2006 Winter Olympics

De 2006 Winter Olympics (Italian: 2006 Olimpiadi invernali), officially de XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) dem sanso know am as Torino 2006, na ebe winter multi-sport event dem hold from 10 to 26 February insyd Turin, Italy. Dis mark de second time Italy host de Winter Olympics, de first be insyd 1956 insyd Cortina d'Ampezzo; na Italy sanso host de Summer Olympics insyd 1960 insyd Rome.

Na dem select Turin as de host city give de 2006 Games insyd June 1999. Na de official motto of Torino 2006 be "Passion lives here".^[1][2] De Games ein logo depict stylized profile of de Mole Antonelliana building, dem draw for white den blue ice crystals insyd, wey dey signify de snow den de sky. Na de crystal web sanso mean make e portray de web of fresh technologies den de Olympic spirit of community. Na de 2006 Olympic mascots be Neve ("snow" insyd Italian), female snowball, den Gliz, male ice cube.^[3]

Dem schedule Italy make e host de Winter Olympics in 2026 insyd Milan den Cortina d'Ampezzo, 20 years after de 2006 event.

Na dem choose Turin as de host of de Olympics for de 109th IOC Session insyd Seoul, South Korea for 19 June 1999.^[4] Na dis decision be de first bidding process, after de IOC adopt fresh election procedures during de 108th Extraordinary IOC Session insyd light of de controversies wey dey surround de votes give de 1998 den 2002 Winter Olympics.^[5]

Since na dem forbid IOC members from make dem visit de candidate cities (for de interests of make dem reduce bribery), de 109th IOC Session elect special body, de Selection College, make dem choose finalist cities from de pool of candidate cities after each make dema final presentations to de full IOC Session.

De full IOC Session then vote for de cities dem choose as finalist cities by de Selection College. Although six European cities present dema projects. Two per go advance to de final stage, wich na be de choice of de host city. For de first phase, all for make de preliminary presentation for full IOC Session insyd. All de members of de Selection College for be present for de audience wey na ebe dema responsibility make dem decide wich go be de two finalists. Dem decide say na de cities be: de big favorite Sion den de dark horse of de process: Turin.^[4] Na dem drop de bids of Helsinki, Finland; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia; Zakopane, Poland; den Klagenfurt, Austria by de Selection College after all six bidding cities make dema presentations.^[6]

De selection of Turin over Sion cam as surprise around de world since na dem see de Swiss city as de overwhelming favorite for part secof de IOC get dema headquarters insyd Switzerland.^[7] Sam analysts attribute de choice of Turin as reaction to Swiss IOC member Marc Hodler ein role for he expose de bribery scandal wey dey surround Salt Lake City ein bid for de 2002 Winter Olympics.^[8]

De information below dem cam from de International Olympic Committee Vote History Archived 25 May 2008 at de Wayback Machine web page.

2006 Winter Olympics bidding results^[9][10]

City	Country	Round 1
Turin	Italy	53
Sion	Switzerland	36

The Oxford Olympics Study establish de outturn cost of de Torino 2006 Winter Olympics for US$4.4 billion insyd 2015-dollars den cost overrun for 80% insyd real terms.^[11] Dis dey include sports-related costs per, wey be, (i) operational costs dem incur by de organizing committee for de purpose of staging de Games, e.g., expenditures give technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, den medical services, den (ii) direct capital costs dem incur by de host city den country anaa private investors make dem build, e.g., de competition venues, de Olympic village, international broadcast center, den media den press center, wich dem require make dem host de Games. Dem no include indirect capital costs, such as for road, rail, anaa airport infrastructure, anaa for hotel upgrades anaa oda business investment dem incur for preparation give de Games buh no directly relate to staging de Games. De cost den cost overrun give Torino 2006 dey compare plus costs of US$2.5 billion den cost overrun of 13% for Vancouver 2010, den costs of US$51 billion den cost overrun of 289% give Sochi 2014, de latter be de most costly Olympics to date. Average cost give Winter Games since 1960 be US$3.1 billion, average cost overrun be 142%.

