From February 12 to February 28, people across the world cheered on as their country's athletes fought for the highest honour of all, in sports history - an Olympic gold medal. As for us Canadians, we were anxiously waiting to see if Team Canada would finally be able break the curse of the "Home Soil Olympics" - never winning a gold medal on home soil. And we were not disappointed - the 2010 Olympics were by far Canada's best. From Alexandre Bilodeau's first medal that made history, right to our very last - one that we will never forget - Team Canada certainly made us Canadians proud this year. Even the most-uninterested people in sports couldn't help but get caught up in the Olympic spirit. Vancouver, you certainly have made Canada proud. :)
Here I will break down all of the medals won by our athletes this year.
The final result:
Gold: 14 <--- we made a new world record for most gold medals won in the Winter Olympics! Silver: 7 Bronze: 5 Total: 26 We were third in the overall number of medals, and first by number of gold medals!
Gold Medallists:
1. Alexandre Bilodeau ~ Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls
2. Maelle Ricker ~ Ladies' Snowboard Cross
3. Christine Nesbitt ~ Speed Skating - Ladies' 1000 m
4. Jon Montgomery ~ Men's Skeleton
5. Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir ~ Figure Skating - Ice Dance
6. Ashleigh McIvor ~ Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Ski Cross
7. Canada 1 [Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse] ~ Women's Bobsleigh
8. Women's Hockey Team ~ Women's Ice Hockey
9. Charles Hamelin ~ Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 500 m
10. Charles Hamelin, Francois Hamelin, Olivier Jean, Francois-Louis Tremblay ~ Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 5000m Relay
11. Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky, Denny Morrison ~ Speed Skating - Men's Team Pursuit
12. Jasey Jay Anderson ~ Snowboard - Men's Parallel Giant Slalom
13. Men's Curling Team ~ Men's Curling
14. Men's Hockey Team ~ Men's Ice Hockey
Silver Medallists:
1. Jennifer Heil ~ Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Moguls
2. Mike Robertson ~ Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross
3. Marianne St-Gelais ~ Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 500 m
4. Kristina Groves ~ Speed Skating - Ladies' 1500 m
5. Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais, Tania Vicent ~ Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 3000 m Relay
6. Canada 2 [Helen Upperton, Shelley-Ann Brown] ~ Women's Bobsleigh
7. Women's Curling Team ~ Women's Curling
Bronze Medallists:
1. Kristina Groves ~ Speed Skating - Ladies' 3000 m
2. Clara Hughes ~ Speed Skating - Ladies' '5000 m
3. Joannie Rochette ~ Ladies' Figure Skating
4. Francois-Louis Tremblay ~ Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 500 m
5. Canada 1 [Lyndon Rush, Chris Le Bihan, David Bissett, Lascelles Brown] ~ Men's Four-Man Bobsleigh
Congratulations to all of the athletes of Team Canada - you were all AWESOME! We really do look up to you because just to have enough courage to compete takes a lot of effort. Thank you - you really made Canada proud! We love you! :D
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