15th Winter Olympics
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| XV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||
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| Host city |  Clayquot
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| Nations | 51 | ||||||||
| Opening ceremony | 21 January 2021 OOC | ||||||||
| Closing ceremony | 15 February 2021 OOC | ||||||||
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The 15th Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Clayquot. This was the second Winter Olympics hosted by Kelssek and marked the fourth time the country has hosted the Olympic Games overall. In addition to the regular medal programme, bandy was held as a demonstration event.
The Games logo features the aurora borealis around a simplified profile of Parracuttis, the extinct cone volcano which is the most prominent peak of the Memorable Mountains and a landmark of the Clayquot region.
Host selection
| Bid | Votes |
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| Clayquot
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16 |
| Re-open bids | 1 |
| Total | 17 |
Clayquot's bid won the vote for hosting rights unopposed. The vote was held according to the process specified by the Olympic Charter.
Venues and infrastructure
Entauren
- Entauren Mountain Resort – Alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding
- Etnier Sliding Centre – Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton
Clayquot metropolitan area
- Fratellis Olympic Oval – Speed skating
- Portage Arena – short track, ice hockey
- Partisans Arena – ice hockey
- University of Etnier Sports Centre – curling
- Coronet Park – Biathlon, cross-country skiing
The Games
Summary
| List of known flag-bearers | ||
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| NOC | Flag bearer | Sport |
| ABL | Sami Katjamäki | Short track |
| AUG | Chantelle Green | Freestyle skiing |
| BNJ | Dewa Bangè | Ice hockey |
| DCS | Leonid Bolshoi | Figure skating |
| GRÆ | Kimberly Ernstsdóttir | Alpine skiing |
| HAN | Jayden Miller | Snowboarding |
| IOU | Matan ben Utz | Ski jumping |
| KGS | Zomba la Bomba | Alpine skiing |
| KRY | Chantelle Green | Freestyle skiing |
| KSK | Ariana Elches | Speed skating |
| KWP | Tiffany Day | Ice dancing |
| LEN | Guy de la Mer | Biathlon |
| MYT | Slava Preobrazhensky | Alpine skiing |
| NRK | Zachary Gossar | Ice hockey |
| NWD | Erik Norvik | Alpine skiing |
| NWF | Maximilien Saulnier | |
| RNS | Michelle Aldebrandi | Bobsleigh |
| SDM | Lucille Berger | |
| SIL | Charlotte Renaud | Alpine skiing |
| STL | Thomas Tannenberg | Ski jumping |
| TRM | Ejo Orlet | Nordic combined |
| XXO | Ghaaliya al-Salaam | Figure skating |
Opening ceremony
- The opening ceremony's artistic performance focused on environmentalist themes, featuring the use of lighted drones and a starring role for the dragon said to live inside Paracuttis. The crowd then saw retired women's ice hockey captain Briana Meekinson light the Olympic cauldron. The torch was carried into the stadium by Marie-Anne Boucher, mother of the late Jean-Luc Lacroix, and handed to retired alpine skier Evan Mackay, who then passed it Meekinson.
- The Games were declared open by Ronán Garrity, Federal President of Kelssek
Day 1
- Skating Liventia criticized the format of the figure skating team event, claiming that it unduly penalized weak performances in particular segments.
- Lance Coppeler (Nurkama) won gold in the short track men's 1500m, marking his country's first Olympic medal.
- West Phoenicia's hopes of repeating its figure skating team gold fell away with mistakes in the pairs portion of the event.
- Saint-Domingues won its first Olympic medal thanks to Margot Hardanger's gold in the women's speed skating 3000m.
Day 2
Participating delegations
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Medal table
- ↑ Used code GRÆ. This alternative code is shown due to technical limitations.