De 2006 Winter Olympics feature 84 medal events over 15 disciplines insyd 7 sports.^[12] Unlike de previous 4 editions, na dem no introduce sport/discipline to de program insyd dis edition. However, na dem add 8 fresh events insyd disciplines wey na dem already exist insyd de Olympic Program.Na de list of fresh events be mass start insyd biathlon, team sprint insyd cross-country skiing, border cross insyd snowboard den de team pursuit insyd speed skating.Insyd all dese events na dem hold both events give men den women.^[13] Secof number of changes dem make by de International Ski Federation, na dis be de first edition of de Winter Olympic Games for wich na dem implement rotation system between skiing styles. For dis way insyd, de long cross-country skiing events (30 km give de women den 50 km give men) wey na dem contest insyd de classic system during de 2002 Winter Olympics na dem alternate am plus de freestyle system.

De list wey dey follow dey show de sports den disciplines wey na dem contest for de 2006 Games.

1. Biathlon
   • Biathlon (10)
2. Bobsleigh
   • Bobsleigh (3)
   • Skeleton (2)
3. Curling
   • Curling (2)
4. Ice hockey
   • Ice hockey (2)
5. Luge
   • Luge (3)
6. Skating
   • Figure skating (4)
   • Short track speed skating (8)
   • Speed skating (12)
7. Skiing
   • Alpine skiing (10)
   • Cross-country skiing (12)
   • Freestyle skiing (4)
   • Nordic combined (3)
   • Ski jumping (3)
   • Snowboarding (6)

Numbers insyd parentheses dey indicate de number of medal events dem contest insyd each separate discipline.

All dates be insyd Central European Time (UTC+1)

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

EG

Exhibition gala

CC

Closing ceremony

February		10th Fri	11th Sat	12th Sun	13th Mon	14th Tue	15th Wed	16th Thu	17th Fri	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	Events
Ceremonies		OC																CC
Alpine skiing				1		1	1		●	2		2		1		1	1		10
Biathlon			1		1	1		1		2			1		1		2		10
Bobsleigh										●	1	●	1				●	1	3
Cross country skiing				2		2		1	1	1	1			2		1		1	12
Curling					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	1	1			2
Figure skating			●		1	●		1	●		●	1	●		1	EG			4
Freestyle skiing			1				1					●	●	1	1				4
Ice hockey			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●		●	●	1	2
Luge			●	1	●	1	1												3
Nordic combined			1				●	1					1						3
Short track speed skating				1			1			2				1			3		8
Skeleton								1	1										2
Ski jumping			●	1					●	1		1							3
Snowboarding				1	1			1	1					1	1				6
Speed skating			1	1	1	1	●	2		1	1		1	1		1	1		12
Total events			4	8	4	6	4	8	3	9	3	5	4	7	5	4	7	3	84
Cumulative total			4	12	16	22	26	34	37	46	49	54	58	65	70	74	81	84
February		10th Fri	11th Sat	12th Sun	13th Mon	14th Tue	15th Wed	16th Thu	17th Fri	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	Events

De top ten list NOCs by number of gold medals dem list dem below.

 Host country (Italy)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	11	12	6	29
2	United States	9	9	7	25
3	Austria	9	7	7	23
4	Russia	8	6	8	22
5	Canada	7	10	7	24
6	Sweden	7	2	5	14
7	South Korea	6	3	2	11
8	Switzerland	5	4	5	14
9	Italy*	5	0	6	11
10	France	3	2	4	9
	Netherlands	3	2	4	9
Totals (11 entries)		73	57	61	191

Date	Sport	Event	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze
14 February	Luge	Women's singles	Germany	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Tatjana Hüfner
25 February	Alpine Skiing	Men's slalom	Austria	Benjamin Raich	Reinfried Herbst	Rainer Schönfelder

