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Vancouver, BC – With the 2010 Olympic Winter Games over and the Paralympic Games set to start on March 12,  fans and enthusiasts  can now experience the Games through a number of official licensed books offered by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).  These books are already available for purchase or pre-order at vancouver2010.com or on their local bookstore shelves. The latest book to hit store shelves this week is A Path of Northern Lights: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay . This beautiful, full-colour book tells the story of the Olympic Torch Relay and its 106-day, 45,000-kilometre journey from coast to coast to coast across Canada.  Filled with emotional stories, behind-the-scenes details and stunning imagery and a complete list of all 12,000 torchbearers, this is a book that both Games and torch relay aficionados alike will want to have in their collection.

Whistler, BC ? The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today unveiled the lineup of Canadian talent that will pay tribute to the medal-winning athletes of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games with nightly headline performances at Whistler Medals Plaza. The six concerts from March 13 to March 18, as well as the Paralympic Winter Games Closing Ceremony on March 21, will take place at the world-class outdoor amphitheatre, which also played host to the nightly Victory Ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The headline musical artists are: singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards (March 13); award-winning indie rock band The Weakerthans (March 14); francophone composer/performer Antoine Gratton (March 15); rockers The Trews (March 16); singer/songwriter Justin Hines (March 17); and Juno winner Serena Ryder (March 18)

After 17 wonderful days of top athletic competition, Canada says congratulations and goodbye to world’s top winter athletes during light-hearted Closing Ceremony of 2010 Olympic Winter Games Ceremony pokes fun, celebrates three of Canada’s greatest exports: talent, innovation and humour with homegrown comedic talents, musical superstars See the Closing Ceremony photo gallery Vancouver, BC ? Canada bid adieu to the world’s best winter athletes tonight, ending 17 days of thrilling athletic achievements and rousing displays of patriotism with a spectacular ceremony full of pomp and circumstance and a tongue-in-cheek homage to Canadiana for the official closing of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Relaxed and joyous in spirit to reflect the celebratory atmosphere of the athletes, the ceremony started with a dramatic countdown by more than one thousand young British Columbians chanting “Vancouver” and slamming down their snowboards like dominoes to form the countdown numbers and the iconic words “strong and free” from O Canada . The more than 2,600 Olympians who competed at Canada’s Games entered the indoor stadium no longer grouped by nation but altogether as “one nation of athletes.” They appeared as Nikki Yanofsky, Derek Miller and Eva Avila belted out the upbeat debut of the song Let’s Have a Party written expressly for the night

Companies to provide highly prized tickets to Closing Ceremony of 2010 Olympic Winter Games Vancouver, BC ? Two hundred and fifty volunteers who worked tirelessly to help make the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games a success will be able to attend the spectacular Closing Ceremony tonight, thanks to a generous donation of tickets by Jet Set Sports and its affiliate company CoSport. The companies, which are Official Supporters of the 2010 Winter Games, made the announcement this morning with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) at the Main Press Centre (MPC) in downtown Vancouver. “We’re so pleased to help recognize the outstanding efforts of some of the more than 18,500 volunteers from across Canada and more than 50 countries at the Olympic Winter Games who have helped make this an international sporting event watched by millionsof spectators here and billions around the globe,” said Jet Set Sports company founder and CEO Sead Dizdarevic.

Whistler (AFP) – Steven Holcomb’s USA 1 won the United States’ first Olympic bobsleigh gold in 62 years on Saturday after their ‘Night Train’ sleigh bulleted past the field on the Whistler track. “It’s huge, it’s great,” said Holcomb, who last year became the first American in half a century to win a world title and who arrived at these Games just two years on from sight-saving surgery for a degenerative eye disorder. He drove his quartet to victory in a combined four-heat time of 3min 24.46sec as Andre Lange’s Germany 1 took silver in 3min 24.84sec for a comfortable American winning margin of 0.38sec

Whistler (AFP) – Germany’s Maria Riesch is in prime position to add Olympic slalom gold to her super-combined title after heading the first leg on Friday which saw American star Lindsey Vonn crash out.

WHISTLER (AFP) – Maria Riesch of Germany won her second Olympic gold after dominating the slalom Friday, the final women’s alpine event of the Games. Marlies Schild of Austria won silver and Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic claimed the bronze

Whistler (AFP) – Double Olympic medallist Lindsey Vonn of the United States will take part in the final women’s alpine race, the slalom, on Friday despite a broken finger, team officials said. Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, broke her right pinkie when she crashed out of the giant slalom while leading the first leg on Wednesday. The slalom is considered Vonn’s weakest event, but the 25-year-old ski star is going all out to try and grab her third medal of the Games.

Vancouver (AFP) – Alexei Grishin of Belarus won the men’s Olympic aerials gold on Thursday while Jeret Peterson of the United States took the silver and China’s Liu Zhongqing won the bronze. Grishin scored a combined total of 248.41 points in his two jumps to finish just ahead of Peterson, on 247.21. Liu scored 242.53.

Whistler (AFP) – America’s Bill Demong won the Olympic Games Nordic Combined gold on Thursday. Fellow American Johnny Spillane took silver with Austria’s Bernhard Gruber claiming bronze. dj10