2010 Winter Olympics (1983: Doomsday)

The XIV Winter Olympic Games are taking place in 2010 in Zürich and other cities of the (AC). They are the first Olympic Games since 1980's Summer Games in Moscow and the first Winter Games since the ones in Lake Placid, USA, held earlier that year.

Background
The was re-founded in Santiago,  in 2001, but the new IOC found it impossible to make concrete plans for a new Games for several years. In 2006, the Alpine Confederation approached the IOC, now based in Auckland, New Zealand, with a bid to host a Winter Games on a limited scale, as a forerunner to a full-fledged Olympics to be held at a later date. The IOC was wary at first, since any Games held in the CA would attract a limited pool of teams, mainly European. Nevertheless, there was a clear need to move forward, and the IOC accepted the Alpine bid. It made the announcement at the same time it announced that Auckland would host the first postwar Summer Games in September 2010; the Auckland Games would later be postponed to 2012.

The Alpine Confederation's concept - a limited Olympic event basically regional in scope - helped to inspire the plan, announced in 2009, for small-scale Summer Games to be held in several cities in September 2010.

The AC took four years to prepare for its celebration of the Games. While the Zürich is the official host city and the site of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, events are held at venues throughout the Confederation, befitting the decentralized nature of the AC.

Events
Competitions are taking place in the eleven sports, the same ones as in 1980:
 * Alpine Skiing (Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Combined)
 * Biathlon (20 km and 4x7.5 km relay)
 * Bobsleigh (2-man and 4-man)
 * Figure Skating (Single, Pairs, and Ice Dancing)
 * Ice Hockey
 * Luge (Singles and Doubles)
 * Cross-Country Skiing (15 km, 50 km, and 4x10 km relay)
 * Nordic Combined
 * Ski Jumping (Normal Hill)
 * Speed Skating (500, 1500, 5000, and 10000 meters)

In addition, the has sponsored a Demonstration Event for the sport of Curling on a roofed outdoor sheet prepared in Bern.

Participants
Nineteen nations have sent competitors to the Zürich Games:
 * Alpine Confederation
 * Andorra
 * Australia-New Zealand
 * Auvergne
 * Burgundy
 * Brazil
 * Celtic Alliance
 * Chile
 * Denmark
 * Finland
 * Friesland
 * Iceland
 * Korea
 * Monaco
 * North Germany
 * Norway
 * Prussia
 * Siberia