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After traveling more than 45,000 kilometres across Canada through snow, rain, hail, wind and sub-zero temperatures, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch will transport the Olympic Flame to the Host City of Vancouver on February 11, 2010. The 2010 Olympic Torch was designed and manufactured by Montreal-based Bombardier Inc., a Canadian company.

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Map of the Route Facts and Figures Start date: 22 October 2009, Olympia (Greece) End date: 12 February 2010, BC Place Stadium and Jack Poole Plaza, Vancouver (Canada) First torchbearer: Vassilis Dimitriadis, Olympic participant in alpine skiing (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010).

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The route of the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay carried the torch through over 1000 communities across Canada, visiting different locations from October 30, 2009 to its final stop at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 12, 2010. Route in Greece Route in Greece as follow. [1] October 22 October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26

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updated 12:53 p.m. EDT, Thu October 22, 2009. (CNN) -- The torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was lit in a ceremony at the ancient Greek site of Olympia on Thursday, less than four months ahead.

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The 2010 Olympic Winter Games took place in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, from 12 to 28 February 2010. A total of 202 athletes represented Canada in 15 sports. In the overall medal count, Canada finished third with 26 medals (14 gold medals, seven silver medals and five bronze medals).

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Ignite A Passion Speaking at the event, President Rogge spoke about the pride of having the Olympic Torch Relay in your own country and its ability to inspire. Rogge said, "For most people - whether as spectators or torchbearers - the Olympic Torch Relay is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games ( French: XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 ( Squamish: K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010 ), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding su.

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Vancouver Olympics organizing committee chair Jack Poole had succumbed to a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 76. The VANOC delegation returned to Vancouver for his Oct. 27 funeral and then flew back to Greece, to retrieve the Olympic flame for the Oct. 30, 2009 launch of the domestic torch relay outside the Parliament Buildings in Victoria.

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Where is the Olympic Cauldron? The Vancouver Olympic Cauldron is at Jack Poole Plaza in downtown Vancouver. It's beside the Vancouver Convention Centre at 1085 Canada Place, between where Thurlow and Burrard Streets end at the Vancouver waterfront. From Waterfront Station, head west to Canada Place, then past the Convention Centre.

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British Columbia Flame on: Vancouver Olympics torch relay launched 10 years ago Relay set the stage for the Games by travelling to 1,000 communities in every corner of Canada Karin Larsen · CBC.

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ALSO WATCH: Vancouver's Olympic Cauldron lit to honour Canadian athletes in PyeongChang. Furlong is reflecting on the legacy of the Games this week as Wednesday marks a decade since the Olympic flame landed in Canada, kicking off a lengthy torch relay ahead of the two-week-long competition.

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The Vancouver Olympics Opening Ceremony launched the 2010 Winter Games Friday night, and viewers were treated to a spectacle including Nelly Furtado and a giant electric bear. For well over an hour, the festivities unfolded without a hitch. Unfortunately, a mishap struck at the worst possible time.

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The Olympic Cauldron Following the longest national torch relay in Olympic history, the Olympic Cauldron was lit on February 2010 marking the official opening of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Arriving from Athens, Greece, the Olympic Flame was proudly carried by 12,000 torchbearers on a 45,000 kilometre journey across the country, embracing Canadians in over 1,000.

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On October 30, 2009, a military aircraft carrying the Olympic Flame, ignited in Greece, landed in Victoria and began a herculean cross-country Olympic Torch Relay, bringing the spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games to every community across Canada. Over 12,000 torchbearers traversed 45,000 kms and more than 1,000 communities.

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Vancouver's Olympic Cauldron was finally fired up last night, following widespread criticism leaving it unlit during the Sochi Games showed a lack of Olympic spirit. Olympic soccer star.

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