The Excellent Olympic Adventure: 2010

Post Olympic Blues

March 11, 2010

After years of planning and excitement, 3 unforgettable weeks, it's all over... and Scott and I are blue. We feel there's a significant lack of excitement in our lives. Not that our lives are boring, by no means is that the case, but we haven't been to a major sporting event, haven't cheered until we lose our voices, haven't clapped until our palms hurt and haven't chanted CAN-A-DA in what feels like forever!

There has been talk of Sochi in 2014, but we don't want to make any decisions until we see how they plan on running it and if decent tickets will be available to Canadians.

Okay, I guess I should stop wallowing and get back to work now.

Mitten Mayhem Tuesday - The Final

March 2, 2010

CANADA WINS THE GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S HOCKEY!! Here I am celebrating in Vancouver!!

BEST MITTEN MAYHEM PIC YETT!

Beth's Top 5 Olympic Moments!

In no particular order, here are my top 5 Vancouver 2010 moments!

1. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir winning gold, and then seeing the rings change to gold!

2. Being in Whistler and being able to take this amazing picture:

3. The Peak to Peak Gondola between Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains.

4. Sitting in Pacific Coliseum before the Figure Skating Gala and getting really emotional because I know the Olympics are coming to an end and it's been an amazing trip!

5. Team Canada Men's Hockey winning Gold and seeing how happy Scott is!!!

AMAZING TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're considering Sochi 2014 :)

Flights

March 1, 2010

Wow....the YWCA had an airport shuttle...so for $11 each we went direct from the hotel to airport. Airport said to get here 4-5 hours early...so we did...and the place is almost empty. Through security and checked bags in less than 30 mins...less than an hour hotel to gate....that's amazing...

So since we are so early, Pam and I are now on standby for an earlier flight! Might get out of here at 11:30 AM...

Robson Street

February 28, 2010

Figure Skating Gala, Beth's Personal Heaven!!

February 27, 2010

Mere moments!! Skaters include:
Takahashi, Pang & Tong, Ando, Faiella & Scali, Chan, Rochette, Belbin
& Agosto, Plushenko, Zhang & Zhang, Davis & White, Kim, Shen & Zhao,
Lysacek and Virtue & Moir!!!

Short Track Medals

February 26, 2010

Hamelin Gold, Tremblay Bronze in the Mens 500m!!! The Mens 5000m Relay finals go later tonight....Canada is in the A finals for that as well

Joannie Rochette wins Bronze & Women's Hockey wins Gold!

February 25, 2010

Great few days for Canada! Yesterday 4 medals, today, 2!!!

We went to the Women's Gold Medal Hockey game, Canada vs. USA. Canada won 2-0!!!

Scott's Hockey Pics:

Beth's Hockey Pics:

After the game, Pam, Jen, Scott and I went to a gay bar called The Score to meet up with Scott Dumas and Damonde Tschritter (Yuk's comedians) to watch the women's long program!! I was very nervous for Joannie, but she rose above everything and had an amazing skate!! I'm so proud of her, as is Canada!! And now I will get to see her skate at the Gala on Saturday!

Rochette

Cynthia Phaneuf placed 13th overall.

Scott's Post-Game Pics:

Tomorrow, Scott and Pam are at the women's gold medal curling, Jen and I have the day off, we will probably wander the city aimlessly :)

I would like to apologize for not updating the blog as regularly as we should, it's very hard when we are really only in the room to sleep!! Speaking of sleep...

Day 13: Snowboarding

So we finally have one day without an event, and what do we do? Snowboard Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains of course!

Beth's Snowboarding Pics:

Scott's Snowboarding Pics:

After coming off the hill, we were able to get to Amsterdam's Pub in time to watch Canada crush Russia 7-3!!

Beth's Post-Snowboarding Pics:

Day 12: Whister Walkabouts and Women's Bobsled

After the double-curling day, we spent two days up in Whistler....with Pam and I taking in Runs 1 & 2 of the Women's Bobsled. Canada would go on to win Gold and Silver the next day.

