2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Notable attendees
The Canadian TV network CTV claimed that traditionally a senior government representative of the country hosting the next Winter Olympics is also present during the Closing Ceremony, but neither Russian President Dmitry Medvedev nor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended. CTV speculated that this was due to domestic discontent over their nation's performance in Vancouver. In comparison, Canada's Governor General Michaëlle Jean had attended the Torino Olympics closing ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In Australia coverage was carried on the Nine Network and Foxtel.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In Canada, CTV, Omni Television, Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, RDS and V broadcast the ceremony live. However, there were lengthy commercial breaks during the broadcast, one of which excluded the entrance of the Canadian athletes when returning live. Furthermore, the Canadian broadcast also omitted the men's 50 km classical cross-country medal ceremony and the subsequent Norwegian national anthem. The broadcast was the second-most watched event in Canadian television history, with an estimated 24.5 million people watching some part of the ceremonies (of a population of ~ 34 million).


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In Brazil, only Sportv broadcast the ceremony live. Rede Record and Record News broadcast the ceremony 90 minutes after its conclusion, in order not to interfere with its prime-time schedule.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In Germany, ZDF carried the closing ceremony. Because of the time difference, it was 3:30 clock in the morning.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In Hong Kong, Cable TV Hong Kong broadcast the Closing Ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In the UK and Ireland, the BBC and British Eurosport broadcast the Closing Ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast
In the United States, NBC broadcast the Closing Ceremony with coverage starting at 7:00 pm EST. NBC abruptly ended Olympic coverage at 10:30 pm EST, to broadcast the debut of The Marriage Ref, and resumed at 11:35 pm EST after late local news. This spawned outbursts from upset viewers, especially on Twitter.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Soundtrack
Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Closing Ceremony Commemorative Album (French: Musique de Vancouver 2010 : L'album commémoratif de la cérémonie de clôture des Jeux), the soundtrack for the closing ceremony, was released on the iTunes Store on March 1, 2010. It charted at #17 on the Canadian Albums Chart. "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin", performed by Garou is the only track from the opening ceremony included.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers
During the closing ceremony in Vancouver, the 82 nations selected one member of their delegation to be the flagbearer. Some countries for example, Albania chose the same athlete (Erjon Tola) as the opening ceremony. On the other hand, some countries such as Algeria had already left the Olympic village, and therefore had its NOC assistant carry the flag.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers, Countries and flagbearers
Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted in the order in which they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).


2010 Winter Olympics marketing
2010 Winter Olympics marketing has been a long running campaign that began since Vancouver won its bid to host the games in 2003.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Symbols, Emblem
The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005, and is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq is the Inuktitut word for friend. The logo was based on the Inukshuk (stone landmark or cairn) built by Alvin Kanak for the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo 86 and donated to the City of Vancouver after the event. It is now used as a landmark on English Bay Beach.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Symbols, Slogan
The slogan for the 2010 Olympics was "With glowing hearts" (French: Des plus brillants exploits). The slogan is a reference the Canada's national anthem.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Symbols, Look of the Games
Leo Obstbaum (1969–2009), the late director of design for the 2010 Winter Olympics, oversaw and designed many of the main symbols of the Games, including the mascots, medals and the design of the Olympic torches.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Symbols, Mascots
The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were designed by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design and introduced on November 27, 2007. Inspired by traditional First Nations creatures, the mascots include:


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Coins
The Royal Canadian Mint produced a series of commemorative coins celebrating the 2010 Games, and in partnership with CTV allowed users to vote on the Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments; where designs honouring the top three were added to the series of coins.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Multimedia, DVD set
An international release of a DVD set of the Olympics was released on 15 June 2010 in English and French.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Multimedia, Albums
Three albums, Canada's Hockey Anthems: Sounds of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album, and Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Closing Ceremony Commemorative Album, composed, arranged and produced by Dave Pierce, were released to accompany the Games. Pierce's Music Direction for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies led him to win the Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Music Direction" in 2010.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Songs, Theme song
The official song for the games was "I Believe". The song was sung by Nikki Yanofsky representing Anglophone Canada and Annie Villeneuve represented Francophone Canada.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Video games
Two official video games have been released to commemorate the Games: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games was released for Wii and Nintendo DS in October 2009, while Vancouver 2010 was released in January 2010 for Xbox 360, Windows and PlayStation 3.


2010 Winter Olympics marketing, Stamps
Canada Post released many stamps to commemorate the Vancouver Games including, one for each of the mascots and one to celebrate the first Gold won in Canada. Many countries' postal services have also released stamps, such as the US, Germany, Australia (who present medallists with a copy of the stamps depicting their image), Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.


2010 Winter Olympics medal table
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, was a    winter multi-sport event held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from February 12 to February 28. A total of 2,632 athletes (+124 from 2006 Olympics) representing 82 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+2 from 2006) participated in 86 events (+2 from 2006) from 15 different sports and disciplines (unchanged from 2006).


2010 Winter Olympics medal table
Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 19 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. For the first time, Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics, the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins, and became the first host nation—since Norway in 1952—to lead the gold medal count, with 14 medals.


2010 Winter Olympics medal table
In doing so, it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics (the previous was 13, set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and matched by Norway in 2002). 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). Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations.


2010 Winter Olympics medal table
Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen from Norway won five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze), more than any other athlete. Chinese short track speed skater Wang Meng tied Bjørgen for the lead in gold medals, with three.


2010 Winter Olympics medal table, Medal table
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.


2010 Winter Olympics medal table, Medal table
In the men's individual biathlon competition, two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie, so no bronze medal was awarded for that event.


2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on February 12, 2010, 82 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium in the host city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, Greece entered first. Canadian delegates entered last, representing the host nation. The names of the nations were announced first in French and followed by English, the official languages of the Olympics, which also happened to be the official languages of the host nation. The nations entered in alphabetic order of their country names in English because it is the more dominant of the two languages in Vancouver and in the province of British Columbia.


2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
Delegations from North Korea and South Korea marched in separate delegations, unlike in the 2006 Winter Olympics when they marched together.


2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
Of the flag-bearers who led their respective delegations, all but one were athletes, the exception being Fuad Guliyev, a skating official from Azerbaijan. The sport which was most represented among the flag-bearers was alpine skiing, as alpine skiers led 26 delegations. Only one delegation was led by a short track speed skater, Hong Kong, led by Han Yue Shueng. Marjan Kalhor, an alpine skier and the flag-bearer for Iran, was both the first female flag bearer from her country and the first female athlete from her country to participate in the Winter Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
It was erroneously pointed out by a Canadian TV commentator that Tomomi Okazaki was the first female flag bearer for Japan. This title goes to Seiko Hashimoto in Calgary 1988. Other prominent flag bearers included Canadian speed skater and five-time Olympian Clara Hughes, American luger Mark Grimmette, who had helped carry the American flag during the 2002 Winter Olympics, and Czech hockey player Jaromír Jágr. Hughes is the only Olympian ever to win multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
Iason Abramashvili, flag bearer for Georgia, along with the other members of his delegation, wore black armbands during the march and received a standing ovation in memory of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who was killed in an accident during a training run earlier in the day.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010, beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The event was officially opened by Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, the representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who had died earlier in the day in a training run. An audience of 61,600 was in attendance at the venue, and there were an estimated 4,500 performers.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Production
The production's director was David Atkins, who directed the Sydney 2000 Olympic and 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies. The Opening and Closing Ceremonies had a combined budget of $48.5 million (it received $20 million (CA$) funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage while VANOC contributed the rest). Much of the instrumental music for the ceremony was written by Dave Pierce, Gavin Greenaway, and .


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Production
The music during the ceremony came from the live on-stage orchestra, conducted by Pierce.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Production
On December 15, 2010, John Furlong, the CEO of VANOC revealed that Celine Dion had been contracted to sing the national anthem at the Opening Ceremony. However, when she became pregnant she cancelled the performance and was subsequently replaced by 16-year-old Nikki Yanofsky. In addition, Furlong also revealed that "a famous Quebec composer" was contracted to provide musical elements to the show. That composer, whom he would not name, backed out of arrangement months before the Games over what he termed "philosophical differences."


