Olympic Features

The Olympic flame in the gardens at Chatsworth House
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The Olympic flame in the gardens at Chatsworth House
Local youth Ben Hope carries the Olympic Torch and Flame in the gardens of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire during the Torch Relay.

The Olympic flame at Chatsworth House
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The Olympic flame at Chatsworth House
Local youth Ben Hope holds the Olympic Torch and Flame in front Chatsworth House in Derbyshire during the Torch Relay.

A firm grip on the torch
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A firm grip on the torch
Local youth Ben Hope carries the Olympic Torch and Flame in the gardens of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire during the Torch Relay.

Security for the flame
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Security for the flame
Flanked by security local youth Ben Hope carries the Olympic Torch and Flame in the gardens of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire during the Torch Relay.

Olympic Rings features
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Olympic Rings features
A double image of interesting use of the Olympic Rings - landing on the logo at the Gymnastics vaulting event left and leaping through a hoop in front of the logo right, both images from the Sydney 2000 Summer Games.

The Olympic flame at Waterfront
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The Olympic flame at Waterfront
The Olympic flame and cauldron at the waterfront harbour in Vancouver at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

A spectacular moment
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A spectacular moment
A spectacular moment as a skateboarder leaps through the Rings at the beginning of the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

A welcome from the First Nations
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A welcome from the First Nations
Members of the tribes of the First Nations of Canada welcome the athletes at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver.

An aerial snowsport show
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An aerial snowsport show
A spectacular aerial snow sport show during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Olympic Rings galore
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Olympic Rings galore
An image from the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with Olympic Rings featuring in the decoration of BC PLace and on the live view video screen.

Securing the flag
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Securing the flag
The Olympic Flag is raised during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

The Olympic Flag raised
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The Olympic Flag raised
The Olympic Flag is raised during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

The lobby of the Main Press Centre
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The lobby of the Main Press Centre
The lobby of the Main Press Centre in Canada Place used for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Aboriginal culture meets the Olympic Rings
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Aboriginal culture meets the Olympic Rings
A First Nations Totem Pole looks across to the Olympic Rings displayed in the lobby of the Main Press Centre at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in vancouver

Celebrating the Games
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Celebrating the Games
A double image of a shop door (left) and the window of a hotel reception area (right) both with celebration decorations for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

The day after
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The day after
The Olympic Flame is extinguished and the cauldron still protected by fencing the day after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games end in Vancouver.

Supporting the Figure Skating event in Vancouver.
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Supporting the Figure Skating event in Vancouver.
A double image of officials and volunteers working at the Figure Skating venue in Vancouver - on the left measuring the temperature of the ice before the start of the competition and on the right a flower girl waiting for her moment to collect the flowers and gifts from the ice.

The Pacific Coliseum Vancouver
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The Pacific Coliseum Vancouver
A general view of the Pacific Coliseum Ice Rink in Vancouver venue for the Figure Skating competitions of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, with two skaters waiting to compete as the previosu skaters wait for their scores.

Zhadorozhniuk and Verbillo in their original and free dances.
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Zhadorozhniuk and Verbillo in their original and free dances.
Anna Zadorozhniuk and Sergei Verbillo (Ukraine) performing their free programme (left) and during their Original Dance (right) at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Support message for Virtue and Moir
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Support message for Virtue and Moir
Spectators at the Figure Skating event hold up a message of support for Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver

In a class of their own
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In a class of their own
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win the Ice dance gold medal with scores putting them well ahead of their rivals.

Hope and the outcome
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Hope and the outcome
A double image of Evan Lysacek (USA) showing a moment of hope in his free programme (left) and with the gold medal during the award ceremony (right) at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

All that glitters
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All that glitters
One of the gold medals awarded at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Sensing success and winning the gold
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Sensing success and winning the gold
A double image of Evan Lysacek (USA) as he senses success at the end of his short programme left and proudly displaying his gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Yu Na Kim at the end of her Free programme
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Yu Na Kim at the end of her Free programme
The finish of a flawless performance - a double image of Yu Na Kim (Korea) as she celebrates finishing her perfect routine in the Free programme of the Ladies competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Yu Na Kim jumps to success
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Yu Na Kim jumps to success
A double image of Korea's Yu Na Kim with her gold medal (left) and performing a difficult triple axel jump (right).

The Vancouver Olympic Medals
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The Vancouver Olympic Medals
The Gold Silver and Bronze medals awarded at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Shen and Zhao at the end of their free programme
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Shen and Zhao at the end of their free programme
Xue Shen and Zhao Hongbo at the end of their free programme of the Pairs Figure Skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Mao Asada and Olympic aspirations
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Mao Asada and Olympic aspirations
A double image of Mao Asada (Japan) performing her Free Programme at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games and with the Olympic Rings in the background.

Yu Na Kim skates to success
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Yu Na Kim skates to success
Yu Na Kim (Korea) performs a perfect free programme to win the gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Skating on the Olympic logo
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Skating on the Olympic logo
A generic imafe of a female figure skater perfroming a spin on the Olympic logo stained into the ice at the Pacific Coliseum at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Security for the Olympic Flame
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Security for the Olympic Flame
The Olympic Flame burns in the cauldron at the Waterfront in Vancouver protected by security fencing much to the frustration of residents and visitors.

Facing the photographers
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Facing the photographers
The medak winners from the Ladies Figure Skating event pose for photographers at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

China under pressure
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China under pressure
China's Yu Baiwei finds herself under pressure from Melamie Hafliger (29) and Sara Benz (13) of Switzerland in their match at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Blurred double Axel
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Blurred double Axel
A generic blurred motion image of a male skater performing a jump during his free programme at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in vancouver.

Logo 3
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Logo 3
A generic image of skaters posed near the Vancouver Olympic Logo during their Free Proegramme

The Olympic flame and rings
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The Olympic flame and rings
A colourful and spectacular Opening Ceremony finishes with thel ighting of the flame of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.