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Furlong packs behind-the-scenes strategy and drama into his

Olympic memoir

Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country, by John Furlong with Gary
Mason, is the story of how Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) CEO John Fur
INSIDE THE OLYMPICS THAT
long and his team staged the remarkably successful 2010 Winter and Paralympic
CHANGED A COUNTRY Games.

When John Furlong emigrated from Ireland in 1974, the customs officer greeted him
with "Welcome to Canada. Make us better"an imperative that has defined Furlong's
life ever since. A passionate, accomplished athlete with a track record of community
service, Furlong was a volunteer for Vancouver's Olympic bid movement when it began
in 1996 and then spent the next 14 years living and breathing the Olympics. Work
m ing with Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason, Furlong recounts the lead-up to the
Games and describes how he handled seemingly insurmountable setbackssuch as
the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, a global recession and the washed-
-* .. i out snow at Cypress Bowlto achieve a runaway success and, ultimately, a pivotal
moment of nationhood.
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JtJMTOWtOM Highlights in Patriot Hearts include:
negotiations that led to the highest corporate sponsorships in Olympic history;
with Gary Mason
exchanges with political figures such as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Flenry Kissinger, Jean
Chretien and Phil Fontaine;
personal moments such as Furlong's submission of a letter of resignation as well as a
PATRIOT HEARTS midnight wander in his pajamas;
Inside the Olympics that surprising insight into the political challenges and triumphs of hosting a bilingual
Changed a Country event;
Publication date: February 12, 2011 development of the controversial but ultimately successful Own the Podium pro
Hardcover $32.95 CDN gram;
and breaking International Olympic Committee protocol during the closing cer
ISBN: 978-1-55365-794-1
6" x 9" 352 pages emony.
2 8-page b&w photo sections In addition to a riveting story about organizing the world's greatest sporting event,
Patriot Hearts is a virtual how-to manual for business and community leaders who
wish to discover the ingredients of effective leadership: vision, determination, integ
rity and courage. Furlong says, "To build a team, you need a fearless leader but one
who is human enough to face fear."

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JOHN FURLONG
John Furlong was the leader behind the team that organized and delivered
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to unprece
dented, positive reviews the world over. Prior to his appointment as CEO of
the Vancouver Olympic Committee in 2004, Furlong was the president and
chief operating officer for the Vancouver 2010 Bid, clocking more than 1.2
million miles in his effort to promote Vancouver's candidacy. Furlong has
been involved with athletics all his life, having competed at the interna
tional level in basketball, European handball and squash. He was recently
named Canada's Sports Executive of the Year. For his contributions to the
province and country he was recently announced an Officer of the Order of
Canada and a Member of the Order of B.C.

John Furlong is the author

with Gary Mason of
PATRIOT HEARTS
Inside the Olympics
That Changed a Country

GARY MASON
Gary Mason is a national affairs columnist for the GJobe and Mail, based in
Vancouver. Previously, Mason spent 19 years at the Vancouver Sun in vari
ous capacities, including a seven-year stint as a popular sports columnist.
He has received the prestigious Jack Webster Award for journalism five
times and has won two National Newspaper Awards.

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 STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF JOHN FURLONG

The Georgia Straight and Ms. Robinson have been

informed in writing on a number of occasions that if
defamatory remarks are made about Mr. John Furlong
that a civil action will be commenced against them.

The suggestion in today's article that Mr. Furlong

bypassed periods of his own history in his book to avoid
scrutiny are, we will be contending, entirely without any
merit. In fact, he has many existing relationships with the
communities in question, visits them and has addressed
audiences there. His time in the North is well known. He
is widely respected there. His decision on what to include
in the book Patriot Hearts was a matter for him to
determine about the 2010 Olympic Games. Mr. Furlong
bears no grudge against anyone, least of all students he
coached and worked with, but now has no alternative but
to use the Courts to seek full and complete recourse for
the damage that has been caused to him.

Mr. Furlong's instructions to me are that the statements in

today's Georgia Straight by Ms. Robinson are untrue and
defamatory and he intends to pursue his rights against her
and her publisher through the court system to their fullest
extent.

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