Vancouver 2010

Host city CanadaVancouver
Date Mar 12 - 21, 2010
Local time 22:41 (UTC-8)
Currency Canadian dollar, $ (CAD)

Local weather

12°C
Vancouver
Cloudy
Humidity: 58%
Wind: W at 20 mph

Fact of the day

There are 20 sports in the Paralympic programme for London 2012. 

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic news

Five nominated for Paralympic exemplary official award

By Tom Degun

paralympic skiing_24-10-11October 23 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have shortlisted five nominees for Exemplary Paralympic Games Official at the 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards.
 

Rose heads British Alpine skiing selection for Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

By Tom Degun

January 29 – ParalympicsGB have today announced their team to compete in alpine skiing at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games with man of the moment Sean Rose (pictured) unsurprisingly heading the list of entries.


   

Injured US troops to be sent to Paralympics for inspiration

December 27 - A special committee has been set-up in Oregon to send United States soldiers injured during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the Paralympics in Vancouver next year.

   

Russian drug cheats will miss Vancouver and Sochi after CAS uphold bans

November 13 - Russian biathletes Albina Akhatova and Ekaterina Iourieva (pictured) will both miss the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics in Vancouver after they today both lost their appeal against two-year doping bans.

   

Torch Relay to visit 11 communities before Vancouver Paralympics

November 5 - The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay will visit 11 Canadian communities in 10 days, starting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 3 and ending at the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, it has been announced.

   

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