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Production
As a result, the artist refused to allow VANOC access to his music's rights and the organizing committee had to unwind part of the ceremony. There is speculation within the media that the Opening Ceremony's cultural show finale titled "We Are More," featuring slam poetry by Shane Koyczan, served as a last minute replacement for the canceled segment featuring the Quebec composer's music. VANOC had also requested the Cirque du Soleil to perform several aerial stunts, however it opted not to as it was already stretched with many U.S. productions.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Dedication
At 5:59 (PST), a PA system announced that the opening ceremony would be dedicated in memory of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who had died in a training accident earlier that day.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Opening section
Giant video screens showed Canadian snowboarder Johnny Lyall sliding down a mountain slope, with the dates and locations of previous Winter Olympic games were recalled in voiceover. As the 1988 games in Calgary were mentioned, Lyall passed through a row of torchbearers in the shape of the Canadian symbol: the maple leaf. This concluded with Lyall leaping through a set of Olympic Rings, while snow and ice exploded off them and into the stadium, and him welcoming the crowd.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, National anthem
A guard of honour mounted by the RCMP marched the Canadian Flag to the flagpost. There a guard of honour composed of Canadian Forces members raised the flag. Nikki Yanofsky performed an arrangement of the national anthem, "O Canada", singing in English and French.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Welcome by the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
The First Nations in whose traditional territories the games were held - the Squamish Nation, Musqueam Indian Band, Lil'wat First Nation, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nation - were recognized as heads of state and seated directly behind the Canadian Governor General and the Prime Minister. Four Coast Salish welcome poles were raised from the centre of the stadium, and greetings were given to the crowd (and the world) by members of the Four Host First Nations in their respective languages as well as English and French.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Welcome by the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
The arms of the poles were raised in a traditional gesture of greeting to welcome the athletes and the world. Following the greetings, groups of dancers from other main culture-regions of Indigenous peoples in Canada were introduced, including the Métis Nation and the Inuit, as well as the Peoples of the Northwest, the Peoples of the Plains and the Peoples of the East and took places around the welcome poles and a large drum surface between them, forming a welcome circle to prepare for the forthcoming Parade of the Nations and danced traditional welcoming dances as the athletes paraded in.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Parade of the Nations
The participating countries marched in, with Greece coming first, then the other nations ending with the host nation, Canada. The names of the nations were announced first in French and followed by English, the official languages of the Olympics, which also happened to be the official languages of the host nation. The nations entered in alphabetic order of their country names in English because it is the more dominant of the two languages in Vancouver and in the province of British Columbia.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Parade of the Nations
The team from Georgia was greeted with a standing ovation out of respect for their colleague, Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in a luge accident earlier that day. The team left an empty space in the processional and left the stadium immediately following the procession. They had indicated they would not participate in the opening ceremony or withdraw completely, but decided against doing so. The team wore black scarves and armbands to honor Kumaritashvili while a black ribbon was affixed to the team's flag. Teams from some countries, including Australia, Azerbaijan also wore black armbands in respect of Kumaritashvili.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Parade of the Nations
The United States, received one of the loudest ovations before Canada entered two minutes later.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Athlete Tribute Song
Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams, both themselves Vancouver residents performed "Bang the Drum", which was written by Adams and producer Jim Vallance as a tribute to the Olympic athletes present.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, The Landscape of a Dream
The cultural section of the Opening Ceremony was titled "The Landscape of a Dream" whose purpose was to celebrate the diverse geography and people of Canada. It was directed by David Atkins and the narration was provided by Donald Sutherland, himself one of the Olympic flag bearers. It featured tributes to different regions of Canada.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, The Landscape of a Dream, Hymns of the North
A Tribute to Northern Canada After Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams had finished their performance, snow began to fall throughout the stadium. Performers, dressed in warm, Inuit-like clothes, walked about and mingled on the stage floor. Their leader took his staff and banged it on the ground, producing waves of light rippling on the floor. The northern lights and different constellations of animals appeared. A giant, sparkling puppet (one of the largest puppets ever created) of a spirit or Kermode bear that rose from the stadium floor, and hovered over the performers, who were standing on a simulated ice floe. After a few seconds, the ice began to break up, and the performers "floated" to the edge of the stage, where they disappeared. The ice breaking away gave way to a huge arctic sea, where simulated whales swam while breathing until next transition.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, The Landscape of a Dream, Rhythms of the Fall
This tribute to the fiddling traditions of Canada paying homage to the Anglo-Celtic roots of European Canadian settler culture began with the appearance of the horned fiddler in a flying canoe, a reference to the story of the Chasse-galerie, where the Devil rode a magical canoe. As the canoe descended from the ceiling, the opening of the song "The Old Ways" was performed by Loreena McKennitt.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, The Landscape of a Dream, Who Has Seen the Wind
"Who Has Seen the Wind" was a tribute to Canadian Prairies. A lone boy, Thomas Saulgrain (L'École Nationale de Cirque) stood in the centre of the floor in a square wheat. A voice quoted from the novel Who Has Seen the Wind (novel) by W. O. Mitchell As the boy began running, he was lifted up and performed ballet on fly wire. A rendition of the song "Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell was played during this segment.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, The Landscape of a Dream, Peaks of Endeavour
"Peaks of Endeavour" was a tribute to the Canadian Rockies and Western Canada. After the previous segment had ended, a storm was stimulated and clouds seemed to fall to the ground. As the clouds gave away, mountains, resembling the Rocky Mountains, rose from the floor. A George Vancouver quote was read by Donald Sutherland, and skiers and snowboarders hung from wires to simulate going down the artificial mountains. Images of winter sports in action exploded onto the mountains, which finally gave way to sports victories. Inline skaters mimicked figure skaters and speed skaters, circling the artificial mountains as the videos of sports changed to the Vancouver skyline. Coloured lines of light representing flowing traffic surrounded the mountain.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, The Landscape of a Dream, We Are More
After the mountains that had been the feature for "Peaks of Endeavor" fell away, Shane Koyczan performed slam poetry, a variation on his . ()Performers formed a giant maple leaf around Koyczan with red flares to end off his section.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Opening remarks/Official Opening
The opening remarks began with Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC, who offered sympathy for the loss of Georgian luge athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili. A welcome from John Furlong, Chair of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, was then delivered. ()   A statement by Rogge followed, mixing English and French. Finally, Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, declared the games officially open, first in French, then in English.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Song of Peace
k.d. lang performed a version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". While she was singing, doves, the symbol of peace, were projected on the stage floor, and rose from the stage floor to the ceiling via columns to symbolize their release.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Entry of the Olympic Flag
Former hockey star Bobby Orr; musician Anne Murray; Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve; Betty Fox, the mother of cancer research champion Terry Fox; actor Donald Sutherland; gold medal figure skater Barbara Ann Scott; UNAMIR commander Roméo Dallaire; and Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut, carried the flag into the stadium. They then transferred the flag to members of the RCMP, who then raised the flag. Canadian opera singer Measha Brueggergosman sang the Olympic Hymn, mixing English and French.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Entry of the Olympic Flag
Afterwards, a minute of silence was observed for the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili's death, during which time both the Canadian and Olympic flags were lowered to half-mast. Upon learning of Kumaritashvili's death, the Governor General of Canada-in-Council ordered flags on federal government buildings throughout the province of British Columbia, including at all Olympic venues, flown at half-mast until midnight, February 13, 2010.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Olympic Oaths
Canadian woman's ice hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser took the oath on behalf of all 2010 Olympic athletes in English, while the officials' oath was taken by short track speed skating referee Michel Verrault in French.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Song
Garou sang "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" (A Little Higher, A Little Further), written by Jean-Pierre Ferland.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Lighting of the Cauldron
Rick Hansen, paraplegic athlete and paralympic medalist, carried the flame into BC Place stadium and lit the torch of speed skater Catriona Le May Doan, who in turn lit the torch of basketball All-Star Steve Nash. Nash then lit skier Nancy Greene's torch who lit the torch of Wayne Gretzky, Hall of Fame hockey player. Le May Doan, Nash, Greene, and Gretzky then made their way to their four pre-determined locations on the stadium floor to await the raising of the cauldron.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Lighting of the Cauldron
Due to a malfunction of the Olympic cauldron's hydraulic system, only three of the four arms came up before it was lit. Le May Doan's designated arm of the cauldron had malfunctioned, so she stood by as the other three athletes lit the cauldron at the same time by touching the base of the arms with their respective torches.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Lighting of the Cauldron
Under IOC rules, the lighting of the Olympic cauldron must be witnessed by those attending the opening ceremony, implying that it must be lit at the location where the ceremony is taking place. Although another IOC rule states that the cauldron should be witnessed outside by the entire residents of the entire host city, this was not possible since the ceremony took place indoors. However, VANOC secretly built a second outdoor cauldron next to the West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre, and Gretzky was secretly chosen to light this permanent cauldron. Quickly word spread through the downtown Vancouver area that Gretzky was indeed the final torchbearer, and very soon a crush of people came running after the police escort to cheer Gretzky on and hopefully catch a glimpse of him carrying the torch to the outdoor cauldron.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Lighting of the Cauldron
The closing ceremony of the games would begin with a tongue-in-cheek homage to the indoor cauldron malfunction, featuring mime Yves Dagenais repairing and finally raising the missing arm of the cauldron, and offering Le May Doan a chance to finally light her arm of the interior cauldron.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Bilingualism
James Moore, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest both expressed disappointment in the limited amount of French content during the ceremony. The Canadian Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, was of the impression that the event was "developed, perceived and presented in English with a French song." Fraser's office received numerous complaints regarding the ceremony. VANOC, however, defended the case and said that they had made "a very deliberate focus and effort to ensure a strong celebration of Quebec culture and language." They also said that there was a significant amount of French in the opening ceremony. David Atkins said that the ceremonies did celebrate francophone Canada.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Multiculturalism
There are critics saying that 41% of Metro Vancouver residents are visible minorities yet these groups are mostly absent from the opening ceremony. VANOC CEO John Furlong hints that VANOC would try to address this issue in the closing ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television
The international television audience varied from source. VANOC estimated more than a billion watched the ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television, North American ratings
On both sides of the Canada-US border, this opening ceremony drew high television ratings.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television, North American ratings
In Canada, this ceremony aired on the CTV Television Network and 10 other channels (all part of a CTV-Rogers media consortium), in a total of 11 languages. The broadcast drew an average of 13.3 million viewers across the country at any given moment, and 23 million Canadians, 69 percent of the national audience, watching at least a portion of the 3.5-hour ceremony. It was, for a period, the most-watched television event in Canadian history; these numbers were surpassed on the final day of the Games by the gold medal game of the Men's hockey tournament, which drew 16.6 million viewers.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television, North American ratings
South of the border, NBC reported an average of 32.6 million viewers, making it the second-most watched non-United States Winter Olympics, behind the Lillehammer Games in 1994, which drew 33.8 million, and the third most-watched non-United States Olympics, behind the previous one, the Summer Olympics in Beijing two years before (34.2 million) and Lillehammer, and with 67.5 million viewers watching at least a portion of it, it was the most watched non-United States Winter Olympics, and the second-most watched non-United States Olympics, behind Beijing, as that drew 69.9 million viewers.


