The snow, the ice, the adrenaline rush. These were all found at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. The games are well over but the excitement hasn’t died down.
The United States prevailed in gaining the most medals with an astounding 37: 9 gold. 15 silver, and 13 bronze. However, Germany came in second place with 30 medals.
Canada came in third place with 26 medals, 14 of them being gold, the most won in these Olympics. The hardest earned of these medals was the Men’s ice hockey medal.
The Canadian team had took an early lead in the game with a point in the first period, followed by another point in the second. But the Americans fired back with one goal in the second and one more in the third. With the game tied at 2-2, it was sent into overtime. Sidney Crosby scored in the third securing the gold for Canada.
However, there was a dark overcast this year. That would be the death of 21-year-old Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, who skidded off the luge track into a pole during a practice run. He never even had the chance to compete.
On the other hand, there have been many exciting moments in competition. One example would be the performance by Shaun White in the snowboarding half-pipe competition. To secure the gold, Shaun White had been extremely daring by performing “the most dangerous trick in snowboarding,” known as backside 1260 double McTwist. By doing this, he had became the first snowboarder to win back to back gold medals in the winter Olympics.
Another athlete is somewhat unheard of, who was dubbed the “queen of the Olympics” because she had won the most medals (5) in the games, Norway’s own Marit Bjoergen. She had won three golds, a silver and one bronze medal in the cross-country skiing event.
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics went quite well, with an entertaining display for all viewers. There were many interesting entrances along with effects. Unfortunately, one torch failed to rise at the end of the ceremony.
The closing ceremony however, went off without a hitch. The games were closed with an extravagant ceremony, with musical performances. The Canadians managed to keep the ceremony upbeat even with another moment to honor the fallen luger from Georgia. Many tributes were made and medals celebrated. Now off to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
