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Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coming to an End, what was your favourite moment?

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Men’s hockey just won Gold in 3–2 over­time! That brings our medal total to 26. With 14 Gold’s, 7 Sil­ver and 5 Bronze. We came third behind the US and Ger­many in medal rank­ing, but we did have the most Gold medals. This was the most Gold medals by any host coun­try ever.

What was your favourite moment of the 2010 Van­cou­ver Olympic Games? Per­haps it was when Alex Bilodeau won the first gold medal, Joan­nie Rochette win­ning that bronze medal for her mother, Jasey Jay Ander­son win­ning the men’s snow­board par­al­lel giant slalom gold medal, Jon Mont­gomery win­ing gold for men’s skele­ton, Chris­tine Nes­bitt win­ning gold in women’s speed skat­ing, Charles Hamelin win­ning gold in men’s short track speed skat­ing etc etc etc. Maybe it was the open­ing game cer­e­monies, or just the over­all “I believe” spirit that was evi­dent in many of the competitions.

I am kind of sad to see the Olympic games end, I have watched more of these ones then any other olympic games, per­haps that they were in Canada, I just felt more con­nected to it. I can’t imag­ine being in BC at the time and see­ing all the crowds of red mitts in the streets, it must have been an awe­some expe­ri­ence for some of us. I thought Jon Montgomery’s win was one of the high­lights, he was just soo ecsta­tic when he won, it was fun to watch.

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34 Responses to “Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coming to an End, what was your favourite moment?”

  1. Carlyfalls

    not just the most gold medals by the host coun­try, but the most gold medals EVER! by any coun­try at any olympic win­ter games.

  2. Andie

    Well, my per­sonal favourite was my hubby car­ry­ing the torch. But of the *actual* Olympics, I think the game that just ended. A hard fought bat­tle right to the end!

  4. BookMom

    My favourite moment was being able to open the door into the curl­ing arena for my DS on his birth­day and say to him, “Wel­come to the Olympics!” and watch his face light up. (I was able to get afford­able tick­ets for us for the first women’s curl­ing event about a year and a half ago.)

  6. spomenka

    OH CANADA. WE WON THE GOLD IN HOCKEY FOR GIRLS AND GUYS. I AM PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Karl

    men’s hockey gold = favourite moment #1
    canada OWNING gold = favourite moment #1a

  8. Justine

    Yonge and Dun­das in Toronto has been closed down, there are many peo­ple there celebrating.

  9. wifegriz

    Yes, yes and yes!! What an amaz­ing cou­ple of weeks. I have never been so “into” the Olympics until these games. I am sooo proud to be Cana­dian. Not just about all the medals but to see the flag going up, the peo­ple singing the anthem and over all, the amaz­ing job Van­cou­ver did with the host­ing. I am writ­ing from Ontario so maybe I didn’t hear all the nitty-gritty of things going wrong but, from an observer, it all looked flaw­less and that is what the rest of the world saw too.

    Now — let’s “Own the Podium” for the sum­mer games too!

  10. anniecannie

    Alex Bilodeau won the first gold medal.… and his rela­tion­ship with his spe­cial needs brother… can you tell I have a spe­cial needs child.

  12. MagicalDreams

    I am so proud to be Cana­dian, what an amaz­ing 2 weeks for us!

    Each and every medal was amaz­ing to watch, but see­ing Canada take Gold in Men’s and Women’s Hockey was just the most thing! We showed the world we’re num­ber one in our sport!

    Way to go Canada and to all the ath­letes an the peo­ple that made us so proud to be Canadians!!!

  13. pateyface

    My favourite moment was watch­ing the men’s team win Gold! Woo hoo!!

  14. Sally

    Tonight I actu­ally had my lit­tle guy in emerg because hes really sick­ies and all the dr’s and nurses were sit­ting in the wait­ing room watch­ing a lit­tle 13″ tv cheer­ing. It was def a lot of spirit.

  17. greenbear

    It has been a mag­i­cal 2 weeks for sure. I am sorry to see it come to an end. So many touch­ing moments, it is hard to pick a favourite… but, being from Hal­i­fax, I’ll have to give it to Sid­ney for the per­fect end­ing to a great olympic games.

    PS I do’;t like “Own the Podium” either…sounds too American

  18. dawn_sweety

    Def­i­nitely that we won gold in both men’s and women’s hockey and that I had a friend who was part of the open­ing cer­e­monies. The 2010 olympics were amaz­ing, I was never really too into them before but there was just so much more excite­ment this time around then any other’s (out of the very few) that I remem­ber in my life

  19. The_Scarecrow

    Watch­ing Maelle Ricker, Lind­sey Vonn, Kallie Humphries, Eve Muir­head, Susan O’Connor, Shan­non Rem­ple and more Maelle Ricker.…. Be still, my beat­ing heart.

  20. couponmom

    The Olympics gave us feel­ings of inspi­ra­tion, hope, laugh­ter and tears. But it was not a moment for me but a pride for our coun­try as we all sang, “Oh CANADA we stand on guard for thee,” so many times! Con­tinue to love your coun­try next week, next month, next year, and so on SC’ers.

