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On January 30, 2009, VANOC announced its updated budget for the 2010 games. The operating budget was set at CAN$1.76 billion, with a contingency of $77 million. [4] This reflected an increase of $130 million over the $1.63 billion operating budget announced in May 2007, though VANOC said that if the accounting principles applied for the 2009 budget were retroactively applied to the May 2007 ...
The Royal Canadian Mint produced a series of commemorative coins celebrating the 2010 Games, [4] and in partnership with CTV allowed users to vote on the Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments; where designs honouring the top three were added to the series of coins.
1956 -- Melbourne, Australia. $126,796,000. Melbourne erected an Olympic Park for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, but its most iconic arena -- the Melbourne Cricket Ground -- had already existed ...
Own the Podium (French: À nous le podium) is a Canadian not-for-profit organization.Originally created as Own the Podium - 2010 to prepare Canadian athletes to reach medal finishes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the program has since expanded to include a division for summer sports as well, known as Road to Excellence.
In 1998, Griffiths was invited to chair the not-for-profit Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Bid Society. [4] In December 1998, the Bid Society obtained the Canadian Olympic Committee's endorsement of Vancouver's bid to host the 2010 Games, so that the bid could be presented before the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2002, the Vancouver ...
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Furlong was chair of Own the Podium, a Canadian not-for-profit organization created several years before the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games to develop Canada as a world leader in high performance sport. With Own the Podium support Team Canada won a record 26 medals at the Vancouver Olympic Games including an historic 14 gold medals. [11]
Final report on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: December 2010. Raising Our Game For Vancouver 2010. Vol. 3. Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada. ISBN 978-1-100-52783-3. International Olympic Committee (2010). Anti-Doping Rules: Applicable To The XXI Olympic Winter Games In Vancouver, 2010. Lausanne ...