CeeGeeans Who Love the Winter Olympics...meet here!

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Facts

Host Nation – Canada

Opening Date – 12 February 2010

Closing Date – 28 February 2010

Competing nations – c.80

Competing Athletes – c.5,500

Team GB Athletes – c.50 (To be confirmed in January 2010)

Sports/Events – Click here to download the sport programme

Media Representatives - 10,000

Worldwide TV Audience - 3 billion

The thread for all your comments

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The Vancouver Olympic Winter Games will take place from 12 to 28 February 2010.

Vancouver won the bidding race to hold the XXI Olympic Winter Games in February 2010, beating off competition from seven other prospective host cities in the process. The final decision was made at the 115th IOC Session in Prague on 2 July 2003, bringing the games back to Canada twenty two years after their previous appearance, in Calgary in 1988.

The Games will be staged across two venues within the British Columbia region, with ice events and two skiing events to be based in the Vancouver area, while the Alpine, Nordic, Sliding and Paralympic disciplines will all take place in Whistler, approximately 120 kilometres north of Vancouver. Whistler will also play host to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, which will happen from 12 to 21 March. The venue for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium.

With a focus on sustainability, all of Vancouver 2010’s venues, including the Olympic Village, are being built with post-Games usage in mind to create sustainable legacies for Canadian sport. The Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee describe their ultimate goal as “Putting on a Games that will inspire their nation and promote the Olympic spirit both within Canada and worldwide.”

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http://www.olympics.org.uk/futuregamesteamgb.aspx?gt=w&ga=49&se=teamgb

That's Team GB!

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[tweets 0]

this is a thread for mangoberri
she lives in vancouver, and is olympic games obsessed

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Point her in our direction then Tweet, she's a CeeGeean!!!

[SashaGirl 0]

This is great! I love the winter games and will be following them as much as possible. Am hoping that they are covered well on TV this year.

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tweet40 wrote:

this is a thread for mangoberri
she lives in vancouver, and is olympic games obsessed

It`s coming on Friday!!!!!! YAY!!!!

2 weeks long of vacation and sitting in front of hte tv.

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That's great news for you Mangoberri

But for those of us in the UK it's going to be a lot of late nights and very early mornings as msot of the events I want to see are on at midnight or 4am (thank goodness for I-Player !)

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Yes, it's always a shame about that, as there's nothing like being able to watch stuff live as it happens, and really feel the atmosphere and excitement.

This is the website for TEAM GB HERE

and links for the schedules

Click for Complete Schedule Here

Day By Day Schedule Here


and if you want to follow a specific sport check its schedule Here (sorry GB only)


Please post your news, the triumphs and disasters, and any comments and keep the thread lively

[Bee1 0]

What about us non UK people living in UK? :girl_cray2:

[Zoonie 0]

Do you have a national Olympic team site Bee?
Put the link up if you do, or fill us in on the info???

[SashaGirl 0]

My family is looking forward to this so much! Does anyone know if there will be any website carrying the games? (Just I wish, I suppose). Seems like TV cuts the coverage back a bit more every year.

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I put he Olympic songs in he music club a few days ago. I think that ctv has it online not completely sure though

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WELCOME TO VANCOUVER ,MY HOME !!!!!!!

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Zoonie wrote:

Do you have a national Olympic team site Bee?
Put the link up if you do, or fill us in on the info???

Can I really? :happy2:

I thought you said this was for Team GB only but if you say it's OK I will look up some info in English.

Yes we do have a website (several by the look of it) on Czech internet but non of you would understand any of it.

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http://zoh2010.com/en/zoh-vancouver-2010/
this is an english version of the website but I'm not to be hold responsible for translation - there is much better website but that one doesn't have a translation

Czech Winter Olympic 2010 team

Akrobatické lyžování (freestyle skiing)

* Lukáš Vaculík- boule
* Nikola Sudová- boule
* Šárka Sudová - boule
* Tomáš Kraus - skikros
* Zdeněk Šafář -skikros

Alpské lyžování (Alpine skiing)

* Ondřej Bank
* Kryštof Krýzl
* Filip Trejbal
* Martin Vráblík
* Petr Záhrobský
* Šárka Záhrobská
* Klára Křížová.

