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Vancouver Winter Olympics - News and Views
Berit:
Proud as I don't know what.......Swedish ladies curling team won!! Hurray!! ;D ;D ;D
Marge_Innavera:
Canada's #1 with gold medals -- way ta go! :D
Sheriff Roland:
And now, there are two more gold medals: one in parallel grand slam (snowboard) and another in speed skating (team pursuit).
making it 12 gold medals
And men's curling and hockey have yet to be factored in!!!
There's a good possibility for us to reach 14 gold medals - and I believe that that would be a record for any country at a single Winter Olympic!
Sheriff Roland:
Not quite yet, but
http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2010/02/27/riding-a-late-surge-canada-breaks-record-for-most-gold-medals-by-any-winter-olympic-host-80049/
Riding a late surge, Canada breaks record for most gold medals by any Winter Olympic host
Triumphs by the men’s pursuit speedskating team and by slalom snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson gave Canada 12 golds — breaking the host-nation mark of 10 shared by the United States in Salt Lake City in 2002 and Norway in Lillehammer in 1994.
It also marks the most gold medals Canada has won at any Olympics — winter or summer. Its previous high was 10 at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, which were boycotted by the Soviet Union and its allies.
There may be more golds to come. Both the men’s curling team and the men’s hockey team have reached the gold-medal matches in their events. Should Canada win both, it would have 14 golds — breaking the Winter Olympics mark of 13 achieved by the Soviets in 1976 and by Norway in 2002.
Sheriff Roland:
And then there was the record maker, a gold medal in Men's Curling
13 gold medals
Now onto the main event ... the Men's Hockey tomorrow, for the record breaking 14th gold medal (hopefully).
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