Under a cloudy sky, fog, and heavy rain last night at Cypress Mountain, Jennifer Heil, the woman that I thought was going to break Canada's gold medal drought on home soil, snagged a silver. She had a great run for sure, but Hannah Kearney of the US (who is half-Canadian by the way) just had a better one.
After her second jump, Heil had a bit of a stumble on the landing but Kearney was nearly flawless, faster, and got more air. Kearney completely deserved it, but I am quite disappointed that our gold medal drought continues.
As for today, long track speed skating will be starting shortly. It's the ladies 3000 M final, featuring a slew of Canadians-Kristina Groves, Cindy Klassen, and Clara Hughes. Groves is probably our best medal hopeful for this event. Klassen, while probably the fan favourite, is not in her best form due to various injuries over the past few years. Nonetheless, that should be an exciting one, starting at 4 Eastern.
Later tonight, there's more moguls action, this time for the men. There are 3 Canadians in the medal mix, the favourite of which for a medal is Alexandre Bilodeau. It'll be interesting to see the Canadian reaction to Dale Begg-Smith, a Vancouverite-turned-Australian who ealier this week said this is not his home. While I like him as a skier, I think anybody with that kind of attitude is haughty and arrogant.
Charles Hamelin had a chance to medal yesterday in the 1500, but apparently, that wasn't even his best event. So hopefully, he'll have better luck the next couple of events.
Check in often!
-D
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