Winter Olympic Games get underway

The Olympic cauldron was lit by four great athletes in front of 60,000 cheering fans Friday night. The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off tonight at 6:30pm CST, and few details exist regarding specifics of the ceremony. Following the traditions of previous host countries, Canada will certainly feature aspects of their culture in a way that presents them as unique and inspirational to the natives. Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the Republic of Georgia, the Olympics' opening ceremonies were launched Friday night with a jubilant countdown by the crowd filling BC Place Stadium.