Stefania Belmondo, 10-time Olympic medalist insyd cross-country skiing, light de Olympic Flame during de opening ceremony for 10 February. Before dat, na dem celebrate de ceremony de best of Italy den Sport wey dey include segment wey dey honor de Alps. De FilmMaster Group K-events (from March 2012: Filmmaster Events) create den produce de Opening den Closing Ceremonies of de XX Winter Olympic Games insyd Turin insyd 2006. Executive Producer Marco Balich, Content Supervisor Alfredo Accatino, Art Direction Lida Castelli. Monica Maimone of Studio Festi direct de section From Renaissance To Baroque, part of de Opening Ceremony.^[14][15]

Na dem award de first gold medal of de 2006 Games insyd de 20 kilometre biathlon, German Michael Greis win for de first day of competition. Ice hockey begin plus de women's competition; Sweden defeat Russia 3–1 insyd de first match while Canada ein team open plus de second most lopsided win insyd Olympic history by dem beat de host Italians 16–0.

For 12 February, Latvia win ein first winter Olympic medal wen Mārtiņš Rubenis take de bronze insyd de men's luge. Armin Zöggeler ein win insyd dat event give Italy ein first gold medal of de Games wey e give Zöggeler medals for four consecutive Olympics, wey dey include two golds in a row. Insys Alpine skiing, na Antoine Deneriaz of France win de men's downhill.

Chinese figure skating pair Zhang Dan den Zhang Hao, dey trail dominant Russian pair, dem attempt a throw quadruple salchow jump— element wich na e never be successfully dem plete insyd competition. Zhang Dan fall, wey she injure ein knee, buh de pair fini dema program to standing ovation wey dem take de silver medal. Russia fini de third day of competition plus two gold medals, as de United States do.

De fourth day see Evgeni Plushenko of Russia set world record score insyd de men's figure skating short program; ein 90.66 points exceed de nearest opponent ein score by more dan 10 points. Na dem riddle de men's combined alpine skiing plus disqualifications, wey dey include front-runners Bode Miller den Benjamin Raich. American Ted Ligety win de event for wat na dem consider an upset.

Canada get anoda strong day for 15 February, wey dem set fresh Olympic records insyd both men's den women's pursuit team speed skating events as well as dem gbele de men's ice hockey competition plus win against Italy. Italy fini de day plus de men's pursuit team Olympic record, however, after de Netherlands better Canada ein time wey Italy improve upon dema own. China win ein first gold of 2006 plus Wang Meng ein victory insyd de women's individual 500-metre short track speed skating. Pair of Austrian bros Andreas Linger den Wolfgang Linger win de men's doubles luge while Michaela Dorfmeister give de nation anoda championship insyd de women's downhill.

Kristina Šmigun win ein second gold medal of de Games plus victory insyd de women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing for 16 February, wey remain de Estonian per to medal. Insyd men's curling action, Great Britain edge Germany 7–6, Switzerland keep New Zealand winless by dem win 9–7, Canada beat Norway 7–6, wey de United States defeat Sweden, 10–6. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia win de gold insyd de men's singles artistic skating.

For 17 February, Tanja Frieden of Switzerland take de gold insyd women's snowboard cross after Lindsey Jacobellis of de United States fall for de second-to-last jump while dem perform unnecessary method grab. Jacobellis settle give silver (she win gold if na she no perform de grab), while Canada ein Dominique Maltais take bronze after she recover from crash. Duff Gibson of Canada take gold insyd de skeleton just ahead of fellow Canadian Jeff Pain, wey he cam turn de oldest individual gold medalist insyd Winter Olympics history. Insyd de women's ice hockey semifinals, de United States loose shootout to Sweden, dey mark de first time insyd international competition wey de United States loose to anyone oda dan Canada.^[16] Canada ein win maintain ein record of e never loose to any bro oda dan de United States.^[17]

Kjetil André Aamodt win gold give Norway insyd de men's super-G for 18 February, wey he beat Hermann Maier of Austria. Germans Kati Wilhelm den Martina Glagow fini first den second insyd de 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit. De host Italians defeat Canada insyd men's curling, while Switzerland do de same insyd men's ice hockey make e put de Canadians for de wrong end of two major upsets for de same day. De United States men's ice hockey team suffer ein first loss of de tournament as Slovakia den Russia continue dema dominance of de pool.

