Canadian Vancouver has a long time dreamed of the Olympics-the city made an application in the far 1976 and 1980. The main stadium of the XXI winter Olympics-the famous BC-Place. The Opening and closing ceremonies of the Games happened on this stadium. 2566 athletes from 82 countries came to Vancouver. In 17 days were played 86 sets of awards in 15 type of sport. Men competed in 46 types, women — in 38, mixed pairs competed in two type of sport. For the first time in the history of the winter Olympics, the opening ceremony was passed in closed area. Almost 60 thousand watchers were get together under the BC Place Stadium` inflatable canopy. The emblem was presented on April 23, 2005. On it pictured a statue – inukshuk that named Ilanaak, which translated from the Inuktitut language means "friend". The image was taken from a statue standing on the shore of English Bay in Vancouver. The mascots of the Games were three animals: Miga, Quatchi and Sumi. 

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