Canada Gold in Men’s Hockey
Celebrations could go on for days across Canada after a win over the U.S. in men’s hockey, the national sport of Canada.
Canada led through the game, scoring first and then seconds away from a 2-1 victory when the U.S. scored a goal to tie forcing a 20-minut overtime period. Canada scored first in the sudden death round.
A capacity house of nearly 20,000 packed Canada Hockey Place in downtown Vancouver for the final sports event of the 2010 Games.
Tickets on the secondary market may have hit record price levels for an Olympic event, $20,000 according to reports. The broadcast of the Game, late Sunday afternoon for the heavily populated Easter time zones for Canada and the U.S., is expected to set audience records for a TV hockey match.
The win brings to 14 the number of gold medals won at the Games by Canadian athletes, a record nnumber for a single country at a Winter Olympic Games. As the Games close, Canada will have won 26 medals, third place after Germany and the U.S., which won 30 and 37 medals, respectively.
IOC Remembers Dead Luger
On a morning set aside in Vancouver for honorifics, IOC President Jacques Rogge delivered a sobering report to IOC members on the aftermath of the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili.
Rogge spoke to the members about the luge tragedy moments after he gaveled to order the close of the 122nd IOC Session.
The Session opened Feb 10 to 12, then adjourned for the Vancouver Olympics.As is traditional, the Session reconvenes on the final day of the Games to confer honors on retiring members and to hear the IOC President report on the Games.
Sunday morning in Vancouver it fell to Rogge to detail the circumstances of the luge accident, which occurred during a Feb. 12 training run, hours before opening ceremony.
Rogge noted the efforts made by VANOC to deal with the tragedy and his own conversations with Georgia team leaders and the president of the Georgian Republic. He acknowledged that the IOC has a “moral responsibility” to ensure the safety of Olympians on the field of play. He says he has written to Sochi organizers stressing safety for the yet to be built track for the 2014 Olympics.
Rogge is likely to mention Kumaritashvili in his remarks at the closing ceremony this evening, just as he did during opening ceremony, hours after the Georgian died.
Rochette Flag Bearer for Canada
Bronze medalist in figure skating Joannie Rochette will carry the flag for Canada in the closing ceremony. Rochette, 24, skated just days after her mother died from a heart attack in Vancouver.
For a complete list of 82 national flagbearers, click on this link to the IOC press release.
Written by Ed Hula.
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