Lascelles Brown cam turn de first Jamaican-born competitor make he win medal for de Winter Olympics for 19 February, wey he compete for de Canadian 2-man bobsleigh team wich na he fini second insyd extremely tight competition. Na de German pair be .21 seconds per ahead of de Canadians, dema selves .14 per ahead of de Swiss team. Finland continue e be unbeaten insyd men's ice hockey, wey hand Canada ein second loss.

De day sanso see de most hyped event of dese games, at least insyd Europe, as na dem schedule de Men's 10 km Cross Country Relay. De battle stem from de Lillehammer games 12 years ago for wich Italy out-duel Norway insyd dat very same event. To dat extent, chaw Norwegians want make dem win dis event so say dem go embarrass de Italians for dema home turf top, buh na e for no be as Italy crush de field wey dem win over Germany by over 15 seconds make dem take dema 5th straight gold insyd dis event. Norway fail make dem medal for de first time since 1988.

Na de final day of curling pool play be 20 February; Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, den Canada advance to de women's semifinals while Finland, Canada, de United States, den Great Britain qualify insyd de men's competition. Austria take dema first team gold medal insyd ski jumping, while Canada take dema second insyd women's ice hockey.

Slovakia den Finland both win dema final men's ice hockey games for 21 February make dem win dema respective pools plus 5–0–0 records. Enrico Fabris give de host nation anoda gold medal insyd speed skating by he win de men's 1500 metres.

For 22 February, de twelfth day of competition, Anja Pärson win ein first gold medal insyd de women's slalom; na ebe ein fifth overall Olympic medal den third of de 2006 Games. Chandra Crawford take quicker route to de top of de podium, wey she win de 1.1 kilometre cross-country sprint gold insyd ein Olympic debut. Insyd de men's ice hockey quarterfinals, de previously undefeated Slovaks loose to de Czech Republic while Russia, Finland, den Sweden eliminate Canada, de United States, den Switzerland, respectively. Philipp Schoch successfully defend ein snowboarding giant slalom gold against ein bro Simon.

Sweden take xe women's championship insyd de curling finals dem hold for 23 February. Shizuka Arakawa give Japan ein first gold medal of de Games den first figure skating gold medal, wey she win de ladies dema figure skating competition for part by she be able make she fini widout falling, as Sasha Cohen den Irina Slutskaya both tumble. Russia wrest de gold medal insyd women's team biathlon from Germany.

Na 24 February be de day of de men's curling finals, for wich Canada win ein first gold medal den de United States win ein first medal insyd de sport as Canada defeat Finland den de United States beat Great Britain for de second time. Na dem sanso hold de figure skating gala, plus top placers insyd all of de events dey perform exhibitions. Sweden den Finland win dema men's ice hockey semifinal games, wey dem defeat de Czech Republic den Russia.

De Austrians sweep de men's alpine slalom medals for 25 February, Benjamin Raich lead am. Germany take gold medals insyd de men's 15 kilometer biathlon den de men's individual bobsleigh. Apolo Anton Ohno win ein second short track speed skating gold medal. South Korea ein Jin Sun-Yu win ein third gold of de Games insyd de women's 1000 m. Compatriot Ahn Hyun-Soo win ein third gold medal of de Games, wey he medal insyd every men's short track event wey he bring ein total number of medals insyd Turin to four.

