XXI. Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver from now already past the closing ceremony of the handover city of Sochi, which will be held following the Olympic Games in 2014. Game completed the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge.
But the closing ceremony was marked by the shadow of death luges Kumaritašviliho whose memory no one forgot to mention in his speech.
Organizers subsequently erected and the fourth part of the Olympic torch to the fire, which remained at the opening ceremony due to technical problems under the floor. Catriona Rychlobruslařka LeMayová-Doanová so could still ignite a giant cup. After the musical number Yanofské Nikki area got athletes.
Today at 3 pm CET was officially launched in 1921 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the first time in a closed hall at BC Place Stadium, where watched by 60,000 people and start watching TV more than three billion people worldwide.
Is initiated Governor of Canada Michaëlle Jean, who said the Olympic Games in Vancouver to commence. The ceremony was dedicated to the Georgian luges Nodaru Kumaritašvilimu, who died from injury during Friday's practice. Fire lit the four famous athletes, led by the hockey player Wayne Gretzky, but even so it is not without minor technical problems when the Olympic flame lit in the end, only three athletes.
Upon taking athletes to the BC Place, the Greeks discovered the first (represented by the country where the Olympics come), followed by other representatives from 82 states ranked team abecedě.Vlajkonošem Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr was.
Among the eight personalities who have brought the Olympic flag, was a legendary hockey player Bobby Orr, a former Formula 1 driver Jacques Villeneuve and Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox.
Jednadvacetiletý luges Nodar Kumaritašvili from Georgia crashed at high speed when training for a formidable track in Whistler, flew out from the ice bed and crashed into a steel beam.
This dangerous stretch earlier, some racers and officials criticized because of its extreme speed and danger.
Georgian mistake in the last corner Thunderbird flew out from the ice trough nape and back and crashed into an unprotected steel beam bridge along the route.
After the accident he was unconscious, paramedics on the spot to liven up the Georgians heart massage. He was then transferred to an ambulance and then transported by helicopter to hospital in Whistler and his injuries shortly thereafter died.
It is also not clear whether the luge competition will begin as planned on Saturday, a decision should fall into the third hour CET.
XXI. Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver from now already past the closing ceremony of the handover city of Sochi, which will be held following the Olympic Games in 2014. Game completed the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. 
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