Canadian pride
February 27th, 2010
We’ve now won 10 gold medals, which – at the moment, anyway – is more than any other team.
Our athletes are impressing the hell out of everyone, on the skating rink, the ski hill, the hockey arena, the bobsled track, hell, even the curling rink. (Is curling even a sport? Debatable. But we are pretty damn good at it. Even if the Norwegians have those awesome pants. But I digress.) The figure skaters have captured our imagination, from the near-perfection of Moir and Virtue to the inspiring courage of Joannie Rochette. And of course, in hockey, our women have claimed gold, while the men have just advanced to the finals against the USA on Sunday, with tonight’s nail-biter of a 3-2 win over Slovakia.
Everywhere, the red and white waves, crowds burst into spontaneous renditions of the national anthem, and the entire country from coast to coast has come together to cheer on our Olympians.
Has there ever been such a display of Canadian patriotism in recent history? Not that I can remember.
The Olympics had a controversial staging, a rocky start, and endless debates over cost overruns, podium pressure and everything under the sun. But leaving all that aside, it’s been a pretty incredible couple of weeks. And I have to believe that this has done a lot to buoy pride in the red and white in this country of ours, which, you gotta admit, is really fucking awesome.
There are two more days left in these Olympic games. Whatever happens – in the hockey finals or elsewhere – I’m really proud of our athletes and our country. Go Canada Go!
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At least one country has almost two gold medals pr. million inhabitants… Is that Canada?
Oh, and curling is a sport. And you WILL lose! :-p
Curling is SO a sport, and it's AWESOME!
Sari, sweep a rock the whole way down a rink and your arms and back will tell you if it is a sport
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