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flag 2010 Vancouver Olympics featured first-ever Pride House and set Guinness World Record for longest torch relay distance.

flag Vancouver boasts a century-long connection with the Olympics, with local athlete Percy Williams winning gold in the 1928 Amsterdam games. flag Whistler, now a renowned ski resort, aimed to host the Winter Olympics in the 1960s, but bids didn't materialize until the 2010 Vancouver games. flag Ross Rebagliati, a Vancouver native, won the first-ever gold in snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. flag The 2010 Vancouver Olympics featured the first-ever Pride House, a space for the LGBTQ+ community, and the torch relay set a Guinness World Record for the longest distance covered, traveling over 45,000 km through 1,000 communities across Canada.

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