Canadian Joannie Rochette won the bronze in ladies' figure skating just four days after the sudden death of her mother.

Cross Country · Figure Skating · Winter Games

Rochette, Majdic winners of the 2010 Terry Fox Award

Posted 28 February 2010 by Dan Toman

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette and Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic, both Olympic bronze medallists, have been named the joint recipients of the Vancouver 2010 Terry Fox Award. Continue Reading

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Medal standings day 7

Posted 17 February 2010 by Gustavo Garcia

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 6 5 7 18 Germany 4 4 3 11 Norway 3 3 2 8 Canada 3 3 1 7 France 2 1 4 7 South Korea 3 2 0 5 Austria 1 2 2 5 Switzerland 3 0 1 4 China 2 1 1 4 Russia 1 2 1 4 Italy 0 1 3 4 Sweden 2 0 1 3 Netherlands 1 1 1 3 Japan 0 1 2 3 Australia 1 1 0 2 Slovakia 1 1 0 2 Czech Republic 1 0 1 2 Poland 0 2 0 2 Belarus 0 1 1 2 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Latvia 0 1 0 1 Finland 0 1 0 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 Slovenia 0 0 1 1 Croatia 0 0 1 1 Continue Reading

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Patrick Marleau and Team Canada will face Germany on Tuesday at 4:30 PM PST.

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Day 12 preview: Canada set to play Germany in men’s hockey

Posted 23 February 2010 by Steve Loung

The Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team will play Germany on Tuesday for a chance to match up against the Russians in the quarter-finals. Continue Reading

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Medal standings after day 4

Posted 15 February 2010 by Kaitlin Kettle

After day 4 in Vancouver, the Americans stay on top of the leaderboard with 8 Olympic medals. Team Canada added a silver medal to their collection today keeping them tied for fourth in the medal count race. Notably, Switzerland had an incredible fourth Olympic day, getting on the medal board with three gold medals.  Country                               Gold    Silver   Bronze    Total United States                      2              2               [...] Continue Reading

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Paul Poirier and Vanessa Crone, who have been skating together for about decade, are participating in their first Winter Olympics.

Amateur · Featured · Figure Skating · Sports · Toronto · Winter Games

Trust and humour guide ice dancers at Olympics

Posted 15 February 2010 by Meegan Scanlon

Two skaters glide across the ice and set-up for a key moment in their routine. Paul Poirier hoists Vanessa Crone into the air until her left skate rests on his upper thigh. All her weight pulls against him. Continue Reading

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Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier training for the Olympic ice dancing competition in late January at the Scarborough Centennial Recreation Centre.

Figure Skating · Scarborough · Sports · Winter Games

Scarborough ice dancers finish 14th at Olympics

Posted 04 March 2010 by Josef Jacobson/Toronto Observer

While Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were making Canadian Olympic history, another young Canadian duo finished the ice dancing competition with little fanfare. Continue Reading

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Joannie Rochette left it all on the ice Thursday, becoming the first Canadian female skater to win an Olympic medal since 1988.

Figure Skating · Winter Games

Rochette pays tribute to mom with bronze medal

Posted 26 February 2010 by Dan Toman

Canada's Joannie Rochette found the strength within to capture the bronze in women's figure skating, just four days after the death of her mother. Continue Reading

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Joannie Rochette of Canada gave the performance of a lifetime as she skated to La Cumparista just days after her mother's death.

Figure Skating · Winter Games

Rochette nails her hardest skate

Posted 24 February 2010 by Nadine Liverpool

  As Joannie Rochette skated her way onto the ice for the most difficult performance of her life, the hometown crowd embraced the courageous skater with roars of encouragement after the hearing of the passing of her mother two days prior. Despite the devastation, the heroic Rochette decided to compete in the competition and was found training [...] Continue Reading

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the first North American pair to win Olympic gold in ice dancing on Sunday.

Figure Skating · Winter Games

Virtue and Moir win ice dancing gold, a first for Canada

Posted 23 February 2010 by Nicole Watts

Russian domination atop the ice dance podium has come to a close, and it’s a Canadian duo that ended it. Tessa Virtue, of London, Ont., and Scott Moir, of Ilderton, Ont., became the first North Americans to win the Olympic gold medal in ice dancing with a flawless performance at the Pacific Coliseum on Monday. Heading into the night [...] Continue Reading

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Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir climbed into first place Sunday after a strong performance in the original dance.

Figure Skating · Winter Games

Virtue, Moir in first after original dance

Posted 21 February 2010 by John Matheson

  The roar of the crowd as the music stopped was all you needed to tell that the home favourites had just had the skate of their lives. Canadian dance pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir finished Sunday night’s original dance in top spot, after earning 68.41, vaulting themselves over the Russian pair of Oksana Domnina and [...] Continue Reading

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