Na dem hold de final day of competition den de closing ceremony, during de Sunday Carnival for 26 February. De Swedish men's ice hockey team hand Finland dema first loss insyd de final make dem take de gold medal. Insyd de closing ceremony, Manuela Di Centa, seven-time Olympic medalist wey komot Italy den then-member of de International Olympic Committee, na dem schedule am make she present de medals for de men's 50-kilometre cross-country skiing event. Dis result in she present de gold medal to ein own bro wen Giorgio Di Centa win de event to take ein second gold medal.

Na dem mainly hold Olympic events insyd Turin, buh oda events (namely skiing, snowboarding, den de track sports) na dem hold dem insyd mountainous outlying villages for obvious reasons.

Na chaw venues locate insyd de Olympic District insyd central Turin, wey dey include:

• Oval Lingotto – Speed skating
• Torino Esposizioni – Ice hockey
• Palasport Olimpico – Ice hockey (final)
• Stadio Olimpico – Opening den closing ceremonies
• Palavela – Figure skating, short-track speed skating
• Piazza Castello - awarding ceremonies
• Olympic Village

• Bardonecchia – Snowboarding
• Cesana Pariol – Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton
• Cesana San Sicario – Biathlon
• Pinerolo – Curling
• Pragelato – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
• Pragelato Plan – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
• San Sicario Fraiteve – Alpine skiing (women's combined (downhill), downhill, den super-g)
• Sauze d'Oulx – Freestyle skiing
• Sestriere Borgata – Alpine skiing (men's combined (downhill), downhill, super-g)
• Sestriere Colle – Alpine skiing (combined (slalom), giant slalom, slalom)

• Bardonecchia
• Sestriere
• Turin

• Chiomonte
• Claviere
• Prali
• Alpe Lusentino - Domodossola (VB) (Alpine Skiing)
• Riale - Formazza (VB) (Nordic Skiing)

• Torre Pellice

Record 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) enter athletes for de 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Na dis be increase of two from de 78 wey represent for de 2002 Olympic Winter Games. De number insyd parentheses dey indicate de number of participants wey NOC contribute. Na ebe de first appearance for Albania, Ethiopia den Madagascar. Na ebe de appearance per for de Winter Olympics give Serbia and Montenegro, dey cam between de country ein name change insyd 2003 from de Federal Republic of Yugoslavia den Montenegro ein then-pending vote for independence insyd May 2006. Algeria return to de Winter games after 14-year absence, Senegal return to de Winter games after 12-year absence, den Luxembourg, North Korea den Portugal return after 8 years. Six countries, Cameroon, Fiji, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico den Trinidad and Tobago wich na dem be for de 2002 Games, no participate insyd 2006.

National Olympic Committees wey dey participate

Albania (1) Algeria (2) Andorra (3) Argentina (9) Armenia (5) Australia (40) Austria (73) Azerbaijan (2) Belarus (28) Belgium (4) Bermuda (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina (6) Brazil (9) Bulgaria (21) Canada (191) Chile (9) China (73) Costa Rica (1) Croatia (23) Cyprus (1) Czech Republic (83) Denmark (4) Estonia (26) Ethiopia (1) Finland (90) France (82) Georgia (3) Germany (155) Great Britain (39) Greece (5) Hong Kong (1) Hungary (19) Iceland (5) India (4) Iran (2) Ireland (4) Israel (5) Italy (179) (host) Japan (110) Kazakhstan (55) Kenya (1) North Korea (6) South Korea (40) Kyrgyzstan (1) Latvia (57) Lebanon (3) Liechtenstein (5) Lithuania (7) Luxembourg (1) Macedonia (3) Madagascar (1) Moldova (6) Monaco (4) Mongolia (2) Nepal (1) Netherlands (33) New Zealand (15) Norway (67) Poland (45) Portugal (1) Romania (25) Russia (174) San Marino (1) Senegal (1) Serbia and Montenegro (6) Slovakia (58) Slovenia (36) South Africa (3) Spain (16) Sweden (106) Switzerland (125) Chinese Taipei (1) Tajikistan (1) Thailand (1) Turkey (6) Ukraine (52) United States (204) Uzbekistan (4) Venezuela (1) Virgin Islands (1)

2,494 athletes from 80 NOCs participate insyd de 2006 Winter Olympics.

