...for including a paralympian in the torch carrying ceremony! Rick Hansen, an eight-time paralympic medalist, was the first person to bring the flame into the stadium, with the torch mounted to an apparatus on his wheelchair. As far as I know this is the first time that a paralympian has been included in an opening cermony for the Olympics, although technically this is not the first time a person with a disability has been a torch bearer. Muhammed Ali, a person with Parkinson's Disease and a former heavyweight champion, carried the torch at the summer games in Atlanta in 1996.
Way to go Canada!
I also really liked how highlighted and involved the indigenous people of Canada were in the ceremony.
librarianintx
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