Perfect End to Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Beneath the mist-shrouded mountains of Vancouver, the Olympic games has come to an end.  Throughout the past two weeks we have witnessed prosperity and passions for sports brought about by the 21st Olympic winter games, wrapped up by a perfect closing ceremony at BC Place on the evening of Feb 28th, 2010.

The 2010 Vancouver winter games production is arguably the biggest one in the history of winter Olympics.  During the games, which lasted for 17 days, more than 2600 atheletes from all around the world gather in Vancouver and Whisler to compete in over 86 events grouped in 7 major and 15 minor categories.  Canada, this year's host country, also created a record of most gold medals with a count of 14.

Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC (International Olympic Committee), commended Vancouver for the well organized Olympic games, and Canadians for their friendliness and charm.  During the closing ceremony, he also paid tribute to Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian Luger who lost his life early in the games.  He said "the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili will be one of the legacies of the Vancouver Games".

17days of Olympic games have come to a satisfying end.  Vancouver has passed the responsibily of organizing the Winter Olympics to the next host city, Sochi of Russia, where the atheletes will compete again in 2014.  But for now, let us recap the exciting snapshots of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games.

Canada VS USA in the men's hockey final match. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Canadian speed skating team (Mathieu Giroux (R), Lucas Makowsky (C) and Denny Morrison) won the gold medal on Feb 27th in the Oval Stadium in Richmond. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

Four time Canadian snow boarding world champion Jasey-Jay Anderson won gold on Saturday Feb 27th in the parallel giant slalom event. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Austrian ski-jumper Wolfgang Loitzl. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)

British skeleton athlete Kristan Bromley. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Canadian speed skater Kalyna Roberge. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Luger David Moeller of Germany. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Canadian  freestyle skier from Montreal, Quebec, Alexandre Bilodeau. The first Canadian to win gold on Canadian soil. Whoa! (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

South Korean figure skater Yu-Na "The Queen" Kim won gold. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Chinese figure skating dream team Xue Shen/ Hong Bo Zhao won gold. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Canadian curling captain Cheryl Bernard focuses in the game. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won ice dance for Canada. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Canadian bobsleigh team Helen Upperton and Shelly-Ann Brown compete. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

A perfect closing ceremony to the superbly organized Olympic games. (Photo: Getty Images)