The True North

The Olympic Games are already over. It didn't start as perfectly as us Canadian wanted: first, the death of an athlete and second, one part of the interior torch didn't raise which made us the joke of the evening. We didn't get as many medal as we expected the first week, but we got that golden medal on canadian soil we have been waiting for since the summer games in Montreal (my hometown) thanks to Alexandre Bilodeau, a French Canadian. Boy were we excited, especially since we were expecting it a bit earlier with Jennifer Heil, who got silver, the American getting gold. But thanks to Bilodeau, our golden wish was granted and it didn't stop there. Canada managed to beat the world record in terms of Gold medal won during Winter Olympics by winning 14 gold medals, the previous record being 13 gold medals established by the Soviet Union and then equalled by Norway in 2002.

Said record would mean nothing to Canadians if it wasn't for the 14th medal: Men's Hockey, where Team Canada won 3-2 in overtime against Team USA. As the Coca-Cola commercial says: "Now they know who's game they're playing". Oh, and the one and only Crosby scored the winning goal. I might become a Penguins fan at this rate as they are better (way better) than the Montreal Canadien, many Canadians play for that team and is co-owned by a French Canadian.

Anyway, even tho many say it is a North American victory since the American won the medal count, I'm gonna say good for them, but it's Canada who was golden at those games and not anywhere, but at home.

I have to admit that during those games, my favourite moment wasn't a golden moment. It was the performance of Joannie Rochette (if you follow me on Plurk, you probably know that already :P). Such courage and determination after loosing someone dear is amazing and inspiring. Not only did she performed superbly, but she got a bronze medal that she entirely deserved, the gold being won by the exquisite Yu-Na Kim of Korea (trained in Toronto by a former Canadian champion).

Well, I'll shut up for now. Here's the last canadian-colored LOTD... with a gold medal!

Skin: Curio - Elf
Hair: fri.day - Winter.Jennifer
Top: fri.day - Striped Capsleeve
Thermal: Pig - Thermal
Pants: fri.day - Trousers
Boots: Kookie - Armarda boots
Medal: Reek - Gold Medal
Pose: Elisa - HAPPY 1
Location: Edhelmar 114/192/33

And now my fav moment of the Olympics: