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Canadian hockey superstar Sydney Crosby scored in overtime to hand Canada the victory of the Olympic hockey gold medal game against USA. The whole nation is elated and people poured in the streets to mark the greatest sporting moment of the history of Canada. The hockey gold medal put Canada clearly ahead of other countries with total 14 gold medals. No other nation has ever won...

Doesn't matter who will win the final gold medal of these winter games, both Canada and USA already had fairytale performances that will go into records books. USA has already matched the highest number of total medals ever won in a winter Olympics, while Canada has matched highest number of gold medals ever won by a country. Still many wonder who should get the credit as the...

When we approach the final day of the 2010 winter Olympics, history will be written for both the host country Canada and it's neighbour USA. Canada will secure (or match) the highest number of gold medals ever won by a country, while USA will win the highest number of total medals ever in a Winter Olympics. These are great achievements for both countries who were not considered...

After couple of amazing performances on the penultimate day of the Olympics, Canada secured the top position of the medals table. Canada now has 12 gold medals compared to Germany's 10 and USA's 9. Neither Germany nor USA will be able to catch Canada at the top with only 3 gold medals to go. Kevin Martin and his curling team are now pursuing the 13th gold medal for Canada to make...

Most of Canadians have now forgotten "Own the Podium" campaign, which was aimed at winning highest total medals for Canada. With most Canadian athletes trying to go for gold and step on the top of podium, many perished and failed to win any medals while others achieved their target. This turned 'Own the Podium' into 'Top of the Podium or No Podium' kind of a result. With USA collecting...

Canadian fans had to go through some anxious moments and bear few disappointments before enjoying some of the brightest Canadian moments of this Olympics. It was a roller coaster ride that ended up with 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals and securing the chance for gold in two other events. During past couple of weeks I watched Cheryl Bernard and Canadian ladies curling team...

When VANOC first introduced 2010 Olympic Mascots back in Nov 26th 2007, they were an instant sensation. Miga, Quatchi and Sumi became so popular among both kids and adults alike, those 3 amigos have become household names. And then there is Mukmuk; not an official mascot, just a sidekick. Vancouver games is the first to have a mascot sidekick. Introducing Mukmuk, VANOC said: "Mukmuk...

Within a pace of 3 days Canada's luck changed from desperation to jubilation. Canada was stunned by USA in much hyped hockey match on Sunday sending shock-waves across the host nation. But by the end of Wednesday, the chances of winning that ultimate gold medal in Men's Hockey seemed very much assured. The last few days were a wild ride for die hard Canadian fans. Not only because...

Martin Brodeur may arguably be the best goaltender on the planet, but for some reason GM Place (Now named Canada Hockey Place for the Olympics) has not been one of his lucky rinks during his 17 NHL seasons. It proved pivotal in the vital game against USA when Ryan Miller clearly outperformed Brodeur to win the game for Team USA. But on the other hand, backup goalie Roberto Luongo...

After a disappointing Day 9 at the Olympics, the whole Canada is now looking forward to one match up on Sunday afternoon. A match that won't bring any medals, it's for pride. Hockey is Canada's game. Canada invented it and Canada has always been the best at it. And as the national pastime, hockey is not just a sport for Canadians, it's the nations pride. But previous Olympics...

After Day 8 of the Olympics brought a another gold, expectations for Day 9 were high. Short track champion Charles Hamelin, long track speed skater Denny Morrison and Canada's top 2-men bobsleigh team were in action expecting podium finishes, but ended up in failure. Tens of thousands of exuberant Canadian fans poured into the streets of Vancouver on Saturday didn't get any news...

When it came to the second run of the mens' halfpipe final round, American snowboarder Shaun White had already guaranteed the gold medal. But that didn't prevent him putting up a blinder of a show that earned him even better score (48.4 out of 50) than the previous round. When most of other snowboarders failed to show their best and collapsed under pressure, Shaun was confident,...

When North Vancouver`s Maelle Ricker won the gold this morning for Womens` Snowboard cross, she became the first British Columbian to be decorated at 2010 Olympics. For what people of Vancouver and elsewhere in British Columbia have gone through to make this Winter Olympics a reality, Maelle`s gold medal is a sweet treat. Her medal made Cypress mountain the luckiest venue for...

When all of Canada watched Alex Bilodeau step into the top of the podium to accept the gold medal and listened to O Canada been played for the first time at home, the man next to him who accepted the silver medal managed to get much attention just due to his grumpiness. He not only didn't celebrate his medal, didn't show any emotion, didn't greet the 22,000 fans present at the...

Many believed in Canadian Olympians that they will end the gold medal drought at home this time at Vancouver 2010. But most didn't expect Alexandre Bilodeau to be the man to do it. Because it would have meant many other gold medal expectations before his event have to end up in failure. It was the last event of the second day of Olympics - Mens' Moguls at Cypress mountain - and...

After 5 events completed in country's third Olympics, Canada still remains the only host nation not to win an Olympic gold on home soil. Host countries have often come out with better than usual performance. Norway in 1994 Lillehammer and South Korea in 1992 Seoul are good examples. 2010 games should break this bad spell for Canada given the world class athletes competing. But...

Swiss ski jump superstar Simon Ammann pulled off a flawless final jump in men's Ski Jumping NH individual to win the first gold medal of the 2010 Olympics. His 108m (new hill record) jump clearly separated him from his competitors. There was no competitive Canadian athlete for that event. Slovakia's Anastazia Kuzmina won the second gold on offer in women's biathlon 7.5km sprint...

Canada gave a spectacular show to open the Olympics. It was a fantastic showcase of Canadian talent. Shania Twain and Celine Dion were missed, but I am with the organizers for giving British Columbians the priority. Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado all did well. But why Steve Nash? He's got nothing to do with Winter Sports to be selected as one of the torch bearers...

Winter Olympic games are marred by a tragic incident at the Whistler Sliding Centre hours before the games were officially opened. 21 year old Georgian Luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili died during training after crashing into a steel column at the end of the final curve. The incident was clearly captured by cameras and posted on the internet. I don't know much about designing high...

Live TV technology has improved so much that you can watch almost every moment of Winter Olympics in your big screen HDTV sitting in your comfy couches at home. Most around the World can enjoy the same. But only us Vancouverites have the opportunity to travel few kms to the venues and see the live actions. Most of us won't get such an opportunity during the rest of our lifetime....

The Bollywood movie "My Name is Khan" premiers today. Why I want to write about an Indian movie? I haven't seen the movie, don't know what the story is or how good it is. But I heard that the movie is about a person with Asperger's Syndrome - a mild form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I have a son with Autism. So, I am closely associated with Autism community. One of the major...

Today Cities of Vancouver and Whistler welcome the World for 2010 Winter Olympics. During next couple of weeks we will enjoy the best athletes in the World fighting for Olympic glory. Olympic torch relay has successfully managed to energize the Canadians during last few weeks, who were thought to be less interested than they should be. Well, when you think of how hard many other...

I'm still in the process of setting up this blog site. After reviewing many templates, selected this 'mayumi' created initially for wordpress by padsolutions and converted to a blogger template by Anshul. Did a little bit of customization. Need more work to get to a status I'm happy with. I like the modern elegant look of this template and integration to Twitter, FB etc. Thanks...

For many years it has been one of my dreams to start a blog of my own. Never got the time to do it until now since I spent more time reading other blogs and commenting on them. And what better moment to start my first blog than the day Vancouver welcomes the World for 2010 Winter Olympi...

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