Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games

Today is the final day for the Winter Olympics, and we Canadians have proven ourselves quite the adversary against the other countries by placing 3rd in terms of medals and by reaching the all-time Olympic record of most gold medals won by 1 country during a single Olympic games, and that amount is 13! Here are our gold medalists:

1. Alexandre Bilodeau (Men’s Moguls) with a score of 26.75

Alexandre Bilodeau at Victory Ceremony

2. Maelle Ricker (Ladies' Snowboard Cross)
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Maelle Ricker at Flower Ceremony
3. Christine Nesbitt (Speed Skating-Ladies' 1000m) with a time of 1:16:56!
Christine Nesbitt after the race

4. Jon Montgomery (Men's Skeleton) with a total time of 3:29:73
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Jon Montgomery holding Gold Medal

5. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Ice Dance) with a totel score of 221.57 points
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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir on the Podium


6. Ashleigh Mcivor (Ladies' Ski Cross)

Ashleigh Mcivor at the Victory Ceremony


7. Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse (Women's Bobsleigh) with a time of 3:32:28

Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse finishing in Canada 1 winning gold and Canada 2 Silver

8: Women's Ice Hockey Team beat USA 2-0
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Women's Hockey Team photo


9. Charles Hamelin (Men's 500m)
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Charles Hamelin waving the Canadian Flag

10. Men's 5000m Relay Team

Men's 5000m Relay Team on the Podium

11. Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit
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Moments after the Gold Medal Race

12. Jasey Jay Anderson (Men's Parallel Giant Slalom)

Jasey Jay Anderson shortly after the medal ceremony

13. Men's curling
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The Men's Curling Team on the Podium

Well, that's our 13 gold medalists... Wait, I'm receiving news that Canada had just won another gold medal in Men's hockey! So now, our 14th medal:

14. Men's Hockey (Canada VS USA 3-2)
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The Hockey Team shortly after the Medal Cermony

With the Hockey team Gold, it means that Canada will go down not only as the country having the most Gold Medals in these games, but as the country to win the most Gold Medals in a single Olympics in history! What a glorious day for Canada! Well this is the end of this blog post, even though the closing ceremony is still to come, but unfortunately I need to get off because I'm going to go watch too! Have a pleasant evening!

3 comments:

  1. Thanks Andrew i can now watch the gold medal runs when its all over :> But what was your favorite sport that u like watching?

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  2. No problem! My favourite sport was, without a doubt, Hockey! Hockey rules! It's even better when Canada owned USA twice in Men's and Women's!

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  3. Those hockey games sure did bring out a lot of Canadian patriotism.

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