This is a Mystery / Puzzle cache it is NOT at the posted coordinates. To get the secret location of the cache you will need to solve the puzzle below.

 Although this cache is part of the greatbigdiddy Puzzle Olympics Series you do not need to be participating in the puzzle olympics to solve and find this cache. If you are participating in the olympics please note the time and date and which position you signed on the log when you make your online log entry.

Let The Games Begin

Every 2 years the world comes together to celebrate the spirit of competition, alternating between summer and winter sporting events with athletes coming from all around the world to compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. It is a giant spectacle and the host city is front and centre on the world stage. At the opening ceremonies of each olympic games this famous phrase is used to kick off the competition .... LET THE GAMES BEGIN

The Puzzle

To solve this puzzle you will need to decrypt the different sets of instructions below that have been encrypted using a Columnar Transposition Cipher. It is strongly advised to use the decryption tool at the link provided below. It is important to remember to set the tool to decrypt, set the keyword to Duplicates numbered forwards and to check the box, also make sure all your passwords are lower case only.

Each set of instructions once decrypted will provide you with the name of a country and an olympic sporting event. Below there is an alphabetical list of 20 countries, each one is assigned a number from 1 - 20. You will need to figure out which countries won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the olympic event mentioned. The name of the host City followed by the 3 country numbers in order will be the password for the next set of instructions. Once you have decoded all the instructions you will get the password for the checker and the secret location of the cache.

http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/coltrans.php

1 - Australia

2 - Austria

3 - Brazil

4 - Canada

5 - China

6 - Finland

7 - France

8 - Germany

9 - Great Britain

10 - Greece

11 - Italy

12 - Japan

13 - Norway

14 - Poland

15 - Russia

16 - Spain

17 - Sweden

18 - Switzerland

19 - Ukraine

20 - USA

Instructions

The first set is not encrypted so to get the password for set 2 you will need the name of the host city the last time Canada hosted the games prior to 2016 followed by the 3 numbers from the gold silver and bronze medal winners in that order from mens ice hockey

Set 1

Canada - Mens Ice Hockey

Set 2

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Set 3

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Set 4

tmimaeir  ratsn  tbhwhaneewgorrmo

Set 5

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Set 6

oimnwlau rs regssunic

Set 7

omw0sc de1l 0erehgm enuesr

Set 8

d1glvmi0i npnnoc aief  masrhmt

Set 9

nio iwlghimlp inelannjenps a sakd

Set 10

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Set 11

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Once you have solved the puzzle and you have the password you can check your answer here. If you are correct the secret location of the cache will be revealed. Remember no spaces in your answer.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

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** Please don't give away the location to other cachers instead help guide them through the puzzle if needed.

***Please include your experience and thoughts about the puzzle in your log entries, if you plan on finding the cache long after solving the puzzle please log a note about your puzzle solving experience while it is still fresh in your mind then log your found it log when you make the actual find