Vancouver 2010 Olympic Wrap-Up

Streaks Ended
For the first time since 1948, the U.S. won gold in a bobsled event, Thanks to Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz, the U.S. captured the four-man even and set two track records along the way. As you know Whistler is already billed as quicker than all the rest, so the Night Train, the name of their sled, really had a lot of speed heading down the track. On three of the four runs, the Night Train achieved the top time and finished with a total time of 3:24.46.

The U.S. ended an 86-year medal drought with a bang, winning four medals in the Nordic combined events, which combine ski jumping and cross country skiing. In the team large hill event, the United States won silver with team members Brett Camerota, Todd Lodwick, Johnny Spillane and Bill Demong. Spillane placed second in the individual normal hill while Domong and Spillane went 1-2 on the individual large hill.

Medal Records
With their 3-2 overtime victory against the U.S. in men’s hockey, the Canadians not only won gold on some soil but set a record doing it 14 times over. Overall, Canada finished third in the medal court with 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals for a total of 26.

The U.S. also set a record for total medals won at a Winter Olympics. The 37 medals include 9 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals.