KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia ' After the stress of seven years of intense planning, a financial meltdown, problematic weather, a gruelling cross-country torch relay, an athlete's death on opening day and the euphoria of a final-day gold-medal hockey win, the staff and volunteers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics were emotionally drained.
Jeff Lee, The Sun's Olympic Reporter, is in Sochi, Russia this week for the official debriefing of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. That's where John Furlong and others will pass on to the International Olympic Committee and Sochi 2014 organizers the lessons they learned while organizing the Vancouver 2010 Games.
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KRASNAYA-POLYANA, Russia - The Vancouver 2010 Games left a positive legacy not only on in sports venues and sustainable buildings but also in a new sense of national pride, sport development and international awareness, according to a report released by the Vancouver Organizing Committee.
The report, prepared by journalist Kate Zimmerman, was commissioned by the Vancouver Organizing Committee as the last in a four-part review of the legacies of Olympic Games held in North America since 1980. She had earlier looked at the legacies of the 1980 Lake Placid, 1988 Calgary and 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games.
VANCOUVER ' On 10 occasions over the years, John Furlong has given a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade.
As regular as clockwork every fall, the main face of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics took the stage to talk about the progress in bringing the Games to Canada. He would talk about the financial struggles, the need for volunteers, the sport challenges and even the Vancouver Games in context to other Olympics.
Vancouver, BC — Over 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) of surplus athlete medical and dental supplies and equipment from the 2010 Winter Games are being provided to Canadian medical teams in Haiti as part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce program and as a legacy of the Games, with the first major shipment en route this weekend.
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) has partnered together with the Canadian Forces to donate and deliver the much needed medical supplies in two stages – the first taking place this weekend and the second gradually over the coming weeks and months.
WHISTLER ' An exhausted John Furlong said Sunday he is happy the arduous road to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics is virtually over.
Looking wan and tired, and occasionally downcast, Furlong told reporters at a closing press conference his energetic "blue jackets" ' the volunteer backbone of two remarkable Games ' may wish for another week of fun, but he certainly doesn't.
WHISTLER An exhausted John Furlong said Sunday he is happy the arduous road to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics is virtually over.
Looking wan and tired, and occasionally downcast, Furlong told reporters at a closing press conference his energetic "blue jackets" the volunteer backbone of two remarkable Games may wish for another week of fun, but he certainly doesn't.
The Vancouver Organizing Committee confirmed Thursday that the Paralympic closing ceremonies will go ahead rain or shine on Sunday in Whistler, despite the alpine events being rescheduled over weather concerns.
VANCOUVER - Canada kicked off another giant party Friday for the world's best athletes, hoping to reignite the sense of pride that stormed the country during the 2010 Olympics.
Televised coverage of the 2010 Paralympics will be a far cry from the thousands of hours international broadcasters devoted to the recently completed Olympic Games.
Whereas hundreds of broadcasters measured their Olympic coverage in hundreds of hours - in some cases filling the airwaves 22 hours a day - just over two dozen companies are left in Vancouver for the Paralympics, and they are counting their hours here by fives, 10s and 50s. And that's the total for the entire 10 days of the Games.
But as far as the Vancouver Organizing Committee and the International Paralympic Committee are concerned, that's not necessarily a bad thing, given it's a vast improvement over past Games.
