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

  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

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

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

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

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

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

It was a fitting end to an action-packed, fast-paced event often filled with bumps and slips. After finishing the ladies’ 3,000 metre short track relay in third, Canada was bumped up to second place after winner South Korea was disqualified. Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais, and Tania Vicent skated a clean, fast race at the Pacific [...] Continue Reading

Francois-Louie Tremblay set a new Olympic record and all three Canadian skaters advanced to the quarter final during Wednesday night’s men’s 500m short track speed skating at the Pacific Coliseum. Tremblay finished the qualifying heat in first place, clocking in at 41.397 seconds, beating the record set by teammate Charles Hamelin just minutes earlier. Hamelin beat fellow-Canadian [...] Continue Reading

All three Canadians made it through the heats of the ladies’ 1,000 metres in short track speed skating at the Pacific Coliseum on Wednesday. Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge, and Jessica Gregg all finished in the top two of their respective heats to reach the quarterfinals. Vicent originally finished fourth, but after two of the skaters in her [...] Continue Reading