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By 31 December 2009, the cut-off date for luge qualifications for the Olympics, Kumaritashvili was ranked 38th overall. He qualified for the luge men's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, his Olympic debut, by racing in five World Cup races over two years. [10]
After the stock market crash of 2008, there had been increasing concerns that Games-related projects would not meet their economic targets. The Olympic Village development, for example, was originally intended to make a profit, but at least one critic estimated it would be millions in debt. Olympic organizers did not comment on this estimate. [108]
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXI es Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 (Squamish: K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the ...
In addition, another 16 participants have died at the Olympics from other causes; 11 of these deaths were from the Munich massacre. Several incidents related to the Olympics have caused the death of non-participants. Large numbers were killed during the Lima football riot of 1964 and the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City in 1968.
8/8/2010 London London Collapsed during swim and died two days later Swim US Leslie Chariton [96] 60 7/31/2010 Hayden View Idaho Cardiac Arrest Swim US Derek Valentino [84] 40 6/27/2010 Philadelphia Insurance Pennsylvania Drowning, body was found next day; significant legal case Swim US Nicole Baird Buchholz [83] 24 6/20/2010 Jacksonville ...
Lee is the first Asian to medal in an Olympic 10000 m speed skating event. Women's ski cross. Canadian Ashleigh McIvor wins the gold medal in the first women's ski cross event at the Winter Olympics. [50] Nordic combined. Austria defends their Olympic gold in the team large hill/4 × 5 km while United States gets their first medal in the event ...
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Vonn planned to compete in all five women's alpine events. [35] On February 10, she revealed she had severely bruised her shin in training the previous week. Vonn said the pain from her injury was "excruciating" and she would have a difficult time competing at the Winter Olympics. [36]
On December 30, 2009, Heatley was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. [44] Heatley helped lead Team Canada to an 8–0 win in the first game of the 2010 Olympic tournament by scoring two goals. [45] On February 28, 2010, the team defeated the United States to win Canada's eighth gold medal in Olympic men's hockey. [46]