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Some not-so-well-known info:

• It is reported that at least seven athletes and/or personnel that represented Haiti at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing have lost their lives.


• No athletes from Haiti are entered in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games


• Members of the Canadian team will officially be announced on January 29th. Even though some sports have "named" their team, after athletes meet their sport's criteria for selection, those names are forwarded to the COC, and it names the team. One of the "responsibilities" of a NOC.


• The flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony will also be named on January 29th. that person recieves the James Worrall Award, instigated in 1991, for the persons who carry the flag at the Opening and Closing of the games. james Worrall carried the flag for Canada at the opening of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. In Canada, each sport may nominate someone from their sport to carry the Canadian flag at the opening. Figure skating has indicated that they have not nominated anyone.