VERY KLASSY!!!
The olympics were awesome and it was Canada's best showing in both the winter or summer games, with a total of 24 medals. And in case you didn't know 16 of those 24 medals were brought home by women athletes including both individual and team sports. There were many highlights and a few disappointments. First, the good. Cindy Klassen won a total of 5 medals, the most by any Canadian at the olympic games. Claria Hughes who is only one of 3 athletes ever to win both in the summer (cyclying) and winter (speed skating) games, won a gold to finish off her career in style. My boys from Newfoundland won the gold in curling. The first time any newfie has won a medal at the olympics. It was such a big event that the director of the school board closed all the schools at noon, so everyone could watch their boys from the rock win olympic gold. Russ Howard, who is not a newfoundlander, but was brought onto the team for experience reasons, became the oldest olympian to win gold at the age of 50. Now for the disappointments, the main one being that the Canadian men's hockey team did not make it past the quarter finals. Let me just say I was just as disappointed as the next person. I love hockey, and seeing that this will probably be the closest thing to a stanely cup for leaf lovers, like myself, I was sad when they were booted out of the tournment. But the truth is, those chosen to play for Canada did not show up to play. And lets stop blaming poor gretzky for choosing the wrong players to represent Canada. They could of won, had they physically and mentally showed up and played as a team and not as five individual players. I know it was heart breaking, but I have been so tired of the media acting like it was the end of the world. The olympics did not end after they lost and Canada has much to celebrate. We should also congratulate our women's team, who played flawlessly throughout the games and did not become overwelmed by being the defending champions. All I can say is it was a fun 2 weeks of sports and competition and I cannot wait until the games are on home soil in Vancouver.