The 2010 Winter Olympic games kick off officially on Friday, February 12 with the opening ceremony and qualifying rounds of ski jumping, as well as training runs for Men's and Women's Downhill skiing. Although, the alpine skiing downhill training runs for the Men and Women have already started taking place as of Thursday, Feb 11.
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2010 Olympics Competition Schedule:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/event-results-schedules...