2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Soundtrack
A soundtrack, Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album (French: Musique de Vancouver 2010 : L'album commémoratif de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux), was released through the iTunes Store on February 12, 2010, containing many studio recordings of the performances from the opening ceremony. It charted at #6 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and has sold over 50,000 copies. The song performed by Garou, "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin (A little higher, a little further)", was released on the accompanying soundtrack for the closing ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay
The 2010 Winter Olympics Torch Relay was a 106-day run, from October 30, 2009 until February 12, 2010, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Plans for the relay were originally announced November 21, 2008 by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). Communities were initially informed in June 2008, but the locations were not announced for "security reasons". Exact routes were later announced several weeks before the start of the torch relay.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay
The torches used in the Olympic relay were designed by Leo Obstbaum (1969–2009), the late director of design for the 2010 Winter Games.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay
There were an estimated 12,000 torchbearers, including notable Canadian celebrities such as Shania Twain, Simon Whitfield, Silken Lauman, Alexandre Despatie and Catriona Le May Doan and past and present NHL hockey stars including Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, and the captains of the Vancouver Canucks teams that went to the Stanley Cup Finals, Trevor Linden (1994) and Stan Smyl (1982). In fact, many television personalities were selected as torchbearers for the relay, mainly from CTV's parent company, CTVglobemedia. Matt Lauer and American actor, bodybuilder, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger were also torch bearers.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay
On 22 October 2009 the Olympic Torch was lit during a ceremony held at the Ancient Olympia in Greece. Actress Maria Nafpliotou played the role of the High Priestess and ignited the flame using a parabolic mirror and the sun's ray. The first torch was carried by Olympic skier Vassilis Dimitriadis.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay
Kept under close secrecy, the final Olympic Torchbearer turned out to be not one, but five final torchbearers. Rick Hansen brought it into BC Place Stadium, in turn lighting Catriona Le May Doan's torch, who lit Steve Nash's torch, and the flame continued to Nancy Greene and Wayne Gretzky. Three of the four torchbearers lit the indoor Olympic Cauldron; Le May Doan remained with her torch due to a malfunction causing only three of the four arms to be raised. Gretzky exited BC Place, with his torch still lit, and caught a ride on the back of a VANOC vehicle, to Coal Harbour, where he lit the outdoor Cauldron. This makes Gretzky the first person to light two official cauldrons in the same Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay
At the start of the closing ceremony, Le May Doan re-lit the indoor Cauldron after clown and mime Yves Dagenais "fixed" and "raised" the arm that malfunctioned in the opening ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay, Relay elements, Torch
The torches used for 2010 relay and the lighting ceremonies were made by designers at Bombardier Inc.'s Aerospace division.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route
The route of the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay carried the torch through over 1000 communities across Canada, visiting different locations from October 30, 2009 to its final stop at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 12, 2010.


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route, Route in Canada
Prince Edward Island Wood Islands, Belfast, Vernon Bridge, Pownal, Stratford, Charlottetown


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route, Route in Canada
New Brunswick: Port Elgin, Cap-Pelé, Shediac, Memramcook, Sackville, Dieppe, Moncton


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route, Route in Canada
Quebec: Dégelis, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Cabano, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Rivière-du-Loup, Cacouna, L'Isle-Verte, Trois-Pistoles, Saint-Simon, Saint-Fabien, Le Bic, Rimouski


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route, Route in Canada
Ontario: Virginiatown, Larder Lake, Kirkland Lake, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Timmins


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route, Route in Canada
Manitoba: Falcon, Richer, Ste. Anne, Steinbach, Dugald, Oakbank, Selkirk, Winnipeg


2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route, Route in Canada
Susan Auch-long track speed skaterKristina Groves-long track speed skaterAnna Maria Kaufmann-opera singerCurtis Myden-swimmerStephen Ames-golferDiane Jones-Konihowski-athleticsFrank King-1988 Winter Olympics organizer


2010 Winter Olympics victory ceremonies
The Victory Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between February 13 and 27, 2010 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and the Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. They were broadcast live starting at 6:30 PM (PST) from BC Place. The ceremonies featured both Canadian and international artists, including Hedley, Nelly Furtado, OneRepublic, Usher, Estelle and The All-American Rejects. Each evening began with a provincial/territorial celebration, followed by the awarding of the medals, in which each athlete stepped up to the podium to receive their medal. The evening ended with a concert finale honouring the medalists.


2010 Winter Olympics victory ceremonies, BC Place Stadium
These artists performed at BC Place at night during the broadcast of the Victory Ceremonies.


2010 Winter Olympics victory ceremonies, Whistler Medal Plaza
These artists performed at Whistler Medal Plaza at night during the broadcast of the Victory Ceremonies.


2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2010),  or the tenth Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler. With a theme of "One Inspires Many," the Opening Ceremony featured over 5000 local performers. Fifteen-year-old snowboarder Zach Beaumont, who is an amputee, was the final torch bearer and lit the Games Cauldron. The 2 hours live ceremony was produced by Vancouver-based Patrick Roberge Productions Inc.


