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 this Saturday Canada's best day ever at an Olympics. And on Sunday, men's hockey team will try to add another gold medal- the 14th, which will break the all time record for highest number of gold medals in a single winter Olympics. For a sports loving nation who carried the burden of not wining a gold medal on home soil for 34 long years, this is a huge relief and the greatest sporting moment ever.
Canada's gold rush on day 16 started with Denny Morrison leading his speed skating team to victory in team pursuit against the Americans. Five minutes later Jasey Jay Anderson won gold in snowboard parallel giant slalom. J.J. Anderson had to come from behind under terrible weather conditions at Cypress mountain to beat the favourite Austrian snowboarder. For the veteran Canadian snowboarder, who had already won every other championship except the Olympics, it was a great redemption.
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