Bilodeau delivers moguls gold on home snow
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - The drought is done.
One night after Jennifer Heil's oh-so-close silver effort, Canada's moguls team delivered gold Sunday at Cypress, with Alexandre Bilodeau seizing the Olympic title in the men's moguls competition. The victory marks Canada's first-ever gold at a home Olympics.
Heil mines silver to kick-start Canuck effort
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Jennifer Heil came close to delivering Canada's first-ever Olympic gold on Canadian snow but had to settle for the silver medal after a conservative final run and a hard-charging performance by American Hannah Kearney.
Downhill racers get green light Monday WHISTLER, B.C. - Sunshine and blue skies gave a shot of optimism to weather-weary Olympic Games ski race organizers on Sunday. Heavy rain and snow in the morning forced the International Ski Federation to cancel a women's downhill training. But the clouds broke up during the afternoon and officials were confident the men's downhill would be good to go Monday. "It's going to be rough and tough," said Switzerland's Didier Cuche, who at 35 hopes to become the oldest man to win a skiing gold medal. "If it is frozen, it is going to be really nice." Cuche and Australia's Michael Walchhofer are among the prerace favourites. But Walchhofer said not to count out Manny Osborne-Paradis of Invermere, B.C., or Robbie Dixon of Whistler. Click here to read the storySRC VidPix: Brooker analyzes the downhillSRC Editor-in-Chief Gordie Bowles catches up with former Crazy Canuck
and NBC commentator Todd Brooker to chat about weather, the Canadian
advantage and Lindsey Vonn injury theories. |