2010 Winter Paralympics
This was the first time Canada hosted the Winter Paralympic Games and second time it hosted the Paralympics – the first was the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto.


2010 Winter Paralympics
On June 7, 2006, Prince Edward, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family and patron of the British Paralympic Association, raised the flag of the Paralympic Games outside Vancouver City Hall.


2010 Winter Paralympics
Brian McKeever of Canada became the first athlete to be named in a Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics team in the same year, although he did not compete in the Olympic Games. (At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was scheduled to compete in the men's 50 km cross-country race, but the coach replaced him with a skier who did well at an earlier event.) At the Paralympics, he competed in Cross-country skiing and Biathlon.


2010 Winter Paralympics
Viviane Forest became the first Paralympian to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball. Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft won 5 gold medals in alpine skiing, the most gold medals won by any Canadian Winter Paralympian at a single Games. Also German Verena Bentele won 5 gold medals, in biathlon and cross country skiing, and with that number they set the gold medal record for the 2010 Games.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Bidding process
As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics was also to host the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Following the second and final round of voting at the 115th IOC Session in Prague, Czech Republic,  the right to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were awarded to Vancouver.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Development and preparation, Torch relay
The same torch design (silver with Paralympic logo) used for the Olympics was used for the Paralympic Games. On March 3, 2010, the torch began a 10-day journey from Ottawa to Vancouver. The relay involved approximately six hundred runners to carry the torch across ten Canadian cities in three provinces:


2010 Winter Paralympics, Development and preparation, Venues
Venues for the 2010 Winter Paralympics were shared between Vancouver and Whistler, as with the 2010 Winter Olympics.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Development and preparation, Marketing
When the mascot, Sumi, an animal guardian spirit with the wings of the Thunderbird and legs of a black bear, was introduced, it was the first time the Olympic and Paralympic mascots were introduced at the same time.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Development and preparation, Marketing
To commemorate the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, 17 Canadian coins were issued for general circulation. Two of the circulation coins honour Paralympic sports: wheelchair curling (released on July 11, 2007) and ice sledge hockey (released on March 18, 2010). The circulation quarters omitted a traditional phrase, Dei Gratia Regina, from their obverse side, making them the first godless coins in circulation since 1911.


2010 Winter Paralympics, The Games, Participating nations
Forty-four National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) entered athletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. This was an increase of five from the 39 represented at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.


2010 Winter Paralympics, The Games, Participating nations
A total of 506 athletes participated in the Games. This is an increase from the 476 athletes who participated in 2006.


2010 Winter Paralympics, The Games, Participating nations
Argentina and Romania took part in the Winter Paralympic Games for the first time, as did Bosnia and Herzegovina. All three have previously participated in several editions of the Summer Paralympics. Serbia also made its Winter Paralympics début as a distinct NPC, following its split with Montenegro.


2010 Winter Paralympics, The Games, Participating nations
Despite the overall increase of delegates and athletes, Latvia, which participated in Turin for the 2006 Winter Paralympics, did not send athletes to Vancouver.


2010 Winter Paralympics, The Games, Calendar
In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which gold medal finals for a sport are held.


2010 Winter Paralympics, The Games, Medal count
The top ten NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Canada, is highlighted.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In Canada, the games were broadcast by Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, a joint venture between CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media. The networks aired a greater amount of coverage than what had been shown in previous years, a total of 50 hours of coverage. Coverage included including a daily 90-minute highlight program, and live coverage of select sledge hockey matches (games involving Canada, plus the gold medal game) on CTV. The opening ceremony was broadcast live on CTV's Vancouver station CIVT-TV, followed by an encore aired nationally on CTV and Réseau Info Sports the following afternoon. While not originally planned, CTV and RDS also aired live coverage of the closing ceremony.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
The games were aired on Universal Sports in the United States.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
Paralympic Sport TV (paralympicsport.tv), the Internet TV channel of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), offered international free online live and recorded coverage of the games, every day from 9:00 to 22:30 PST.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In New Zealand, SKY TV broadcast one hour of highlights each day, and full coverage of New Zealand athletes.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In the United Kingdom, BBC broadcast the Games, but only through the red button and online.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In Europe, Eurosport broadcast live the medal events in biathlon, alpine and cross-country skiing.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In France, France Télévisions provided live coverage on its website.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In Italy, Sky Sport provided record coverage with all games live on five dedicated HD channels.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters
In Norway, NRK broadcast the games. 30 hours of the Games were broadcast live. NRK-sport were critical to parts of the TV production from Vancouver, an issue they've notified to the EBU. Issues such as showing biathlon without showing the shooting, and in cross-country skiing there were numerous panorama shots of the same mountain area with skiers in the distance, making it hard to follow the progress of the competition. NRK were far more pleased with the production of the ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling events, which they felt reached the same level as the Olympic Games.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Broadcasters, Paralympic Media Awards
New Zealand's Sky Sport won the best broadcast award for their coverage of the Games. Gary Kingston writing for the Vancouver Sun took the best written category. While Jeff Crow won the best photography category for his picture of Shannon Dallas.


2010 Winter Paralympics, Legacy
In the winter sports season following the games, there was a notable increase in winter disability sports participation throughout British Columbia.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony
The Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Paralympics took place on March 21, 2010, beginning at 7:30 pm PDT (02:30 UTC, March 22, 2010) at the outdoor Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, National anthem
The Canadian national anthem O Canada was sung by Whistler's Ali Milner. 125 skiers skied down Whistler Mountain while she sang.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Sequence of events
President of VANOC, CEO of Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games John Furlong delivers his concluding speech, thanking everyone. Winnipeg-born singer Chantal Kreviazuk performs 'Today's A Greatest Day' in honour of the athletes.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Sequence of events
The newly elected members of the IPC Athletes Council during the 2010 Winter Paralympics are introduced: Mr. Rogowiec of Poland and Mr. Hagen of Norway.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Sequence of events
Canadian Inuit throat-singer Tania Tagaq performs as Paralympian Kelly Smith is tossed in the air on a traditional Inuit blanket.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Sequence of events
President of International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven awards the 2010 Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award to two Paralympic Athletes:Colette Bourgonje of Canada, Bronze medallist Women's Skii andTakayuki Endo of Japan, Ice Sledge Hockey. The President of IPC Sir Philip Craven delivers his speech, thanking the First Host Nations, the volunteers, CEO John Furlong, and the people of Vancouver and Whistler for their support to the Paralympic movement. saying "You've set the X Paralympic Winter Games on fire". He noted the athletes who showed sportsmanship during the games.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Sequence of events
He declared the 2010 Winter Paralympics as the "best Paralympic Winter Games".


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Sequence of events
After his speech, the Paralympic Anthem was played as the Paralympic Flag was lowered.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Handover to Sochi 2014
The mayor of Vancouver and Whistler Gregor Robertson and Ken Melamed hand over the Paralympic flag to IPC President Sir Philip Craven who entrusts it to the Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Handover to Sochi 2014
The Russian Domicolka choir then sings the Russian National Anthem.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Handover to Sochi 2014
The handover performance features Russian sand artist Artur Kirillov making a sand drawing. A young girl in a wheelchair appearing to the right of the stage draws images in a book, as the sand drawing mirrors them, and five children of Russia's Domisolka children's choir start singing the tune of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Russian Paralympic swimming champion Olesya Vladykina and Figure Skating champion Ilya Kulik dance to the tune of Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Snowflake.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Program, Handover to Sochi 2014
Russian-Georgian blind singer Diana Gurtskaya performs Sochi 2014's theme song while large balloons bearing the logo of Sochi 2014 and other iconic images of Russia are tossed to the audience. Vancouver actor/dancer, Valin Shinyei (age 8) passes the torch to a Russian counterpart.


2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony, Media coverage
After the host nation's TV broadcaster, CTV, received criticism for initially not planning to air the opening ceremony live and did an about face to air the ceremony live in Vancouver region while broadcasting the ceremony on tape delay in rest of the country, CTV continued to stick to its initial plan of not airing the closing ceremony live. This decision led to more complaints and CTV relented by airing the closing ceremony live across Canada.


