2010 Winter Olympics Events Schedule Released

If you have never enjoyed, or survived, the Olympic experience in person and you are aiming for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, get your calendar ready to make plans. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have released the official 2010 Daily Competition Schedule giving a day-by-day breakdown of the sporting activities over the 17 days of Olympic competition and the 9 days of Paralympic competition.

Some highlights of the schedule are: the Opening Ceremony will begin at 6:00 pm on February 12, 2010 and the final sport event of the Olympic Winter Games, the men’s gold medal hockey game is scheduled for February 28, at 12:15 pm. The first Paralympic event will be the men’s and ladies’ alpine skiing competitions beginning at 9:30 am on March 13th, with the final Paralympic sport event, the men’s and ladies’ one-kilometer sprint finals in cross-country skiing, at 12:00 pm on March 21.

With the release of this official hourly account, you can plan out the events you would like to see making sure you won't have a conflict when it comes time to buy tickets. Remember, if you are serious about getting tickets, work out all potential conflicts now because tickets go on sale October 3rd - just two months away.

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