada (CAN)*1054194Slovakia (SVK)623115Ukraine (UKR)586196United States (USA)454137Austria (AUT)344118Japan (JPN)335119Belarus (BLR)207910France (FRA)1416Totals (10 entries)595250161

 Podium sweeps 
DateSportEventNOCGoldSilverBronzeRef17 MarchBiathlonMen's 12.5km SittingRussiaIrek ZaripovVladimir KiselevRoman PetushkovOFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS Archived May 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine(Google Quick view), The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics21 MarchCross-country skiingMen's 1 km Sprint Classic SittingRussiaSergey ShilovIrek ZaripovVladimir Kiselev"Cross-Country Skiing Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

 Broadcasters 
Insyd Canada, na de games be broadcast by Canada ein Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, joint venture between CTVglobemedia den Rogers Media. De networks air greater amount of coverage dan wat na dem show for previous years insyd, total of 50 hours of coverage. Coverage include dey include daily 90-minute highlight program, den live coverage of select sledge hockey matches (games wey dey involve Canada, plus de gold medal game) for CTV top. Na de opening ceremony be broadcast live for CTV ein Vancouver station CIVT-TV top, follow by encore dem air nationally for CTV den Réseau Info Sports top de following afternoon."Record hours of coverage for Paralympic Games". CTVOlympics.ca. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. While dem no originally plan am, CTV den RDS sanso air live coverage of de closing ceremony."Closing Ceremony of 2010 Paralympic Winter Games To Air Live on CTV and RDS, This Sunday" (Press release). Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. March 16, 2010. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011.

Na dem air de games for Universal Sports top insyd de United States.

Paralympic Sport TV (paralympicsport.tv), tde Internet TV channel of de International Paralympic Committee (IPC), offer international free online live den recorded coverage of de games, every day from 9:00 to 22:30 PST."An Overview Of the Paralympic Games". Wheelchair. 2010.

Insyd New Zealand, SKY TV broadcast one hour of highlights each day, den full coverage of New Zealand athletes."Paralympics New Zealand Newsletter" (PDF). Paralympics New Zealand. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2011.

Insyd de United Kingdom, BBC broadcast de Games, buh thru de red button den online per."BBC criticised over Winter Paralympics TV plans". Bhfederation.org.uk. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.

Insyd Europe, Eurosport broadcast live de medal events insyd biathlon, alpine den cross-country skiing.

Insyd France, France Télévisions provide live coverage for ein website top."Paralympiques2010". France Télévisions. 2010. Archived from the original on April 10, 2010.

Insyd Italy, Sky Sport provide record coverage plus all games live for five dedicated HD channels top."Paralimpiadi on SKY". June 9, 2009. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010.

Insyd Australia, ABC1 broadcast de games."ABC1 to broadcast Sochi 2014 Paralympics". IPC. February 27, 2014.

Insyd Norway, NRK broadcast de games. Na dem broadcast live 30 hours of de Games . Na NRK-sport be critical to parts of de TV production from Vancouver, issue dem notify to de EBU. Issues such as dem dey show biathlon widout make dem show de shooting, den insyd cross-country skiing na der be numerous panorama shots of de same mountain area plus skiers insyd de distance, wey make am hard make dem follow de progress of de competition. Na NRK be far more pleased plus de production of de ice sledge hockey den wheelchair curling events, wich dem feel reach de same level as de Olympic Games."Oppgitt over elendig Paralympics-produksjon". Harstad Tidende (insyd Norwegian). March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012.

 Paralympic media awards 
New Zealand ein Sky Sport win de best broadcast award for dema coverage of de Games. Gary Kingston wey dey wrep give de Vancouver Sun take de best written category. While Jeff Crow win de best photography category for ein picture of Shannon Dallas."IPC Honours Good and Great at Paralympic Awards Gala in Beijing". International Paralympic Committee. December 10, 2011.

 Mascots 
De mascot of de 2010 Winter Paralympics be Sumi, wey get de wings of thunderbird den de legs of black bear, accompany by ein marmot sidekick, Mukmuk.

 Legacy 
Insyd de winter sports season dey follow de games, na der be notable increase insyd winter disability sports participation thru out British Columbia.Kingston, Gary (March 11, 2011). "Participation in disabled sport jumps 10 per cent in B.C." The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. (Reprinted at Canada.com)

 References 

 External links 
2010 Winter Paralympics at Wikipedia ein sisto projects

 Media from Commons
 News from Wikinews
 Data from Wikidata

 Official Website of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games at de Wayback Machine (archived April 8, 2010)
 Paralympic Sport TV, web-TV channel of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
 The Official Results Book for each discipline during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at de Wayback Machine (archived April 8, 2010)

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