2010 Winter Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 1 × 4 km and 2 × 5 km Relay
The Men's 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km relay cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was held on Thursday, March 20,.


2010 Winter Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 1 × 4 km and 2 × 5 km Relay
It was the first time a Men's 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km Relay was held at the Paralympics, although a men's 1 × 3.75 km + 2 × 5 km relay had been held in Torino 2006, and a men's 1 × 2.5 km + 2 × 5 km relay in Salt Lake 2002.


2010 Winter Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 1 × 4 km and 2 × 5 km Relay
Each team used three skiers with a disability. It was an open class event, open for standing, visually impaired and sitting classifications. An athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide (class B1, B2, optional for B3). Guides are an integral part of cross-country skiing for athletes with a visual impairment, and are medal contenders.


2010 Winter Paralympics medal table
The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially known as the X Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from March 12 to March 21, 2010. A total of 506 athletes from 44 nations participated in 64 events from five different sport disciplines.


2010 Winter Paralympics medal table
Athletes from 21 countries won at least one medal, 15 of them winning at least one gold medal. For the second consecutive Winter Games, Russia won the most medals in total, with 38. Germany collected the most gold medals, with 13. The most individual gold medals were won by Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft, who secured five in alpine skiing, and German Verena Bentele, with two in biathlon and three in cross-country skiing.


2010 Winter Paralympics medal table
Viviane Forest of Canada became the first Paralympian to win a gold medal in both the Winter and Summer Games when she won the women's downhill event for visually impaired athletes. She had previously won gold medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.


2010 Winter Paralympics medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.


2010 Winter Paralympics medal table, Medal table
In the men's downhill standing two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that event.


2010 Winter Paralympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, which was held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on March 12, 2010, 44 athletes bore the flags of their respective nations and lead their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium in the host city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


2010 Winter Paralympics national flag bearers
The flag was borne by a sportsperson, from that country, chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country.


2010 Winter Paralympics national flag bearers
The following is a list of each country's flag bearer.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Paralympics, or the X Paralympic Games were held on March 12, 2010 beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, March 13) at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The opening ceremony's theme was "One Inspires Many", and featured over 5000 local performers. The 2 hour long ceremony was produced by Vancouver-based Patrick Roberge Productions Inc


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean,  representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Programme, National anthem
Canada's national anthem, "O Canada", was performed by singer Terry Kelly, a blind former Paralympian. Mari Klassen signed the anthem in American Sign Language (ASL). Hundreds of children stood in the shape of a maple leaf in a formation.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Programme, Parade of the Nations
The participating countries marched in, with Andorra coming first, and the nations entered in alphabetical order of their country names in English, and ending with the host nation, Canada. Canada has the greatest number of athletes with 55.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Programme, Entry of the Paralympic Flag
The flag was carried into the stadium. It was then transferred to members of the Canadian Forces' Soldier On program: Sgt. Karen McCoy, and Master Cpl. Mike Trauner, who then raised the flag.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Programme, Paralympic Oaths
Canadian ice sledge hockey player Herve Lord took the athlete's oath as a representative of each of the participating Paralympic competitors. Canadian curling official Linda Kirton took the official's oath on behalf of each officiating Paralympic referee or other official.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Programme, Lighting of the Cauldron
The final torch bearer was 15-year-old snowboarder Zach Beaumont, who is an amputee.


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Media coverage
The ceremony was aired live on , and approximately two hours after it ended, it became available as Video on Demand (VOD).


2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Media coverage
Originally, the host nation's TV broadcaster, CTV, did not plan to air the opening ceremony live. After receiving criticism on the decision, CTV changed its mind and decided to air the ceremony live in Vancouver region. But regions outside of Vancouver continued to air the ceremony tape delayed.


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay
The 2010 Winter Paralympics Torch Relay was a 10-day event leading up to the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver. It began on March 3, 2010, in Ottawa and concluded at the Games' opening ceremony on March 12. Held entirely within Canada, the host country, it has been described by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as "an important event to connect Canadians to the Games", by "demonstrating the fire inside each individual and how it inspires others".


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Route
The Paralympic Flame was lit at a ceremony in Ottawa, with the participation of torchbearers representing each province and territory of Canada. Setting out from Ottawa, the Torch was due to be carried through Quebec City on March 4, Toronto on March 5, Esquimalt and Victoria on March 6, Squamish on March 7, Whistler on March 8, Lytton and Hope on March 9, before spending the final three days in Vancouver. On March 10, it was scheduled to visit Riley Park and Maple Ridge, then the campus of the University of British Columbia on the following day. On March 12, after being borne through downtown Vancouver, the Flame was to be taken to BC Place Stadium for the Games' opening ceremony.


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Celebration Communities
The Organising Committee stated that "[t]his relay is distinct from typical relays as it will happen in and around the Celebration Communities". A celebration ceremony will be organised at each stop of the relay, involving the community.


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Celebration Communities
In Ottawa, the celebration was a Lighting Ceremony, during which "the local First Nations communities of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg" would light the Flame. The Torch would then travel to Parliament Hill. At the end of the day, it was to be extinguished, to be relit on March 4 by the local First Nations of its next stop.


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Celebration Communities
In Quebec City, celebrations were held on the campus of Laval University; in Toronto, on Nathan Phillips Square; and in Esquimalt, at the Archie Browning Sports Centre. The Flame was then to be taken to Victoria by water taxi and on an "Aboriginal traditional canoe", for celebrations at Ship Point (Victoria Inner Harbour).


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Celebration Communities
In Squamish, celebrations were slated to take place on Cleveland Avenue; in Whistler, at Whistler Village Square, after being carried, "on various modes of transport, such as skis and a snowboard", "to the peak of the Blackcomb Mountain and taken on the Peak 2 Peak Gondola to Whistler Mountain". In Lytton, celebrations "will take place on 4th street at Fraser", and in Hope, at Memorial Park, on Wallace Street. Finally, in Vancouver, they were organised to take place at Riley Park Community Centre, Spirit Square, the University of British Columbia and Robson Square.


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Torchbearers
The Flame was scheduled to be borne by "approximately 600 torchbearers" including "Canadians from all walks of life" as well as athletes.


2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay, Torchbearers
The first bearer of the torch was single-leg amputee marathon runner Rick Ball, triple world record holder.


2010 Winton V8 Supercar Event
The 2010 Winton V8 Supercar Event was the sixth race meeting of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Races 11 and 12 of the series and was held on the weekend of May 15–16 at Winton Motor Raceway, near Benalla, in rural Victoria.


2010 Winton V8 Supercar Event
James Courtney backed up his double win at Queensland Raceway with another double victory, moving into the lead of the championship for the first time in his V8 Supercar career.


2010 Winton V8 Supercar Event, Results, Race 12
Race 12 was cut short by three laps as the telecast run over.


2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives becoming the largest single party, and resulted in a new Lib-Con coalition.


2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election results, Changes in council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Results compared directly with the last local election in 2008.


2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by fifth-year head coach Bret Bielema, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in the Big Ten to be crowned Big Ten co-champions along with Michigan State. Due to being ranked the highest of the three schools in the BCS rankings at the end of the season, the Badgers earned the conference's automatic bid to the Rose Bowl, where they were defeated 21–19 by TCU.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Arizona State
A blocked PAT was the difference in a crazy game in Camp Randall Stadium. Both Arizona State and Wisconsin were undefeated heading into this game, Arizona State having beaten a pair of FCS teams and Wisconsin having beaten UNLV and San Jose State. The Badgers managed to overcome a sluggish start and fended off an upset bid by the Sun Devils.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Arizona State
Arizona State would be marred by mistakes, committing multiple penalties on offense and defense, and Wisconsin used Arizona State's gaffes to keep themselves in the game. The Sun Devils returned a kick for a touchdown, had a very long runback on a kick to end the half (the returner was tackled inside the one-yard line as time expired), and had a punt return for a touchdown called back due to a pair of illegal blocks. Wisconsin did not commit a single turnover, and that would ultimately help to decide this game.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Arizona State
Wisconsin improved to 3–0 on the season, and faces FCS opponent Austin Peay next week. Arizona State, however, falls to 2–1 and will need to win 5 Pac-10 games to become bowl-eligible.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Austin Peay
Wisconsin broke the all-time record for most points scored with 70, breaking a record from the 1962 season (the Badgers defeated New Mexico State 69–13 that season).