Běh na lyžích

* Lukáš Bauer
* Martin Jakš
* Martin Koukal
* Dušan Kožíšek
* Jiří Magál
* Milan Šperl
* Ivana Janečková
* Eva Nývltová
* Kamila Rajdlová.

Severská kombinace (Nordic combine)

* Miroslav Dvořák
* Pavel Churavý
* Tomáš Slavík
* Aleš Vodseďálek
* Petr Kutal

Skoky na lyžích (ski jumping)

* Martin Cikl
* Antonín Hájek
* Lukáš Hlava
* Jakub Janda
* Roman Koudelka

Krasobruslení (figure skating)

* Michal Březina
* Tomáš Verner
* Kamila Hájková
* David Vincour

Biatlon

* Ondřej Moravec
* Jaroslav Soukup
* Michal Šlesingr
* Zdeněk Vítek
* Tomáš Holubec
* Magda Rezlerová
* Gabriela Soukalová
* Zdeňka Vejnarová
* Veronika Vítková
* Veronika Zvařičová.

Boby (bob sleigh)

* Martin Bohman
* Ivo Danilevič
* Vladimír Hladík
* Jan Kobian
* Ondřej Kozlovský
* Miloš Veselý
* Jan Vrba
* Jan Stokláska
* Dominik Suchý.

Snowboarding

* David Bakeš
* Mchal Novotný snowboardkros
* Šárka Pančochová U-rampa
* Petr Šindelář
* Zuzana Doležalová slalom

Lední Hokej (Ice Hockey)

* Ondřej Pavelec
* Jakub Štěpánek
* Tomáš Vokoun
* Miroslav Blaťák
* Jan Hejda
* Tomáš Kaberle
* Filip Kuba
* Pavel Kubina
* Milan Michálek
* Roman Polák
* Marek Židlický
* Petr Čajánek
* Roman Červenka
* Patrik Eliáš
* Martin Erat
* Tomáš Fleischmann
* Martin Havlát
* Jaromír Jágr
* David Krejčí
* Zbyněk Michálek
* Tomáš Plekanec
* Tomáš Rolinek
* Josef Vašíček.

Saně (luge)

* Jakub Hyman
* Ondřej Hyman
* Luboš Jíra
* Matěj Kvíčala

Rychlobruslení (speed skating)

* Karolína Erbanová
* Martina Sáblíková
* Kateřina Novotná - short track

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For those of you in the UK .....the Opening ceremony will be shown on BBC 2 live @ 1.45am Saturday

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In 26 hours, the opening ceremony will start!!!!!!!!!!!

[SashaGirl 0]

Tomorrow! Wow! I am so ready to sit and watch some winter sports events.

[armellproctor 0]

Let the games begin , 1 more day and away we go . i will be glued to my TV

[Mangoberri 0]

Just saw the lighting of the cauldron at David Lam Park!

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It's exciting!

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Wish Fairy wrote:

For those of you in the UK .....the Opening ceremony will be shown on BBC 2 live @ 1.45am Saturday

1.45am? I really want to watch it but I'm not sure if I will get up at that time just for that.

I know that one of my favorite (and one of the most famous - home and abroad) ice hockey player will be the one carrying Czech flag.

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.......so, Snowsports GB finally went into administration - I had no idea

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Watching my first even now on Chanel 301 8)

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Here we go the Vancouver winter Olympic games opening show has started , i am so excited yet so sad for the Olympian that was killed today, my prayers go to his family and loved ones .


LET THE GAMES BEGIN, AND GOD PROTECT ALL OF THE OLYMPIANS

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Amen Armell .....

I can't believe that that young man died today ... What a horrible way to get things started.