IOC Letter Code	Country	Athletes
ALB	Albania	1
ALG	Algeria	2
AND	Andorra	3
ARG	Argentina	9
ARM	Armenia	5
AUS	Australia	40
AUT	Austria	73
AZE	Azerbaijan	2
BLR	Belarus	28
BEL	Belgium	4
BER	Bermuda	1
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
BRA	Brazil	9
BUL	Bulgaria	21
CAN	Canada	191
CHI	Chile	9
CHN	China	73
CRC	Costa Rica	1
CRO	Croatia	23
CYP	Cyprus	1
CZE	Czech Republic	83
DEN	Denmark	4
EST	Estonia	26
ETH	Ethiopia	1
FIN	Finland	90
FRA	France	82
GEO	Georgia	3
GER	Germany	155
GBR	Great Britain	39
GRE	Greece	5
HKG	Hong Kong	1
HUN	Hungary	19
ISL	Iceland	5
IND	India	4
IRI	Iran	2
IRL	Ireland	4
ISR	Israel	5
ITA	Italy	179
JPN	Japan	110
KAZ	Kazakhstan	55
KEN	Kenya	1
PRK	North Korea	6
KOR	South Korea	40
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	1
LAT	Latvia	57
LIB	Lebanon	3
LIE	Liechtenstein	5
LTU	Lithuania	7
LUX	Luxembourg	1
MKD	Macedonia	3
MAD	Madagascar	1
MDA	Moldova	6
MON	Monaco	4
MGL	Mongolia	2
NEP	Nepal	1
NED	Netherlands	33
NZL	New Zealand	15
NOR	Norway	67
POL	Poland	45
POR	Portugal	1
ROU	Romania	25
RUS	Russia	174
SMR	San Marino	1
SEN	Senegal	1
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	6
SVK	Slovakia	58
SLO	Slovenia	36
RSA	South Africa	3
ESP	Spain	16
SWE	Sweden	106
SUI	Switzerland	125
TPE	Chinese Taipei	1
TJK	Tajikistan	1
THA	Thailand	1
TUR	Turkey	6
UKR	Ukraine	52
USA	United States	204
UZB	Uzbekistan	4
VEN	Venezuela	1
ISV	Virgin Islands	1

Out of 40,000 applicants, na dem select 20,000 volunteers make dem help de athletes, spectators, den journalists, den make dem prepare de competition sites. Na dem select dem by de recruiting program Noi2006.^[18]

Na dem construct sixty-five sporting facilities, various infrastructures, sport villages for athletes den media, den transportation infrastructures for total of 1.7 billion euros.^[19] Among de most important sporting facilities wey na dem use be:

• De Stadio Olimpico (Turin) (dem formerly know am as Stadio Comunale);
• Five sports halls (three fresh, two dem rearrange): de Palazzo a Vela wey Gae Aulenti re-design am (make e host short track den ice skating), de Oval Lingotto (speed ice skating), Torino Esposizioni (ice hockey), de Ice stadium insyd corso Tazzoli, de Palasport Olimpico wey Arata Isozaki design am (ice hockey);
• De Olympic arch of Turin;
• Olympic villages of Turin, Bardonecchia den Sestriere;
• De ice stadium insyd Pinerolo, dem re-arrange den enlarge am, make e host de curling competition;
• Fresh stadium insyd Torre Pellice (ice hockey);
• Twelve fresh intermediate-level ski lifts insyd Cesana Torinese, Cesana San Sicario, Sestriere, Bardonecchia, Claviere, Sauze d'Oulx, Pragelato;
• De tracks give bobsled, luge, den skeleton insyd Cesana (de second international track insyd Italy, along plus de one insyd Cortina d'Ampezzo);

Na de most important transport infrastructure works be:

• De Turin Metro (VAL system), wich for de Olympic games connect Collegno to de railway station of Porta Susa.
• De upgrade of 11 state roads den motorways wey dey connect Turin plus oda Olympic sites, wey dey include de Motorway between Turin den Pinerolo, wich na dem host to de Curling events.