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Michigan State
In a matchup between undefeated teams in the Big Ten, Michigan State prevailed over the 9th ranked Badgers. Despite 3 Spartan turnovers, the Badgers were unable to come away with a road win, dropping head coach Bret Bielema to 0–2 in Spartan Stadium and 2–2 against Michigan State overall. The Spartans face their rival, the Michigan Wolverines in a crucial road contest next week, while the Badgers face longtime rival Minnesota in the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Minnesota
Wisconsin won a school-record 7th straight game over the rival Golden Gophers, dropping Tim Brewster to 0–4 against Wisconsin and improving Bret Bielema to 5–0 against Minnesota. Wisconsin did not commit a turnover for the 4th game in a row, and had two running backs with over 100 yards rushing (James White and John Clay). Minnesota has now lost 5 straight games after winning their opener against Middle Tennessee State.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Ohio State
Wisconsin stunned the top-ranked Buckeyes 31–18, their first upset of a top-ranked team since a 1981 defeat of #1 ranked Michigan. Wisconsin Senior WR David Gilreath returned the opening kick of the game for a touchdown, RB John Clay became the first running back to go over 100 yards rushing against the Buckeyes since Joe McKnight of USC in 2008, and Wisconsin's defense harried Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor all game long. The Badgers ran up 21 unanswered points in the first half before Devin Barclay of Ohio State answered with a field goal.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Ohio State
The Buckeyes managed to get 15 more points (via a pair of Daniel Herron touchdown runs) but the Badgers iced their incredible upset of the Buckeyes with a TD run by James White and a Philip Welch field goal. The win over Ohio State is Bret Bielema's first; he was 0–3 against the Buckeyes in the previous three meetings (2007, 2008, and 2009). The loss dropped Jim Tressel to 4–4 against Wisconsin and snapped a 3-game Buckeye winning streak over the Badgers.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Iowa
11th ranked Wisconsin won a narrow 31–30 contest over the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes went into the half with a 13–10 lead, but the Badgers chipped away at it and took a 24–20 lead. The Hawkeyes managed a touchdown and field goal of their own to take a 30–24 lead in the 4th quarter. However, the Badgers scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 8-yard run by running back Montee Ball. With under a minute remaining, Iowa drove into Wisconsin territory on their final possession, but Iowa RB Adam Robinson was tackled before he could get out of bounds. Unable to stop the clock, Iowa ran out of time, giving Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema his first-ever road win over a ranked opponent. It was also his 3rd win over Iowa and 2nd in Iowa City, breaking a two-game Hawkeye winning streak.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Purdue
Wisconsin traveled to West Lafayette to play the Purdue Boilermakers. Purdue entered the game on a two-game losing streak (losing 49–0 at Ohio State and 44–10 at Illinois), but managed to take a 10–3 lead on the Badgers before the end of the first half. An interception by Badger QB Scott Tolzien on Wisconsin's first possession of the game and a missed field goal by Wisconsin K Philip Welch helped the Boilermakers take a 10–6 lead at the half.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Purdue
From there, Wisconsin took command of the game. Purdue Freshman QB Sean Robinson threw an interception on the first possession of the half that set the Badgers up with excellent field position. Badger QB Scott Tolzien capitalized on the turnover, finding freshman WR Jared Abbrederis on a 7-yard touchdown strike that gave the Badgers their first lead of the game at 13–10. After an exchange of punts, the Badgers again found the end zone on a 31-yard touchdown run by RB Montee Ball, extending their lead to 20–10. Purdue K Carson Wiggs tightened the game by kicking a field goal to cut the Badger lead 20–13. However, those would be the last points of the game for the Boilermakers. Wisconsin would get another touchdown run from Ball and an interception returned for a touchdown by CB Antonio Fenelus.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Purdue
The Badgers won their fifth straight game over Purdue, and their 8th game of the season overall. They play Indiana in Camp Randall on November 13. After a 2–0 start to conference play, Purdue has lost their last three games. They play Michigan in West Lafayette, having won their last two games against the Wolverines.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Indiana
Wisconsin did not punt on any of their offensive possessions, tallied a pair of 100-yard running backs (James White and Montee Ball) and overpowered the Indiana Hoosiers. At one point, the score was 10–10, but Wisconsin would score 7 consecutive touchdowns to take a 59–10 lead before Indiana managed to kick a field goal. The Badgers put in their backup players in the 4th Quarter, but their two backup quarterbacks (Jon Budmayr and Nate Tice) managed to score a pair of touchdowns anyway.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Indiana
Badger QB Scott Tolzien completed 15 passes on 18 attempts with a trio of touchdown strikes. Montee Ball's 167 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns on 22 carries led Wisconsin's ground game, and his teammate James White (who had not played against Purdue with a head injury) ran for 144 yards on 19 carries with two touchdowns of his own. Wisconsin S Aaron Henry returned an interception for a touchdown late in the game to put Wisconsin up by a commanding margin and icing their win over the Hoosiers.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Indiana
Wisconsin's 83 points against Indiana easily broke their previous record 70 points scored against Austin Peay, which was set earlier this season. They play Michigan in Ann Arbor next week.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Michigan
Wisconsin would lead from start to finish of this game, shutting out the powerful Michigan Wolverine offense in the first half. The Badgers incredibly gained 380 yards of total offense in the first half. Wisconsin would close out the Wolverines from there; Michigan managed to cut Wisconsin's lead to just 10 points with a pair of back to back touchdowns. However, Wisconsin answered with a touchdown of its own. Michigan would score another 3rd-quarter touchdown, but the 4th quarter was where the Badgers took this game, outscoring the Wolverines 17–7 in the final 15:00.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Michigan
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball ran for 4 touchdowns on 30 carries; his 194 yards paced a powerful Badger rushing attack. Badger QB Scott Tolzien completed 14 passes on 15 attempts for 201 yards as the Badgers diced up Michigan's vulnerable secondary. Wisconsin RB James White would run for 161 yards of his own and a pair of touchdowns; he and Ball combined for 6 rushing touchdowns and well over 300 yards of total offense.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Michigan
Denard Robinson became the first QB to run for over 1,500 yards in a season, but he was unable to spark the Wolverines to a possible upset of a top ten Wisconsin team.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Michigan
With the 48–28 win, Wisconsin won in Michigan Stadium for the first time since the 1994 season (when they defeated Michigan 31–19). Wisconsin also scored more points in the game than they had ever scored in any single game against the Wolverines prior to this date. The 10–1 Badgers are now looking at a potential Rose Bowl berth and BCS game, but must play a still-dangerous Northwestern Wildcats team in Camp Randall next weekend.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Northwestern
Wisconsin led by double digits just minutes into the game and never let go, blowing out the Wildcats en route to their eleventh victory of the season. Aided by 7 Northwestern turnovers, the Badgers played some of their best football of the season on Senior Day.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Northwestern
Wisconsin QB Scott Tolzien, who led the nation in passing completion percentage (74.3%) in the regular season, had an excellent game in his final home start. He completed 15 passes on 19 attempts for 230 yards with 4 touchdown passes. Tolzien was not sacked once in the game, and left to a standing ovation.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Northwestern
Wisconsin's running back duo of Montee Ball and James White tore apart Northwestern's defense on the ground, with 300+ combined rushing yards. James White eclipsed the 1,000 yards rushing mark for the season. Montee Ball's 4 touchdown runs paced the Badger ground game and he ran 20 times for 178 yards on the day.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Northwestern
The powerful Badger offensive line had one of its best games of the season, opening holes for the running game and protecting Scott Tolzien. Bill Nagy, John Moffitt, and Gabe Carimi put together fantastic games in their final home start. Badger TE Lance Kendricks caught 4 passes for 80 yards with an acrobatic touchdown catch, and WR David Gilreath scored his only receiving touchdown in the regular season on an 18-yard strike from Tolzien. Nick Toon caught a pair of touchdown passes as well.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, Northwestern
Due to wins by Ohio State (over Michigan) and Michigan State (over Penn State), Wisconsin's win over Northwestern resulted in a tie between the teams with a 7–1 overall record. The Big Ten championship is thus split amongst the three teams, with the highest ranked team in the BCS going to the Rose Bowl.