I pray for the safety of all the athletes as they compete ....

I'm loving the opening ceremony so far ....

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opening ceremony was great!!

Great job Canada!!

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here here !!!!!

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armellproctor wrote:

Here we go the Vancouver winter Olympic games opening show has started , i am so excited yet so sad for the Olympian that was killed today, my prayers go to his family and loved ones .


LET THE GAMES BEGIN, AND GOD PROTECT ALL OF THE OLYMPIANS

TanyaRC wrote:

Amen Armell .....

I can't believe that that young man died today ... What a horrible way to get things started.

I pray for the safety of all the athletes as they compete ....

I'm loving the opening ceremony so far ....

Tragic accident ! Hopefully everyone will stay safe throughout the rest of the games!

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A horrific start, so very sad for the family and for his team - and a publicity nightmare for the organisers.

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I agree Gill, but they handled things very tactfully. Coverage on the games start here in about 2 hours .... Can't wait to see the speed skating ..

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LOL - the BBC are advertising the Mens Downhill at 7/30pm...but apparently it's been postponed due to "adverse weather" ...no snow ????

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Wish Fairy wrote:

LOL - the BBC are advertising the Mens Downhill at 7/30pm...but apparently it's been postponed due to "adverse weather" ...no snow ????

It`s raining and it`s foggy

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Oh is the speed skating tonight?
I LOVE Apollo.
Hopefully he will do well.

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Yup, speed skating is starting approximately right now!

It's the mens 5000m.

Then, 5 hours later (from now), it's short rack speed skating, men's 1500, 42 minutes after, it's ladies 500m followed by men's 1500 semifinals.

Then at 2:50GMT, it's ladies 3000m relay semifinals.

At 3:18, it will be men's 1500 finals

I hope i did my math right.

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LOVE Apollo!! He is such a cutie!!

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I wonder how good I will be a t watching and typing at the same time .....

WOW ...... They sure can jump a long way!!

[SashaGirl 0]

We won't get Olympic coverage for another 15 minutes. Hard to know I'm missing out on live action. . .

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Wow.....breaking news in the speed skating.
Canadian mens short track skater Charles Hamelin - not through to the final of 1500m !! Beaten by Korean and Chinese skater. New Olympic record in the semi from the Korean.

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If it`s not broadcasted in your area, go search CTV in google, they are broadcasting live online.

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Just quick update (and to rub it in a little)

Czech Republic is now proud owner of 2 medals
Gold - Speed Skating Ladies - 3000m - Martina Sablikova
Bronze - Cross Country Skiing Men - 15 Km - Lukas Bauer (he was year above me in primary school)

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Bee, so you`ve met him before? That`s really exciting!

Canada has 1 of each medal.

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Mangoberri wrote:

Bee, so you`ve met him before? That`s really exciting!

Canada has 1 of each medal.

yes I knew him when he was young kid - about 10 years old.
My cousing and my former class mate both posted about his medal on facebook.
Yes it's really exciting! I know someone famous before he was famous

Well done to Canada on their medals. I'm hoping we get gold in Ice Hockey

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Bee wrote:

Mangoberri wrote:

Bee, so you`ve met him before? That`s really exciting!

Canada has 1 of each medal.

yes I knew him when he was young kid - about 10 years old.
My cousing and my former class mate both posted about his medal on facebook.
Yes it's really exciting! I know someone famous before he was famous

Well done to Canada on their medals. I'm hoping we get gold in Ice Hockey

hehe, Canada's getting gold in hockey!

Well done to Czech too!

[armellproctor 0]

ya whoooo we got a silver in snowboarding

[Zoonie 0]

Congrats!
It's nice to share in your success all of you.

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Mangoberri wrote:

hehe, Canada's getting gold in hockey!

Well done to Czech too!

Oh no! We will fight for that one!

Did you know that there are many Czech ice hockey players in CHL and NHL?

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armellproctor wrote:

ya whoooo we got a silver in snowboarding

well done! :dance4: