Editing 2010 Winter Olympics (section)

==Torch relay==
[[File:Vancouver-Olympics-clock.jpg|thumb|right|The clock counting down to the opening of the Olympic Games in [[Downtown Vancouver]]]]
{{Main|2010 Winter Olympics torch relay}}
The Olympic Torch Relay is the transfer of the Olympic flame from Ancient [[Olympia, Greece]] — where the first Olympic Games were held thousands of years ago — to the stadium of the city hosting the current Olympic Games. The flame arrives just in time for the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|Opening Ceremony]].

For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame was lit in Olympia on October 22, 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} It then traveled from [[Greece]], over the [[North Pole]] to Canada's High Arctic and on to the West Coast and Vancouver. The relay started its long Canada journey from the British Columbia capital of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]. In Canada, the torch traveled approximately {{convert|45000|km|mi}} over 106 days, making it the longest relay route within one country in Olympic history. The Olympic Torch was carried by approximately 12,000 Canadians and reached over 1,000 communities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Funding for 2010 Olympics torch relay to focus on local events|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/funding-for-2010-olympics-torch-relay-to-focus-on-local-events-1.820728|date=April 30, 2009|access-date=December 23, 2009|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News]]|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815220814/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/funding-for-2010-olympics-torch-relay-to-focus-on-local-events-1.820728|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news|url= http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/about-the-olympic-torch-relay|title= 2010 Olympic Torch relay general info|date= February 11, 2010|work= [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]|publisher= CTV|access-date= February 11, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100126010750/http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/about-the-olympic-torch-relay|archive-date= January 26, 2010|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

Celebrity torchbearers included [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]],<ref name="emotions">{{cite news
|url = https://vancouversun.com/sports/Emotions+high+final+torch+relay/2555283/story.html
|title = Emotions run high on final day of torch relay
|date = February 12, 2010
|newspaper = [[Vancouver Sun]]
|publisher = Canwest Publishing
|access-date = June 15, 2011
|archive-date = February 15, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100215063057/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Emotions+high+final+torch+relay/2555283/story.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> [[Steve Nash]],<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.nba.com/suns/news/nash_torch_100212.html
|title = Nash carries Olympic torch
|last = Swiat
|first = Stefan
|date = February 13, 2010
|work = [[nba.com]]
|access-date = June 15, 2011
|archive-date = December 1, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101201231100/http://www.nba.com/suns/news/nash_torch_100212.html
|url-status = live
}}</ref> [[Matt Lauer]],<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Sports/vancouver2010/2010/02/11/12842276.html
|title = For the next Hour, I am pure Canadian
|date = February 11, 2010
|work = Vancouver 24hr news
|publisher = Canoe
|access-date = February 11, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100214105622/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Sports/vancouver2010/2010/02/11/12842276.html
|archive-date = February 14, 2010
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> [[Justin Morneau]],<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100130&content_id=8001354&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
|title = Healthy Morneau excited to carry Torch
|date = February 11, 2010
|work = [[mlb.com]]
|publisher = mlb.com
|access-date = February 11, 2010
|archive-date = May 13, 2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130513173015/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100130&content_id=8001354&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
|url-status = live
}}</ref> [[Michael Bublé]],<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Michael+Buble+Jann+Arden+join+Olympic+torch+ceremony/2538114/story.html 
|title=Michael Buble, Jann Arden to join in Olympic torch ceremony 
|date=February 11, 2010 
|work=vancouversun.com 
|publisher=Canwest Publishing 
|access-date=February 11, 2010 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212115716/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Michael%2BBuble%2BJann%2BArden%2Bjoin%2BOlympic%2Btorch%2Bceremony/2538114/story.html 
|archive-date=February 12, 2010 
|url-status=live 
}}</ref> [[Bob Costas]],<ref>
{{cite news
|url = http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/vancouver-2010-olympic-torch-relay---day-105---west-vancouver-to-vancouver--bc_273728Oh.html
|title = Torchbearer 102 Bob Costas carries the flame in Burnaby
|date = January 1, 2010|work= vancouver2010.com |publisher= vancouver2010.com
|access-date = February 12, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100219165716/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/vancouver-2010-olympic-torch-relay---day-105---west-vancouver-to-vancouver--bc_273728Oh.html|archive-date=February 19, 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> [[Shania Twain]],<ref>
{{cite news
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shania-twain-carries-olympic-torch-1.915415
|title=Shania Twain carries Olympic torch 
|date=January 1, 2010 
|work=The Canadian Press 
|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] 
|access-date=February 12, 2010 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104222120/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/01/01/twain-olympic-torch.html 
|archive-date=January 4, 2010 
|url-status=live 
}}</ref> and hockey greats including [[Sidney Crosby]],<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid=20119.html#reserved+restrained+rocking+with+sid 
|title=Reserved, restrained, and rocking with Sid the Kid 
|date=February 11, 2010 
|work=ctvolympics.ca 
|publisher=The Globe and Mail 
|access-date=February 11, 2010 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130110802/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid%3D20119.html 
|archive-date=January 30, 2010 
|url-status=live 
}}</ref> [[Wayne Gretzky]],<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=517718
|title = Pressing questions as Olympic hockey beckons
|date = February 14, 2010
|access-date = February 15, 2010
|archive-date = February 18, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100218003123/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=517718
|url-status = live
}}</ref> and the captains of the two [[Vancouver Canucks]] teams that went to the [[Stanley Cup Finals]]: [[Trevor Linden]] ({{Stanley Cup Finals Year|1994}})<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympic-flame-heats-up-vancouver-1.904371|title=Olympic fever builds in Vancouver|date=February 11, 2010|publisher=cbcsports.ca|author=CBC News|access-date=February 11, 2010|archive-date=February 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215015223/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2010/02/11/bc-vancouver-olympic-preparations.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Stan Smyl]] ({{Stanley Cup Finals Year|1982}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid=32637.html#schwarzenegger+buble+carry+torch|title=Schwarzenegger, Buble to carry torch|date=February 8, 2010|access-date=February 8, 2010|first=Marsha|last=Lederman|work=The Globe and Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210042303/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid%3D32637.html|archive-date=February 10, 2010|url-status=live }}</ref>