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Regular season, TCU–Rose Bowl
Both teams scored double digit points in the first quarter, a Rose Bowl record. The game was close throughout, and was not decided until Wisconsin failed to convert a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter to tie the game. It was the second time the game was decided by two points, joining the 1966 game (UCLA 14, Michigan State 12).


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Passing
Note: G = Games played; COMP = Completions; ATT = Attempts; COMP % = Completion percentage; YDS = Passing yards; TD = Passing touchdowns; INT = Interceptions; EFF = Passing efficiency


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Rushing
Note: G = Games played; ATT = Attempts; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average yard per carry; LG = Longest run; TD = Rushing touchdowns


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Receiving
Note: G = Games played; REC = Receptions; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average yard per catch; LG = Longest catch; TD = Receiving touchdowns


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Kick and punt returning
Note: G = Games played; PR = Punt returns; PYDS = Punt return yards; PLG = Punt return long; KR = Kick returns; KYDS = Kick return yards; KLG = Kick return long; TD = Total return touchdowns


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Kicking
Note: G = Games played; FGM = Field goals made; FGA = Field goals attempted; LG = Field goal long; XPT = Extra points made; XPT ATT = XPT attempted; TP = Total points


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Punting
Note: G = Games played; P = Punts; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average per punt; LG = Punt long; In20 = Punts inside the 20; TB = Touchbacks


2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 2010 stats, Defensive
Note: G = Games played; Solo = Solo tackles; Ast = Assisted tackles; Total = Total tackles; TFL-Yds = Tackles for loss-yards lost; Sack = Sacks; INT = Interceptions; PD = Passes defended; FF = Forced fumbles; FR = Forced recoveries


2010 Wisconsin Wolfpack season
The 2010 Wisconsin Wolfpack season was the second season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. For 2010, the Wolfpack chose to move its home games to the Hartmeyer Arena on the northeast side of Madison. 2010 also saw the team stock its roster with more players from the nearby Wisconsin Badgers football program. Joining defensive lineman Kurt Ware and linebacker James Kamoku from the 2009 Wolfpack would be tight end Andy Crooks, safety Josh Nettles, defensive lineman Ricky Garner, offensive lineman Kenny Jones and, following a season-ending injury to quarterback Brian Ryczkowski, Matt Schabert.


2010 Wisconsin Wolfpack season
Under Schabert's guidance, the Wolfpack had its most successful season to date, indoor or outdoor, finishing the regular season 8-2 and becoming the only team to defeat the then-undefeated Cincinnati Commandos. The Wolfpack would win its first-ever home playoff game, beating the Fort Wayne FireHawks, 25-24, before falling to the Commandos in the 2010 CIFL Championship Game, 54-40, in Cincinnati.


2010 Wisconsin elections
The 2010 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 2, 2010. All of Wisconsin's executive and administrative officers were up for election as well as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats, Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives, seventeen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate, and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The 2010 Wisconsin Fall Partisan Primary was held September 14, 2010.


2010 Wisconsin elections
The Republicans swept all of the fall elections for statewide officials, except Secretary of State, winning the open seat for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, defeating an incumbent Democratic State Treasurer, and reelecting the incumbent Republican Attorney General. They also won control of both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, and defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and U.S. Representative Steve Kagen, and won the open U.S. House seat previously held by Democrat Dave Obey.


2010 Wisconsin elections
The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Election was held April 6, 2010. This election featured a contested election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals and several other nonpartisan local and judicial races. The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held on February 16, 2010.


2010 Wisconsin elections, Federal, United States Senate
Incumbent Democratic Senator Russ Feingold was challenged by Republican businessman Ron Johnson and Rob Taylor of the Constitution Party. Johnson defeated Feingold in the general election with 51.86% of the vote to Feingold's 47.02% and Taylor's 1.08%.


2010 Wisconsin elections, Federal, United States House
All 8 of Wisconsin's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party gained 2 seats, taking a 5-3 majority in the Wisconsin House delegation.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Executive, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Governor Jim Doyle and Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton did not run for reelection. Democrat Tom Barrett and Republican Scott Walker, along with several third-party candidates, contested the seat. Walker defeated Barrett in the general election with 52.25% of the vote to Barrett's 46.48%.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Administrative, Attorney General
Incumbent Republican J.B. Van Hollen defeated Democrat Scott Hassett in the race for Wisconsin Attorney General, winning 57.79% of the vote to Hassett's 42.13%.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Administrative, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette defeated Republican David King in the race for Wisconsin Secretary of State, winning 51.61% to King's 48.3%.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Administrative, Treasurer
Republican challenger Kurt W. Schuller defeated incumbent Democrat Dawn Marie Sass in the race for Wisconsin Treasurer, winning 53.39% of the vote to Sass's 46.47%.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Legislature, State Senate
The 17 odd-numbered seats of the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the State Senate.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Legislature, State Assembly
All 99 seats in the Wisconsin Assembly were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the Assembly.


2010 Wisconsin elections, State, Judiciary, State Court of Appeals
Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2010, two of those seats were contested.


2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. The primary elections on September 14 determined which candidates advanced to the general election.


2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Doyle did not seek re-election in 2010, making for the first open gubernatorial election in Wisconsin since 1982. Republican nominee Scott Walker, the Milwaukee County Executive, defeated Democratic nominee Tom Barrett, the Mayor of Milwaukee.


2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election, General election candidates
Seven candidates appeared on the primary election ballot: two Democrats, three Republicans and two other candidates. The Democratic and Republican nominees will face the independent candidates using the "Independent" and "Common Sense" labels in the November general election.


2010 Wofford Terriers football team
The 2010 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 23rd-year head coach Mike Ayers and played its home games at Gibbs Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 9–2 record overall and a 7–1 record in the Southern Conference, making it conference co-champion alongside Appalachian State. The team qualified for the playoffs, in which it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Georgia Southern.


2010 Woking Borough Council election
The 2010 Woking Council election took place on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the 2010 general election, to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2010 Woking Borough Council election, Background
After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives held a majority on the council with 19 seats, compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. However, in July 2009 the Conservatives lost their majority after councillor Peter Ankers resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent.


2010 Woking Borough Council election, Background
13 of the 36 seats on the council were contested in the election with the leader of the council, Conservative John Kingsbury, among the councillors who were defending seats. Byfleet ward saw 2 seats being contested after Conservative councillor Simon Hutton resigned from the council earlier in the year.


2010 Woking Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no party win a majority, with the Conservatives the largest party on 18 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 17 and 1 Independent. The Conservatives gained 1 seat in Mount Hermon East after Carl Thomson defeated Liberal Democrat councillor Norman Johns. However, the Liberal Democrats took another seat back after winning one of the two seats contested in Byfleet ward. Among the Conservatives to hold their seats was Mohammed Iqbal in Maybury and Sheerwater ward, who was therefore able to become the first Asian mayor of Woking. Overall turnout in the election was 69.73%.


2010 Woking Borough Council election, Election result
The election also saw Jonathan Lord win the Woking parliamentary constituency with 26,551 votes, beating Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley into second place. The seat had previously been held by Humfrey Malins, who announced his intention to stand down in 2009.


2010 Wokingham Borough Council election
The 2010 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Wokingham Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 43 seats, but lose 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats who then had 11 councillors. Liberal Democrat Sue Smith gained Loddon from Conservative Abdul Loyes by 51 votes in the only change in the political composition of the council. This was the first time since the 2001 election that the Conservatives had failed to gain seats at an election for Wokingham council. Overall turnout in the election was 71.33%, significantly up after the council election was held at the same time as the general election.


2010 Wolverhampton City Council election
Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 6 May 2010 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election, with the Wednesfield North ward electing two Councillors due to the resignation of a Councillor in January 2010 - the winning candidate will serve a 4-year term of office and the second placed candidate will serve a 1-year term.