Insyd de city, na de main developments be de Palafuksas, glass building design wey Massimiliano Fuksas design am, de fresh Modern Art Gallery den de great project of de "Spina", wey go provide urban regeneration over area of 2 million square meters thru de construction of underground urban railway den de re-utilization of industrial areas dem abandon.

Worldwide Olympic Partners

• Atos Origin
• De Coca-Cola Company
• General Electric
• Kodak
• Lenovo
• Manulife
• McDonald's
• Omega SA
• Panasonic
• Samsung Electronics
• Visa Inc.

Main sponsors

• Fiat Group
• Sanpaolo IMI
• Telecom Italia (Telecom den TIM)

Official sponsors

• Alfa Romeo
• Alpitour
• Anheuser-Busch
• ASICS
• Berloni
• Eutelsat
• Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
• Jet Set Sports
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kyocera
• Lancia
• Leonardo-Finmeccanica
• Reale Mutua Assicurazioni

Official suppliers

• Adecco Group
• Automobile Club d'Italia
• A.T. Kearney
• Ceriel
• Cicrespi
• Cofatech
• Deutsche Bahn (DB Schenker)
• Europcar
• Fast-Buyer
• Fontanafredda Winery
• Garrett Metal Detectors
• Intercom Dr. Leitner
• Italcar
• Italgas
• Liski
• Nortel
• Ottaviani
• Pininfarina
• Recchi
• Seteco
• SITAF
• Technogym
• Ticketone
• TNT Express

Na about 40% of de television coverage of de Olympics be insyd high definition.^[20]

Na de 2006 Winter Olympic Games be broadcast worldwide by number of television broadcasters:

Country	Broadcaster	Ref
Argentina	TyC	[21]
Asia	ABU	[22]
Australia	Seven Network	[23]
Brazil	SporTV	[21]
Canada	CBC/Radio-Canada TSN RDS	[24]
Caribbean	CMC	[22]
People's Republic of China	CCTV	[22]
Chinese Taipei	CTS TTV	[22]
Estonia	ETV	[25]
Europe	EBU Eurosport	[26][27]
Finland	Yle	[28]
France	France Télévisions	[22]
Germany	ARD ZDF	[25]
Iceland	RÚV	[25]
Italy	RAI	[29]
Japan	NHK	[22]
Latin America	OTI	[22]
Malaysia	RTM Astro	[21]
Mexico	Azteca	[28]
Middle East	ASBU	[22]
Netherlands	NOS	[25]
New Zealand	TVNZ	[21]
Norway	NRK	[28]
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	[30]
Romania	TVR	[28]
Serbia and Montenegro	RTS RTK	[31][32]
South Africa	SuperSport	[21]
South Korea	KBS SBS	[22]
Sweden	SVT	[21]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	[25]
United Kingdom	BBC	[33]
United States	NBC	[34]

Na de Games get issues plus dem dey cover costs den international attendance. Secof lack of funding by de Italian Government, TOROC risk dissolution.

Na dem finally gbele de metro to de public for 4 February 2006, after 45-day delay. E operate for shorter stretch (XVIII Dicembre (Porta Susa) to Fermi – 11 stations) dan originally forecast; e finally reach de main railway station (Porta Nuova) den de rest of de city centre more dan one year after de Games, insyd October 2007. For de duration of de Games, single ticket (5 euros) cover use of both de metro den oda means of public transportation for whole day. However, during de Games, metro service stop for 6:00 pm, wey dey make am impractical give spectators of eveningti events. Furthermore, de metro no reach any of de Olympic venues. For de oda hand, na de bus service be heavily improved for de Games, although still inadequate for night hours.

