Winter Olympic Wrap Up
Bodog, one of the top bookies which handled countless bets during the Winter Olympics that ended with a bang last weekend, said that there was so much betting action because of the geographical positioning of the games this year.
Canada did extremely well in the Olympics and was proud, as host nation, to win 14 gold medals. This was the most registered by any country in the 86 year history of the Winter Games.
Perhaps the biggest victory of all was Canada's gold medal in the men's ice hockey competition. The crowd went mad when Sidney Crosby scored an overtime goal, giving Canada a 3-2 lead over its biggest rivals, the United States to grab the medal.
Nevertheless, the US did just as well as Canada by taking home the highest number of medals overall in the Winter Games.
This was the first time that the United States managed to do so in 78 years.
Canadians throughout the country celebrated their victory, with one student summing it up by saying: "It's a storybook ending."
Indeed, the beginning of the Olympics was marred by tragedy after Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died only hours before the opening ceremony last month.
A moment of silence during the opening ceremony marked this unfortunate accident.
The athlete who won the highest number of medals - four - was the Norwegian Petter Northug in the cross country skiing category.
Northug won two out of Norway's nine gold medals, taking the country to fourth place on the list of highest number of medals won in total.
For the first time that Alpine skiing was introduced in the Olympics in 1936, the Austrian men's team failed to reach the podium in this category. However, Austria finished fifth in the total medals accumulated.
All in all, Canada's teams ended in triumph in the Winter Olympics, and the host nation can be proud of its achievements.
