A day before the great USA – Canada hockey rivalry plays out, the two countries battled on another sheet of ice. Canada’s Denny Morrison, Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux beat the Americans in the men’s long track team pursuit at the Richmond Oval in what could be the last speed skating race at the complex.  It [...] Continue Reading

Canadian short track speed skaters, Charles Hamelin and Francois-Louis Tremblay won gold and bronze medals in a wild 500 m Olympic short track speed skating event on Friday. Continue Reading

  Germany defended their women’s team pursuit Olympic title on Saturday after making up almost one second in the final lap to overtake the Japanese team at the line by just two hundedths of a second. The Germans struggled on the over-used ice in the first few laps, and fell behind by almost two seconds early on. They chipped [...] Continue Reading

With a surprising upset at the 2010 Olympic games, the seventh ranked American ladies pursuit team defeated the number one ranked Canadian team by five hundredths of a second in their quarterfinal race on Friday. Canada came into the event as world record holders and favourites for gold with a team consisting of Christine Nesbitt, Kristina [...] Continue Reading

Canada set an Olympic record and has advanced to the final in men’s long track speed skating after winning their semi-final heat against Norway on Friday. Led by Denny Morrison, Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux, the Canadian team finished the race in a time of three minutes 42.22 seconds, surpassing their record setting time of 3:42.39 [...] Continue Reading

China’s Wang Meng won her third gold medal of the 2010 Olympics with a victory in the ladies’ 1,000 metres at the Pacific Coliseum on Friday, while all three Canadians failed to advance to the final. Wang lead the race right from the start and did not give up her lead, finishing first with a time [...] Continue Reading

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

After two weeks of disappointment for the Canadian men’s short track team, Friday night at the Pacific Coliseum would have the men’s 5000m relay team take home the gold in a record setting performance. With the win, Canada achieved the highest number of gold medals at the Winter Olympics, claiming ten, tied for the most at [...] Continue Reading

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

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