During de games, Italian police raid de Austrian athletes dema quarters in search of evidence of blood doping. Na dem conduct de raid secof suspicions over de presence of biathlon coach Walter Mayer, wey na dem ban am from all Olympic events up to den dey include de Vancouver Olympic Games insyd 2010 secof previous doping convictions. Around de time of de raid Mayer den two Austrian biathletes, Wolfgang Perner den Wolfgang Rottmann, try make dem escape wey dem fly back to Austria. Later, de Austrian ski federation presido say dat de two athletes tell am say dem "may have used illegal methods". Na dem sanso take six skiers den four biathletes for drug screens by de IOC.^[35] Na those substance screens later return negative results.

For 25 April 2007, na dem ban six Austrian athletes (Roland Diethard, Johannes Eder, Wolfgang Perner, Jürgen Pinter, Wolfgang Rottmann den Martin Tauber) for life from de Olympics for dema involvement insyd de doping scandal for de 2006 Turin Olympics, de first time de IOC punish athletes widout positive anaa missed doping test. Na dem find de Austrians guilty of dem dey possess doping substances wey dem take part insyd conspiracy, base for materials Italian police seize during de raid for de living quarters. Na dem sanso annul de Austrians dema competition results from Turin.^[36]

List of athletes plus doping convictions insyd dese Games:

• Na dem strip Russian Olga Pyleva of ein silver den oda medals insyd de 15 km biathlon event after she test positive for carphedon.^[37]
• Brazilian bobsled athlete Armando dos Santos, dem eject am from de Games after preventive antidoping test cam positive (na de results be from test dem conduct insyd Brazil).^[38]

Na de IOC retest nearly 500 doping samples wey na dem collect for de 2006 Turin Games. Insyd 2014, na dem notify de Estonian Olympic Committee by de IOC say sample dem retest from cross-country skier Kristina Šmigun na e test positive. For 24 October 2016, de World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes' Commission state say Šmigun, wey win two gold medals for de Turin Games, dey face Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before de end of October.^[39] Insyd December 2017, IOC announce say re-analysis of samples result in no positive cases.^[40]

Number of events report low spectator attendance despite dem get acceptable ticket sales. Preliminary competition den locally less popular sports fail make dem attract capacity crowd as dem expect. Organizers explain na dis be secof blocks of seats wey na dem reserve anaa dem purchase by sponsors den partners wey later dem no show up for de events.

Several news organizations report say na chaw Americans no be as interested insyd de Olympics as for years past insyd.^[41] Na dem suggest say reasons for dis lack of interest dey include de tape delayed coverage, wich show events insyd prime-time as much as 18 hours later insyd de Western United States.^[42] Na primetime viewing figures insyd Canada sanso be disappointing, especially after de early exit of de Canadian men's hockey team,^[43] though na overall viewing figures be up from 2002.^[44]

De Olympics represent opportunity make dem revamp de city ein look den change ein traditional image as industrial city by dem dey show de world ein hidden syd of vibrant cultural life den stunning architectures. Thanks to de Olympic exposure den state of de art venues, Turin cam turn one of Italy ein primary tourist destinations wey dem establish am as important sport center insyd Europe.^[45]

Since 2006, na TOP (Torino Olympic Park) be de agency in charge of make dem dey manage de Olympic facilities.

As plus every Olympics since de Munich massacre for de 1972 Summer Olympics den then increasingly since de Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics insyd de aftermath of de September 11 attacks, na der be heavy security secof fears of terrorism.

De organizers further increase security measures^[46] in connection plus de Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy wey dem insist say na de Olympic Games go be safe, wich na dem be; de Olympics conclude widout major breach of security dey occur.

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