Joannie Rochette's mother ( Thérèse Rochette ) Dies

A fortnight ago, the world was transfixed by the inspirational performance of a 24-year-old woman who compartmentalized her grief, competing in Vancouver just days after her mother's sudden death.

(Thérèse Rochette was struck down by a massive heart attack within hours of arriving in the city to watch her daughter's bid for a medal at the Games.)

Joannie Rochette dedicated that performance to her mom and, last week, placed the bronze medal on her mother's casket at the delayed funeral.

Gotten at: http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/780416--dimanno-joannie-rochette-faced-with-a-stark-choice (done with editing by me)

Luger from Georgia dead after high-speed crash at Olympics

Nodar Kumaritashvili was travelling a measured 134 km/h at the finish line of the course in his sixth and final practice run for the men’s singles luge event, but lost control and hurtled off the track. In a split-second, his sled careered off to the right and he was launched left, brushing a wooden partition that sits atop the side of the track, presumably meant to contain airborne racers within the track.The 21-year-old from Borjomi, Georgia, was dead.The safety of the Whistler Sliding Centre had been called into question many times before this fatal crash. Earlier in the day, world champion and Olympic gold medal favourite Armin Zoeggeler had crashed late in his run, although he was not hurt.Nodar Kumaritashvili competed in five World Cup races this season, finishing 44th in the world standings.

GOTTEN at:(but edited a little) http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/764626--this-is-horrible

Medalists gold,silver and bronze

Heres a link to see a chart on Wikipedia,it shows the complete medal table (bronze silver and gold)for Canada


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics#Medalists

The hockey team-mens(i couldn't find a picture with all of them)

Mens hockey team (picture found at stupidcelebrities.net)
Members:

Patrice Bergeron, Jarome Iginla, Chris Pronger,
Dan Boyle, Duncan Keith, Mike Richards,
Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Brent Seabrook,
Sidney Crosby, Patrick Marleau, Eric Staal,
Drew Doughty, Brenden Morrow, Joe Thornton,
Marc-André Fleury, Rick Nash, Jonathan Toews,
Ryan Getzlaf, Scott Niedermayer, Shea Weber,
Dany Heatley, Corey Perry

The 2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics,were held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the resort town of Whistler. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC). The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
Following Olympic tradition, the then-current Vancouver mayor, Sam Sullivan, received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean.
With 14 gold, Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics, which was 13, set by the former Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002.The United States won the most medals in total, their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won at a single Winter Olympics, with 37, which was held by Germany in 2002 at 36 medals. Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations.

found at (I edited it a little) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics

What are the Olympics?

The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Games are currently held every two years in even-numbered years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.

information found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games to find out more about the olympics

Ashleigh McIvor Gold medal for womens ski cross

Ashleigh McIvor wins a gold medal for Canada in womens ski cross (a new Olympic sport)

heres the gold medal moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXW7BXtFix4
(image found at zimbio.com)

Ashleigh McvIvor's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashleigh_McIvor

Christine Nesbitt: Gold Medal

Christine Nesbitt claims Canada's first long track speed skating gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics,this is the womens 1,000m long track race:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/search/12/nzu5pb-2s2g

image found at sporty-pics.com

Christine Nesbitt's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Nesbitt

Alexandre Bilodeau

Alexandre Bilodeau gets Canada's first gold medal on home turf in the mens mogul!
He's going to be put in history books because of this accomplishment

to see the gold medal ceremony go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/search/0/YUa6r3SHHik

and to see the winning performance go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/search/1/lcQhljK9B_g


Alexandre Bilodeau's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Bilodeau

Mens Parallel Giant Slalom gold

Jasey Jay Anderson wins gold for Canada in the mens Parallel Giant Slolam,with an awesome performance.

this is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/16/Ybejun2Qkrs

Link to Jasey Jay Anderson's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasey-Jay_Anderson

Gold in Womens snowboard cross

Maelle Ricker wins snowboard cross gold medal. Adding another gold medal to Canada's already big collection this video show the moment/her performance.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/search/1/qcK3b01rNpk

Image found at image3.examiner.com

Canadian Womens bobsleigh team

here is the womens bobsleigh team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXXyVdULZs

Heather Moyse, Amanda Moreley, Shelly-Ann Brown, Jenny Ciochetti,and Amanda Stepenko(in picture,pic was found at vancouversun.com.)
Canada 1 and 2 won gold and silver medals at the Olympics
Canada 1(gold) Canada 2(silver)

Kevin Martin leads the Canadian curling team to a gold medal

Kevin Martin leads Canada to a curling gold medal against Norway
this is the gold medal moment.The final score was 6-4. http://www.youtube.com/user/CTVOlympics#p/u/5/PSOVwBPGGOU

Kevin Martin and the rest of the curling team with their trophy in the picture found at morethanthegames.co.uk

Long Track Speed Skating: Gold Medal Moment - Men's Team Pursuit

Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., Lucas Makowsky of Regina and Mathieu Giroux of Montreal defeat the United States on their way to the Gold Medal.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CTVOlympics#p/u/5/PSOVwBPGGOU

Denny Morrison leads the team of three to a victory in long track speed skating by defeating the U.S team. (Image found at sports.ca.msn.com)

Gold medal for womens hockey team

The womens hockey team beats U.S.A to the gold in a 2-0 victory.

This is the 3rd Olympic hockey medal for the Canadian womens team.

This is the gold medal ceremony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vEHfb9MfhE and the reaction/moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vEHfb9MfhE

Meghan Agosta Becky Kellar Marie-Philip Poulin
Gillian Apps Gina Kingsbury Colleen Sostorics
Tessa Bonhomme Charline Labonté Kim St-Pierre
Jennifer Botterill Carla MacLeod Shannon Szabados
Jayna Hefford Meaghan Mikkelson Sarah Vaillancourt
Haley Irwin Caroline Ouellette Catherine Ward
Rebecca Johnston Cherie Piper Hayley Wickenheiser

Double Gold Medal for Short track Skating

Charles Hamelin won the 500m but it looked like he might have gotten disqualified when the judges thought that he tapped the fellow athlete in front of him to push him out of his way.But surprisingly,they disqualified a different athlete pushing his brother from fourth to third.Making it gold and bronze.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/28/H3JAQPFwd-s and
http://www.youtube.com/user/ctvolympics?blend=1&ob=4#p/search/1/H3JAQPFwd-s
Charles won the mens team another gold medal in short track (teams)see the video above.Image gotten from ottawacitizen.com

Charles Hamelin's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hamelin

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue Win

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue Dance to a gold medal in ice dance,beating their rivals the U.S and Russian team.They dance to "Adagietto" from Symphony No.5 by Gustav Mahler.

go here to see their gold medal moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhidA5GekM

Jon Montgomery Wins

After trailing behind in second for the first three runs for mens skeleton,Jon Montgomery pulls off a fantastic win over the original leader by 8 hundredths of a second! Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZtq8VYR-7M and watch Jon Montgomery's winning run and his rival M.Dukurs final run


Image is of Jon Montgomery (found at cbc.ca)

Jon Montgomery's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Montgomery

Olympic Hockey gold,bronze and silver

The medal standings for hockey in the Olympics are

Mens:Canada-gold
U.S.A-silver
Finland-bronze

Women:Canada-gold
U.S.A-silver
Finland-bronze

Image was found at news.therecord.com

The final score for the mens finals (Canada vs the U.S) was 3-2 after Sidney Crosby's golden goal

go here to see Sidney Crosby's winning goal for Canada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt5orHzi3dY


Link to Sidney Crosby's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Crosby

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For a complete table on the medal total for these Olympics,go to: http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/medals/