Whoa! Two more gold medals! Way to go Canadian athletes Christine Nesbitt and Jon Montgomery! We are jumping out of our skins! In all of the history of Canada, we have not been able to get one gold medal on Canadian ground, and now we have four! I am speechless!

No, not really. It took my breathe away for several seconds, but, deep down I am not one bit surprised. I have so much confidence in our Olympic contenders. These young men and women work so hard, it is about time they were awarded for their efforts! I specialize in couch potatoing. And, judging from the blogs circulating the Internet, I am not alone. Who knows, maybe I am not even a gold winner in that?

Christine, a mere twenty-four years of age, really showed her stuff in the 1000 metre speed skating event. Pure power! But, believe it or not, Nesbitt was not happy with her win. Sure, the gold was fine. This is what she said after the fact:

“I have to and figure out what I didn’t do well, whether it was mental or physical, and use that to fuel me for my 1,500,” Nesbitt said after the 1,000. “When I’m not happy with a race, I can use that to skate a good race the next time.”

A ‘good’ race? Gold, the top prize in this international event, only inspires her to do better! What a girl. Number one in the world, and all she can think of is where she messed up!

How does Jon Montgomery feel about his gold? He instantly established himself as the all-Canadian hoser. Chugging beer and hanging out with buddies until 5 am. That’s Canadian, eh? You have to be a little nuts to slide down a “tube”, “channel”, whatever they want to call it, on a baby toboggan. It is called ‘the skeleton’ because that is all that is left if you crash! At 140 km/hr, on pure ice. You have to be nuts! I would never move that fast in my car, never mind on a ’skeleton toboggan’.

He got his congratulatory call from Prime Minister Harper, and started preparing for the awards ceremony. The first one honouring a Canadian in Whistler, B.C. The other awards were handed out in Vancouver and West Vancouver.

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