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The emblem of 2010 Winter Olympics, "Ilanaaq the Inukshuk", was picked through an open contest. However, it met criticism from some aboriginal groups over its design. [2] So the mascot artist was selected through a competition. [3] [4] [5] Through the process where 177 professionals around the world were submitted their ideas, five were made final.
The United States placed first in total medals—its second time doing so in a Winter Games—and set a new record for most medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics, with 37 (the previous record was 36, established by Germany in 2002). [2] Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. [4] [5]
The emblem competition for the Games attracted 1,500 participants, and the winning design entitled "Spirit of Youth" [1] was unveiled on 10 January 2010. A contest to choose the official medal design for the first Youth Olympics was launched by the IOC in 2009. From November to December almost a hundred entries from 34 countries were received.
Medal count. Canada ends the Olympics with 14 gold medals, the most for any country (host or otherwise) in any Winter Olympics. The U.S. ends with 37 total medals, also the most for any country (host or otherwise) in any Winter Olympics. Closing ceremony. The closing ceremony took place at 5:30 Pacific Time (01:30 1 March UTC) at BC Place Stadium.
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In the men's individual event in biathlon, two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that event. [6] Athletes from Slovakia (Anastasiya Kuzmina – biathlon, women's sprint) [7] and Belarus (Aleksei Grishin – freestyle skiing, men's aerials) [8] won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their ...
The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 23 February 2010. [1]The overwhelming pre-race favorite Sven Kramer, who had won 18 consecutive 10,000 m races since 2006, was disqualified due to a missed lane change after 6600 m into the race.
Bjørgen, the 2005 world champion in this event, held the lead at the 22.1 km mark, followed by Kowalczyk and Saarinen, who changed skis at the 25 km mark. Kowalczyk's finish over Bjørgen was the closest in Olympic history, edging out Neumannová's 1.4-second win over Russia's Yuliya Chepalova at the previous Olympics in Turin. [9] [10]