Editing 2010 Winter Olympics (section)

===Sports===
The 2010 Winter Olympics featured 86 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports.
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# '''Biathlon'''
#* {{GamesSport|Biathlon|Events=10}}
# '''Bobsleigh'''
#* {{GamesSport|Bobsleigh|Events=3}}
#* {{GamesSport|Skeleton|Events=2}}
# '''Curling'''
#* {{GamesSport|Curling|Events=2}}
# '''Ice hockey'''
#* {{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Events=2}}
# '''Luge'''
#* {{GamesSport|Luge|Events=3}}
# '''Skating'''
#* {{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=4}}
#* {{GamesSport|Short track speed skating|Events=8}}
#* {{GamesSport|Speed skating|Events=12}}
# '''Skiing'''
#* {{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Events=10}}
#* {{GamesSport|Cross-country skiing|Events=12}}
#* {{GamesSport|Freestyle skiing|Events=6}}
#* {{GamesSport|Nordic combined|Events=3}}
#* {{GamesSport|Ski jumping|Events=3}}
#* {{GamesSport|Snowboarding|Events=6}}
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''Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.''

The opening and closing ceremonies and the events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" were held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events were held on [[Whistler Blackcomb|Whistler Mountain]] (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held on [[Whistler Blackcomb|Blackcomb Mountain]]. [[Cypress Mountain]] (located in [[Cypress Provincial Park]] in [[West Vancouver]]) hosted the freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls and ski cross), and all snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross).

[[File:SidneyCrosby2010WinterOlympicsgold.jpg|thumb|[[Sidney Crosby]] celebrates moments after scoring the gold medal-winning goal over [[United States men's national ice hockey team|the United States]].]]
Vancouver 2010 was also the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey were played on a narrower, [[National Hockey League|NHL]]-sized ice rink,<ref name="VANOC shrinks ice"/> measuring {{convert|200|x|85|ft|m|abbr=on}}, instead of the international size of {{convert|200|x|98.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The games were played at [[General Motors Place]] (now Rogers Arena), home of the NHL's [[Vancouver Canucks]], which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics. Utilizing this existing venue instead of building a new international-sized ice rink facility saved C$10 million in construction costs and allowed an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Olympic hockey games.<ref name="VANOC shrinks ice">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2010Vancouver/2006/06/08/1620669-sun.html|title=VANOC shrinks Olympic ice|author=Mackin, Bob|date=June 6, 2006|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|Slam! Sports]]|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175030/https://canoe.com/category/sports|url-status=usurped}}</ref> However, some European countries expressed concern over this decision, worried that it might give North American players an advantage since they grew up playing on the smaller NHL-sized rinks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2010-olympic-hockey-will-be-nhl-sized-1.602236|title=2010 Olympic hockey will be NHL-sized|work=CBC News|date=June 8, 2006|access-date=February 14, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100127180626/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/06/08/olympic-hockey-rinksize.html|archive-date=January 27, 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> By contrast, the only other NHL venue to host Olympic hockey, the [[Calgary Flames]]' [[Olympic Saddledome]], started construction before Calgary won the bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics and it was designed to accommodate an international ice rink.

There were a number of events that were proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/5071892.stm|title=Ski-cross aims for Vancouver 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|date=June 12, 2006|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/5071892.stm%20/default.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in [[Kuwait]] voted to include [[ski cross]] in the official program.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/6192816.stm|title=Ski-cross gets approved for 2010|date=November 28, 2006|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/6192816.stm%20/default.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the event to officially be part of the Games program.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2099|title=Vancouver 2010: In good shape with positive progress on media accommodation|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=March 9, 2007|archive-date=July 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722175300/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2099|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Events proposed for inclusion but ultimately rejected included:<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1972|title=Olympic programme updates|date=November 28, 2006|publisher=International Olympic Committee|archive-date=July 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725031008/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1972|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Biathlon]] mixed relay
* Mixed doubles [[curling]]
* Team [[alpine skiing]]
* Team [[bobsled]] and [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton]]
* Team [[luge]]
* Women's [[ski jumping]]

The issue over women's ski jumping being excluded ended up in the [[Supreme Court of British Columbia]] in Vancouver during April 21–24, 2009, with a verdict on July 10 excluding women's ski jumping from the 2010 Games.
<ref name=wskijmp>{{cite press release|title=Vancouver 2010 Statement of BC Supreme Court Decision on Women's Ski Jumping at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games|publisher=Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games|date=July 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714163957/http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/news/news-releases/-/69788/32566/1lthni5/vancouver-2010-statement-of-bc.html|url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/news/news-releases/-/69788/32566/1lthni5/vancouver-2010-statement-of-bc.html|archive-date=July 14, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> A request to appeal that verdict to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] was subsequently denied on December 22 – a decision that marked the end of any hopes that the event would be held during Vancouver 2010.<ref name=wskijmpappeal>
{{cite news|title=Supreme Court spurns women ski jumpers|url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2009/12/22/bc-oly-women-scoc.html|work=[[CBC News]]|agency=The Canadian Press|date=December 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224074218/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2009/12/22/bc-oly-women-scoc.html|archive-date=December 24, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> To alleviate the exclusion, VANOC organizers invited women from all over Canada to participate at Whistler Olympic Park, including Continental Cup in January 2009.<ref name="wskijmp"/> Women's ski jumping was included in the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]].