  23. Carlyfalls

    As a BIG hockey fan, the gold medal game that had me on the edge of the seat the entire time, was by far my favorite part. Then the win was amaz­ing, but I was a lit­tle sad for Kesler (I am a Canucks fan most of the time after­all) as he had a great game, and looked so defeated. I know how I would have felt if Canada lost, so I might have been the only one, but I had some sym­pa­thy for him.

    Another favorite moment, was watch­ing john mont­gomery guz­zle a pitcher of beer on his way to accept his medal, and then doing auc­tion speak ;)

  24. drew

    So many! Wow! #1 Joan­nie Rochette — Ambas­sador to the cul­ture of ‘In the face of huge adver­sity, we are going to do it any­way’ which is truly Cana­dian. Joan­nie could of got the last place and still won the Van­cou­ver 2010 Terry Fox award for her strength of char­ac­ter. #2 Win­ning the all time most Golds ever and as host nation! Wow again! If weighted, Per­fect 10 points for Golds, 5 points for mid­dle place Sil­vers, and One point for being on the podium Bronzes, Canada placed 1st at 180 points, USA 2nd at 178 points and Ger­many 3rd at 172 points. Wow! Talk about ‘own the podium’, with only one tenth of the pop­u­la­tion of the next best con­tender. Way to go Cana­dian Ath­letes. You rep­re­sent what Canada is, a world leader. #3 The two hockey Golds. Human beings, men and women, team works finest hours. The world needs lots of that. #4 The hon­our of wit­ness­ing this demon­stra­tion of Canadian/World hos­pi­tal­ity. Cheers to those who made this pos­si­ble. #5 Watch­ing young ath­letes han­dle the ups and downs with tremen­dous grace under pres­sure. My father always said “it’s not only about who is first or sec­ond, it’s about learn­ing. If you are learn­ing, you are win­ning.” It looks like there is a lot of win­ning going on. I like that!

  25. Joyce

    I had two most mem­o­rable moments. 1)When Joan­nie Rochette won the bronze medal and 2)when men’s hockey won GOLD!!!

  26. haneylaw

    Absolutely Alex Bilodeau, for him to be the first with an amaz­ing story was very touch­ingly Cana­dian. Other than that, like Oper­aBob said, BEING HERE! this was the most amaz­ing way to see our city come together and throw the most amaz­ing party ever.

    Run­ners up for enter­tain­ment, wom­ens bob­sleigh (x2!) and Jon Mont­gomery for show­ing the world that we like to have a lit­tle fun :)

  27. natalka

    Fave moment I sup­pose was the first gold by Bilodeau — then the curl­ing finals! Loved watch­ing the ice danc­ing!
    What I am HAPPIEST about is that the cur­rent gen­er­a­tion of kids to 20somethings+ real­iz­ing how won­der­ful Canada Is and what being patri­otic and hav­ing spirit is really all about! Canada Is a coun­try full of love!

  28. JeLLo2775

    I can­not seg­re­gate one par­tic­u­lar moment of the olympics that I found to be the most mem­o­rable for me..

    I agree with Coupon­mom — I am proud to be a Canadian.…

    Any­one else shed tears dur­ing and after the clos­ing ceremonies?

    I did, I frig­gin’ bawled until I fell asleep :-(

  29. jaqkev

    I actu­ally loved watch­ing the speed skat­ing. Espe­cially the mens team pur­suit. I also loved watch­ing Jon Mont­gomery cel­e­brat­ing after his medal :)

  30. Louise W

    I’m orig­i­nally from great britain so see­ing them win the first win­ter games gold in 30 years was pretty cool. I also thought watch­ing mar­i­anne st gelais cheer­ing on charles hamelin and virtue and moir singing on the podium were price­less. Loved the whole thing

  31. sonia

    i live in van­cou­ver, and so my favourite thing was being on the streets of rob­son in the evenings…especially after a canada hockey win! it was just an amaz­ing expe­ri­ence! so many peo­ple all cel­e­brat­ing together in the streets. some break­ing into the ‘o canada’ song, some play­ing hockey, every­one high-fiving each other. the ambi­ence was incred­i­ble; the mood exhil­er­at­ing. i’ve never seen any­thing like it before, and i’ll prob­a­bly never see any­thing like that again. i miss you already olympics!

    GO CANADA!!!!!!!!

  32. ukonjacki

    I am both Amer­i­can and Cana­dian and it was awe­some to watch The USA and Canada men’s hockey games. Incred­i­ble games!!

  33. Audrey T

    Wow, it’d have to be the party with the crowds after Crosby’s win. I was in Rob­son Square and it was PACKED. God, it was such a well-played hockey game, the energy and the high was amazing.

  34. Lily

    I mean I always enjoy the olympics, but to be hon­est I’ve only ever watched two. (Bei­jing + Vancouver)

    I watched a lot of the Van­cou­ver ones, prob­a­bly because I’m Cana­dian,
    But a lot of them were memorable.

    Espe­cially when they did a re-cap of all the “golden” moments, I felt like tear­ing up.

    Men’s Hockey for sure. Last day, close game, intense, hockey’s pretty much a Cana­dian sport, SIDNEY CROSBY!!

    Charles Hamelin’s gold, that was awesome.

    Alex Bilodeau

    and Joan­nie !

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