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The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games (French: Les ''Xes Jeux paralympiques d'hiver''), or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler. With a theme of "One Inspires Many," the Opening Ceremony featured over 5000 local performers. Fifteen-year-old snowboarder Zach Beaumont, who is an amputee, was the final torch bearer and lit the Games Cauldron. The 2 hours live ceremony was produced by Vancouver-based Patrick Roberge Productions Inc. This was the first time Canada hosted the Winter Paralympic Games and second time it hosted the Paralympics – the first was the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. On June 7, 2006, Prince Edward, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family and patron of the British Paralympic Association, raised the flag of the Paralympic Games outside Vancouver City Hall. Brian McKeever of Canada became the first athlete to be named in a Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics team in the same year, although he did not compete in the Olympic Games. (At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was scheduled to compete in the men's 50 km cross-country race, but the coach replaced him with a skier who did well at an earlier event.)〔Vancouver Sun, ("Legally blind skier embodies the Olympic ideal" ), Miro Cernetig, ''February 17, 2010'' (accessed February 21, 2010)〕〔Associated Press, ("Canada's McKeever to ski at Olympics, Paralympics" ), Rachel Cohen, ''February 17, 2010'' (accessed February 21, 2010)〕〔Boston Herald, ("Blind Olympian doesn’t believe in limits" ), Steve Kelley, ''February 20, 2010'' (accessed February 21, 2010)〕 At the Paralympics, he competed in Cross-country skiing and Biathlon. Viviane Forest became the first Paralympian to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.〔Vancouver Sun, ("Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" ), Mike Beamish, ''March 18, 2010'' (accessed March 19, 2010)〕〔Vancouver Sun, ("Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" ), John Korobanik, ''March 11, 2010'' (accessed March 19, 2010)〕 Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft won 5 gold medals in alpine skiing, the most gold medals won by any Canadian Winter Paralympian at a single Games.〔Vancouver Sun, ("Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" ), CanWest News Service, ''March 21, 2010'' (accessed March 21, 2010)〕 Also German Verena Bentele won 5 gold medals, in biathlon and cross country skiing, and with that number they set the gold medal record for the 2010 Games. == Bidding process == (詳細はInternational Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics was also to host the 2010 Winter Paralympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/18143145 )〕 Following the second and final round of voting at the 115th IOC Session in Prague, Czech Republic, the right to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were awarded to Vancouver. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 Winter Paralympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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