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Bet on the Winter Olympics - We know a lot of eager Olympic betting fans will be looking to place wagers on this years 2010 Winter Games, so we have made sure that we have all the information you are looking for!
For the third time ever, Canada will be hosting the Winter Olympics. The 2010 Olympics are being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The opening ceremony will take place on February 12th 2010 with the closing ceremony on the 28th. Over 5000 athletes from more than 80 countries will push the limits of their skills and strength, Vancouver and Whistler will showcase the Canadian spirit of hospitality, multiculturalism, and athleticism.
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Whistler is the site of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games alpine skiing venues. The Whistler Sliding Centre will host bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events. Meanwhile, Whistler Olympic Park will host Olympic and Paralympic biathlon, Olympic and Paralympic cross-country skiing, Nordic Combined and ski jumping.
One of the truly dazzling sports of the Winter Olympics, ski jumping has widespread fan popularity. The ski jumping competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics will be held at Whistler Olympic Park. The events will be held between the 12th and 22nd February 2010.
The world's best athletes fly through the air, looking to soar the greatest distance humanly possible, is an amazing Olympic moment. Normal hill competitions see ski jumpers flying over 110 meters, while the large hill can see athletes reaching distances of over 145 m. Four competitors from each country jump. The nation with the highest cumulative score from all its combined jumps wins gold. This event began in 1988.
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The 2010 Games will be a historic year for hockey at the Olympics, due to this being the first year since NHL players were allowed to compete that the Winter Olympics are held at a city with a pro team. In addition, games will be played on a NHL sized rink instead of one with international dimensions. Be there in person to see hockey’s best compete for world domination at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Winter Olympic Betting Odds Listed To Date Include:
Men's and Women's Alpine Skiing
Men's and Women's Biathlon
Men's and Women's Cross Country Skiing
Men's and Women's Curling
Men's and Women's Ice Hockey
Bobsled
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Luge
Nordic Combined
Speed Skating
Skeleton
Snowboarding
Speed Skating
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Back at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Germany won the medal derby with 36, followed by the United States
with 34 and Norway with 25. The rest of the totals were Canada (17), Austria (17), Russia (13), Italy (13), France (11),
Switzerland (11), China (8), Holland (8), Finland (7), Sweden (7), and Korea Republic (4).
TORINO Winter Olympics General Facts & Figures
The Olympic Flame at TurinThe 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin, Italy, with the opening ceremony at the Stadio Olimpico.
The opening ceremonies were the last ones for a Winter Olympics to be held outdoors until at least the 2014 Winter Olympics
because those for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held indoors.
Norway's Hilde Pedersen became the oldest woman to win an Olympic Winter Games medal when she took bronze in the cross-country
skiing 10-km classical event in 2006 winters games.
Pedersen is 41 years old and 189 days when she became the oldest womaen to win a Medal.
The previous oldest winner of a women's individual medal was Finland's Marja-Liisa Kirvisniemi,
who took a bronze in the 30-km event at the Lillehammer Games in 1994 at the age of 38 years 167 days.
Raissa Smetanina remains the oldest winner of a gold medal however with her victory in the
4x5-km relay at Albertville in 1992 aged 39 years and 354 days.
you can bet on which country will walk away from Turin with the most gold-colored medals around their athletes' necks.
Norway is currently listed as the favorite at 11/10, followed by Germany at 5/4 and the United States at 11/5.
Here is the complete list of current odds:
Norway led the way with 13 gold medals at Salt Lake City, followed by Germany (12), and the United States (10).
Canada won seven gold medals back in 2002, Russia won five, and no other country won more than four.
If you're more interested in betting on individual Olympic events, Sportbet Olympic betting offers
men's hockey Olympic odds. The Canadians, winners of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 2002 Winter
Olympics tournament, are pegged as 6/5 favorites in Turin. The Czech Republic are next at 5/2, followed
by Sweden (4/1), Russia (5/1), the United States (5/1), Slovakia (10/1), and Finland (12/1). Longshots for
the event are Switzerland (70/1), Germany (200/1), Latvia (200/1), Italy (400/1), and Kazakhstan (450/1).
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