Quadruple Medal Day

In the last few hours, on Day 12 of what has so far been a disappointing Olympics, Canada collected four medals.

First, it was Clara Hughes snagging bronze in her Olympic swan song. It was a huge performance on her part, laying down an Oval Record time of 6'55". But two youngsters from Europe, Stephanie Beckert of Germany and Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic outshined her. Nonetheless, she is now tied with the most decorated Canadian Olympians of all time with 6 medals. She is also the ONLY Olympian in HISTORY to have won multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games.

Then, there was the exciting quarterfinal men's hockey game between Canada and Russia. When I turned on the TV and saw the score 4-1 for Canada, I was surprised but so happy. In the end, our boys smacked the Russians 7-3! Couldn't have been better. Let's hope they continue that performance!

Then, our Canadian short track relay team, with help of a disqualification of the Korean team, won a silver medal. The top three were all separated by quite a bit of time but the Canadians managed to hold off the Americans for what was initially a third place finish. And it was turned into a silver after the controversial disqualification.

Finally, Canada doubled medalled in women's bobsleigh. Canada 1 and Canada 2 laid down four amazing runs to claim gold and silver. That was a beautiful moment!

Joannie Rochette will do her free skate tomorrow. If she wins a medal, imagine the emotions!

-D