Olympic News Circle: Summer & Winter Olympics

Tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will go on sale on October 11, 2008. Kewl~ I wish I can get a ticket to opening ceremony.

The Vancouver Game will be held between February 12 and February 28, 2010, and followed by the Paralympic Games. Ticket prices for the opening and closing ceremonies will range between C$175 and C$1,100, making them less costly than the 2006 ceremonies in Turin and the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, organizers said. Ticket distribution will not happen until late 2009 to reduce potential counterfeiting.

So I guess you pre-order the ticket in October 2008 and then get the ticket in late 2009.
View Vancouver 2010 Olympic Ticket Price.

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	Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		Germany	11	12	6	29
2		United States	9	9	7	25
3		Canada	7	10	7	24
4		Austria	9	7	7	23
5		Russia	8	6	8	22
6		Norway	2	8	9	19
7		Sweden	7	2	5	14
8		Switzerland	5	4	5	14
9		South Korea	6	3	2	11
10		Italy	5	0	6	11
11		China	2	4	5	11
12		France	3	2	4	9
12		Netherlands	3	2	4	9
14		Finland	0	6	3	9
15		Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
16		Estonia	3	0	0	3
17		Croatia	1	2	0	3
18		Australia	1	0	1	2
19		Poland	0	1	1	2
20		Ukraine	0	0	2	2
21		Japan	1	0	0	1
22		Belarus	0	1	0	1
22		Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
22		Great Britain	0	1	0	1
22		Slovakia	0	1	0	1
26		Latvia	0	0	1	1

Above are the results for Turino 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. Canada is ranked 3rd overall. Very nice. Hopefully 1st in Vancouver Whistler 2010 Olympic Winter Game.

A party full of joy, to celebrate the success of the Olympic Winter Games and the athletes’ victories, with a touch of sadness for an event that’s coming to an end. This is how the Torino 2006 Closing Ceremony, which will be held tomorrow night at the Olympic Stadium, presents itself, a great show that will have the Carnival as its dominating theme. This is the weekend during which the whole of Italy disguises itself and this celebration, deeply rooted in Italian tradition, will be the underlying theme of the entire evening. The show, designed and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, among the most widely recognised director, writer, choreographer and clown at an international level for his theatre performances inspired to the circus world, will combined the fantasy and colours of the Carnival with the sounds and shapes typical of the circus and Art Comedy.

Source: torino2006.org

Today at 20:00 (Turino time), the closing ceremoney for Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games begins. That is:

14:00 Eastern Time 
13:00 Central Time
12:00noon Mountain Time
11:00am Pacific Time

If you miss the show, I’m pretty sure CBC (Canada) and NBC (USA) will broadcast the ceremony during local prime time (ie, 6pm or 8pm). Theme of the closing ceremony is “Carnival”.

TURIN, Italy — Nicklas Lidstrom scored 10 seconds into the third period as Sweden defeated rival Finland 3-2 to win Olympic hockey gold for a second time on Sunday.The Swedes, who won gold at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, were the first team to beat the tenacious Finns in eight tournament games.

“It’s a big relief to finally win it,” Lidstrom, a three-time Stanley Cup winner with Detroit, told the CBC. “I would rank it up there with winning the Stanley Cup.

“It’s a huge deal for our country back in Sweden. You only play every fourth year.”

Finland, which had allowed only five goals in its first seven matches, was in its first Olympic final but had to settle for the silver.

The Czech Republic won bronze after beating Russia 3-0 on Saturday. Source: canada.com

This is Swedish second-ever olympic gold in Men’s Ice Hocky event. Everyone on the team must be very happy. Here is the list of Team Sweden Men’s Ice Hockey.

Here is a promotion video clip from CBC for XX Winter Olympic Games in Turino, Italy 2006.
View this Turin 2006 Winter Olympics Promotion video clip.