Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics final preparations

Japanese figure skater Takahiko Kozuka practises his routine Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Photograph: David Gray/guardian.co.uk Staff members prepare the ramp ahead of a ski jumping official training session Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Javier Soriano/guardian.co.uk Kazakhstan's Alexey Korolev, left, and South Korea's Kim Hyun-ki shelter from some long-awaited snow as they head up to a training session for the men's ski jumping event at Whistler Olympic Park Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Javier Soriano/guardian.co.uk It's not just the athletes who have to go through practice sessions ahead of the start of the competition as Swiss TV staff run through things ahead of tonight's opening ceremony. In the International Broadcast Center, the Swiss national broadcaster has been allotcated space for 40 working places, technical equipment, six working stations for cutters, one radio broadcasting studio and control rooms Photograph: Alexandra Wey/EPA Photograph: Alexandra Wey/guardian.co.uk Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau jumps while training for the men's moguls Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/guardian.co.uk A luger competes in the women's luge practice at the Whistler Sliding Centre Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Photograph: Richard Heathcote/guardian.co.uk Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay. The Olympic flame is on a 106-day journey across Canada in the longest domestic torch relay in Olympic history. It will end with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP Photograph: Darryl Dyck/guardian.co.uk American speed skater Shani Davis trains at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP Photograph: Kevin Frayer/guardian.co.uk People pose in front of the Olympic rings at the Whistler ski resort. Photograph: Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Oliver Lang/guardian.co.uk Arnold Schwarzenegger carries the Olympic torch before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP Candles are lit up at the Whistler medal plaza in commemoration of 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili who died in a horrific crash on a training run on Friday, casting a pall over the Winter Olympics hours before the Games were to be declared open Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Artists perform next to a 20-meter LED light covered spirit bear puppet during the opening ceremony of the XXI Winter Olympic Games Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images A snowboarder jumps through the Olympics rings Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/guardian.co.uk