It was a historical day for Canada at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games when we won 14 Gold medals – the most gold medals won by any nation in history!
At the beginning of the games all the media could talk about was, “when was Canada to get a gold medal on home soil?” Well that didn’t last long and we just kept collecting them!
Our final gold couldn’t have been earned in a better fashion then in overtime, against the United States, in Canada, on the last day of the Olympic Games in Canada! Yes I was one of the 33 million Canadians (except on the other side of the world in Australia) watching this epic event.
But it wasn’t that easy to watch this moment on fold. As mentioned in my last post about Channel Nine nearly getting it right, they knew it would be the most watched sporting event, and yet decided not to show it until 2 hours into the game. So yes, I did venture over to the James Squire Pub in Melbourne, Australia and watched it LIVE at 7:15am. I really thought there would be very few there as it was a Monday morning where people usually have to work (unless you own your own business and can decide to take the morning off), but when I arrived, it was packed with at least 100 Canadians (and a lonely American couple) to watch the game. It was electrifying and we could have almost been in Canada (except that it was hot and sunny out, the beer tasted wierd as it was 8am in the morning, and it was a week day!)
Congratulations Canada for hosting a fantastic Winter Olympic Games, and congratulations to all the athletes from all over the world. You are an inspiration!
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