Vancouver Awarded 2010 Winter Olympic Games

World | July 2, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

Vancouver was awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics after a secret vote by international Olympic Committee members at a meeting in Prague. The Canadians beat off bids from South Korea's Pyeongchang and the Austrian city of Salzburg to win the right to stage the Winter Games. It will be the first time Canada plays host to the Olympics since Calgary hosted the Winter Games in 1988.

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