Sunday, February 28, 2010

Team USA breaks medal count record, but the gold shines on Canada...




Team USA captured 37 medals at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia and in doing so now own the record for the most medals ever won by one country at the Games.

An outstanding performance from the Americans who walked away with nine gold medals during their stay in Vancouver. Despite the Americans overwhelming haul of hardware, it was the host team, Canada, that shined the brightest at the top of the podium, as the Canadians collected a record 14 gold medals and finished third in the overall count with 26 -- just four behind the Germans. Germany finished second in gold medals with 10. Norway came in fourth overall with 23 medals -- including nine gold, with most of those coming in Alpine and Cross Country skiing.

Canada closed out the two-week competition by capturing the gold today in Ice Hockey with a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over a gutsy USA team. And now it's on to Russia in 2014. Can't wait...the Olympic flame shines bright.

Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young said it best during the closing ceremonies tonight when he sang a ballad entitled, Long May You Run.

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