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12/02/2010 The XXI Olympic Winter Games open in Vancouver

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games CTV Opening Intro Theme

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IOC announces Vancouver wins 2010 Olympic Winter Games (CBC)

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(HD) Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony BC Place fireworks

The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died earlier in the day in a training run. An audience of 61,600 were in attendance at the venue.