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Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony This event signalled the opening of the 17 day long competitions in Vancouver, Canada, known as the Winter Olymipic Games. -
Day 1
Bleak Start The Winter Olympics got off to a bleak start after the death of a luge competitor from Georgia during practice rounds. -
Pairs Figure Skating Short Program
Short Program Recap In this event, two people skate together on ice, performing lifts and tricks. This was the first day of this competition. -
Pairs Figure Skating Finals
Pairs Results The Piars Free Skating Program wrapped up with the final skate, resulting in a gold medal for China. -
Men's Figure Skating Short Program
Short Program Results In this event, men from many countries compete on ice performing a series of advanced tricks that include jumps and footwork sequences. This is the first of a two day event, resulting in close scores between the first three places. Russia, is in the lead, after land a quad jump, followed by the USA, and China. -
Men's Figure Skating Final
Final Recap After the second of competition, Evan Lysacek of the United States pulled out a win against Russia's Yevgeny Plushenko, who was previously in first place. -
Ice Dance- Compulsory Dance
Day One Standings This was the first day of a three day skating event. Couples in this event must dance on ice to the same dance with different spins on it. This year's theme was the tango. -
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Ice Dance- Free Dance
Final Medal Results This event wrapped up when the pairs could skate whatever dance to whatever music. Canada won gold followed by the USA, and Russia. -
Ladies Figure Skating Short Program
Day One ResultsThis was the first day of a the two day figure skating event. The highlight of this event was when Canadian figure skater, Joannie Rochette, competed, two days after her mother passed away. She is curretnly in 3rd place. -
Ladies Figure Skating Final
Final Results The last of the figure skating finished with this event. Korea, China, and Canada topped the podium. The USA was just out of medaling status with 4th place. -
Final Day
Final Wrap-up The 2010 Olympics in Vancoucer, Canada concluded today with the gold medal hockey game between Canada and the USA. Canada emerged the victor. The closing ceremony then occured where the Olympics torch was passed on to its next holder, Sochi. In the end, the USA won in total medal counts with 37 medals.
