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Why is Vancouver's slogan "Competition from the sea to the sky"? What is the connotation?
In fact, this slogan is only a domestic translation. The original slogan was "having a glowing heart", which literally means "burning heart". The slogan of Paralympic Games is "One inspires many", which means that the efforts made by Canadian disabled terry fox to fight cancer will affect the whole world.

Vancouver and Whistler, the two bidding cities for this Olympic Games, are located in the area of "sea to sky", so this name may be taken into account in domestic translation.

When the organizing committee of Vancouver Winter Olympics applied for the bid, it said that it would hold an Olympic Games with Canadian characteristics and show Canada's unique people, history and so on to the whole world, which can be seen from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. But in China, according to our own understanding, it is translated as "the race from the ocean to the sky", and the language is ambiguous, so there are many explanations.

I have read a lot of introduction materials about my position, most of which are for media reporters from all over the world and are not directly open to the outside world, so different countries may have different understandings.

Ps: I am a volunteer for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics. I work in the Vancouver Main Media Center and the International Broadcasting Center.