2010 Wolverhampton City Council election
The 2010 election saw a full slate of 20 candidates from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. UKIP and the British National Party each fielded 4 candidates and 5 independents also stood. The Green Party had no candidates for the first time in a number of years.


2010 Wolverhampton City Council election, Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2010 Women's Asian Champions Trophy
The 2010 Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the inaugural edition of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held in Busan, South Korea. The top four Asian teams (China, India, Japan, and South Korea) participated in the tournament which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions.


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League
The 2010 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 18th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the South Australian city of Adelaide.


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League
The WA Diamonds won the gold medal for the sixth time by defeating the QLD Scorchers 3–1 in the final.


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
The format included five-round matches over two weekends, and a finals week that consisted of two-round matches, three pool matches and finally classification matches.


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
At the conclusion of the round matches teams were sorted in Pool A or Pool B, based on ranking.


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
Pool A: 1, 4, 6, 8Pool B: 2, 3, 5, 7


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
Points were carried over from the round matches, so at the conclusion of the pool matches the teams in each pool were ranked again 1–4 depending on the number of points accumulated, with the top team from each pool competing in the League Final, while classification matches were contested to determine the remaining six teams' final positions.


2010 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 163 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.


2010 Women's Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship for women 2010 was contested between 6 bandy playing countries. The championship was played in Drammen, Norway from 24 to 27 February. Sweden defeated Russia, 3-2 following overtime, in the final game.


2010 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition that was held in Venezuela from August 12 to August 22, 2010. Japan successfully defended their title from 2008, defeating Australia 13–3 in the final.


2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, Shooting incident
On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The incident occurred when Cheuk was taking the field to play third base in the fourth inning against the Netherlands, which were leading the game 12–9. The game was held at José Antonio Casanova Stadium in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas. The other two games on Friday and all games on Saturday were postponed.


2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, Shooting incident
On August 15, the International Baseball Federation and the organizers of the tournament decided to move all remaining games to Maracay. The schedule did not include Hong Kong, as they elected to withdraw from the competition to return home.


2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, Awards
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.


2010 Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2010 Women's Basketball Invitational was the inaugural year of the tournament, involving the participation of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2010 WNIT. WBI guidelines state that the Championship game is hosted by the school with the higher end of the season RPI, and for the first run of this competition,  Appalachian State defeated Memphis to emerge as the victor.


2010 Women's British Open
The 2010 Women's British Open was held 29 July to 1 August at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


2010 Women's British Open
This was the fifth time the Women's British Open had been held at Royal Birkdale and the second as an LPGA major, previously in 2005. The course had also hosted nine Open Championships, most recently in 2008. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,458 yards (5,905 m), 715 yards (654 m) shorter than the par-70 set-up for The Open Championship in 2008.


2010 Women's British Open
The champion was Yani Tseng of Taiwan at 277 (−11), one stroke ahead of runner-up Katherine Hull of Australia. With the victory, the 21-year-old Tseng became the youngest-ever winner of three major championships.


2010 Women's British Open, Course
Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):


2010 Women's County Championship
The 2010 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 14th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, their fifth title.


2010 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.


2010 Women's County Championship, Competition format
The championship worked on a points system, with placings decided by average points of completed games. The points are awarded as follows:


2010 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Win: 10 points + bonus points. Tie:  5 points + bonus points. Loss : Bonus points. Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.


2010 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Bonus points are awarded for various batting and bowling milestones. The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.


2010 Women's County Championship, Teams
The 2010 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with six teams apiece and Division Five with 13 teams split across three regional groups.


2010 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
The 2010 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 15th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lille, France, from 25–31 July 2010.


2010 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Netherlands won the tournament for the seventh time after defeating England 4–1 in the final. Spain won the bronze medal, defeating Germany 2–1 in the third place playoff.


2010 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Participating nations
Alongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.


2010 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2010 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Hotel Helikon in Keszthely, Hungary from August 4 to August 7. The 5th edition of this annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC). 107 fighters from 21 federations competed in 11 weight divisions.


2010 Women's European Volleyball League
The 2010 Women's European Volleyball League was the second edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight European countries from June 5 to July 18, 2010. The Final Four were held in Ankara, Turkey, on July 24 and 25.


2010 Women's European Volleyball League, Final four
The Final Four will be held at Başkent Volleyball Hall in Ankara, Turkey, from July 24 to July 25.


2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 13th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia from August 31 to September 10, 2010.


2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Final ranking
Evgeniya Protsenko, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konukh, Evgenia Pustynnikova, Natalia Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Ekaterina Tankeeva, Evgenia Soboleva, Alexandra Antonova, Olga Belyaeva, Evgeniya Ivanova, Yulia Gaufler, Maria Kovtunovskaya.


2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, held in Croatia from 31 August to 10 September 2010.


2010 Women's Four Nations Cup
The 2010 Women's Four Nations Cup was the second Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from June 25 to 27, 2010, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.


2010 Women's Four Nations Cup, Competition format
The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, India, Ireland, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.


2010 Women's Four Nations Cup, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2010 Women's Four Nations Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 30 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.


2010 Women's Futsal World Tournament
The 2010 Women's Futsal World Tournament was held in Spain from December 6 to December 11, 2010. It was the first World Tournament held under FIFA futsal rules. The venues were Pabellon José Caballero in Alcobendas and Pabellon Jorge Garbajosa in Torrejon de Ardoz.


2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 18th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 10–18 July 2010 in Nottingham, England.


2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Argentina won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating the Netherlands 4–2 in the final.


2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams
Below are the teams qualified for the tournament, as listed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):


2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires
Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 75 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match.


2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy
The 2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy was the fourth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held across four host cities in the Netherlands from 29 June to 4 July 2010, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.


2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy
Argentina won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Netherlands 3–0 in the final.


2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Competition format
The four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining two competed for third place.


2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 41 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.12 goals per match.


2010 Women's Hockey South American Championship
The 2010 Women's Hockey South American Championship was the fourth edition of the Women's South American Hockey Championship. It was held between 3–10 April 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2010 Women's Hockey South American Championship
Argentina won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Chile 4–0 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil 5–0 in the third place match.


2010 Women's Hockey South American Championship, Umpires
The following umpires were appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 29 August to 11 September 2010 in Rosario, Argentina.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup
Argentina won the tournament for the second time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. England won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Background
After Argentina was confirmed as host nation, it was decided to hold the tournament in Buenos Aires in a new stadium built in GEBA's grounds, but the club later refused to organize it due to economical difficulties. The second option had been the Jockey Club de Rosario, venue of the 2014 Champions Trophy, but the local government of Rosario decided instead to build a new stadium with a  capacity for 12,000 people with mobile grandstands in Fisherton, a neighbourhood located in the western part of the city.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European and Asian federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. In addition to the three winners of each of the three Qualifiers, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Competition format
Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the competition consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of six teams, and played in a round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. At the end of the pool matches, teams were ranked in their pool according to the following criteria in order:


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Competition format
Following the completion of the pool games, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single-elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, a third place play-off and a final. Remaining teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. During these matches, extra time of 7½ minutes per half was played if teams were tied at the end of regulation time. During extra time, play followed golden goal rules with the first team to score declared the winner. If no goals were scored during extra time, a penalty stroke competition took place.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Umpires
Below are the 16 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 153 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.03 goals per match.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers
The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers refers to three qualification tournaments for the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup. Three events were held between March and June 2010 in the United States, Russia and Chile. The winners of each tournament qualified for the final tournament.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers
South Korea, Japan and Australia each won one of the three tournaments.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers, Qualification
Except for Africa, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through one of the three tournaments based on the final ranking at each competition.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers, Qualifier 1
The first qualifying tournament was held in San Diego, from 26 March to 3 April. South Korea won the tournament, defeating the United States 3–1 in the final and qualifying for the FIH World Cup.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers, Qualifier 1, Umpires
Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers, Qualifier 2
The second qualifying tournament was held in Kazan, from 17–25 April. Japan won the tournament, defeating the Azerbaijan 1–0 in the final and qualifying for the FIH World Cup.


2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers, Qualifier 2, Umpires
Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: