2010 Winter Olympics by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada and the first by the province of British Columbia. Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics, although Calgary is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics. They will both be surpassed by Beijing in 2022. Following Olympic tradition, the incumbent mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag
Lebanon at the 2010 Winter Olympics Committee on 31 December 1947. The Lebanese have sent delegations to most Summer Olympics and Winter Olympic Games since then, missing the Summer Olympics only once, in 1956, and the Winter Olympics twice, in 1994 and 1998. The Lebanese delegation to Vancouver consisted of three alpine skiers; one man, Ghassan Achi and two women, Jacky Chamoun and Chirine Njeim. Njeim was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, while Achi was chosen to carry the flag for the closing ceremony. The 25 year old Chirine Njeim made her third Winter Olympic appearance after competing in the 2002 and