Scott's Pre-Bobsled Pics:

Beth's Pre-Bobsled Pics:

Scott's Bobsled Pics:

Scott's Post-Bobsled Pics:

Beth's Post-Bobsled Pics:

Day 11: Post-Game

Okay....back at it...

After the Curling on Day 11, our adventures were kind of a mixed bag, people off in different directions....but pics are below...

Behind Again

Way behind in uploading again. There is just too much to do to spend time too much time in front of the computer.

I have played catchup a bit and added more pics to previous posts....so scroll down a bit and you might see something new.

For us today...its the Women's Gold Medal Hockey Game....Go Canada Go!

Figure Skating - Women's Short Program

February 23, 2010

We're in Whistler now, here we go with the Women's Short Program!

Phaneuf (Canada)
She had a decent enough skate. Fell on some connecting steps which was kind of dumb.
SCORE - 57.16

Kim (Korea)
Had a great skate! She has set a new World Record!
SCORE - 78.50

Rochette (Canada)
Her mother passed away 2 days ago, I really hope she can keep it together and have a great skate for herself and her mom!
-tlutz, double toe - beautiful!
-triple flip - great!
-double axel was fantastic!
-she came off the ice crying... I started crying as well. So hard. GOOD FOR HER!!!!
SCORE - 71.36

Rochette following her short program.

Mitten Mayhem Tuesday - Live from Robson Square!

Here's Jen and I after the fireworks display at Robson Square!! The show there was amazing, so much fun!

The mittens will be retired next week, I will post ONE MORE Mitten Mayhem picture next week!

We've Arrived In Whistler

Little slow in the village right now, which is awesome for snagging pictures...no crowds...

Virtue and Moir are GOLDEN!!!

February 22, 2010

More to come later, I'm currently at a bar so I can't go into detail, but VIRTUE AND MOIR HAVE WON GOLD!!!!

And then I was so excited and happy for them, I started to cry :) That's when it really hit me that I'm AT the Olympics!!

Day 11: Women's Curling

After the Men's game, we ducked out for a quick lunch.....when rather randomly Kevin Martin dropped into the same place. Didn't get a chance to get a pic or autograph, he practically ran out the door, but cool nonetheless.

We then headed back for the Women's Draw. Sweden and Canada both went into the draw at 5-1, but Sweden played like crap...giving Canada a fairly easy win. Combined with the Chinese loss to Russia today, I think Canada has clinced first on the women's side as well now.

Scott's Pics:

Beth's Pics:

Pam's Pics:

Day 11: Men's Curling

Were out to the Vancouver Olympic Centre for a twin-bill of curling today. First was the Men...CAN-USA the main event. It was nice to get a touch of retribution back for last night. Canada has now clinched first place, which is always key.

Scott's Pics:

Beth's Pics:

Pam's Pics:

Day 10: Victory Ceremony and Post-Game

Victory Ceremony was OK at best...nosebleed seats took any enjoyment out of the concert. Headed out to the Cambie afterwards, and also took a late night swing past the flame:

Victory Ceremonies: Scott's Pics

Victory Ceremonies: Beth's Pics

Victory Ceremonies: Pam's Pics

Post Game: Scott's Pics

Post Game: Beth's Pics

Post Game: Pam's Pics

Day 10: Canada v. USA

Amazing seats, amazing atmosphere...crappy result. I didnt' take too many pictures as we were behind the netting, which makes any pictures look like they're through a chain-link fence. Regardless:

Scott's Pics:

Pam's Pics:

Behind: I Know

Also I know I'm behind a few days on pictures....busy busy. Swear Ill get them up over the next 24 hrs or so!

Semi-Finals

Womens semi-finals for hockey go in about an hour and a half. This will be the first of three or four semi-final games that we'll need Canadians to get through in order to set up Gold Medal games that we have tickets to. Here's Hoping!1

Sympathy to Joannie Rochette

Yesterday morning, Canadian women's figure skating champion, Joannie
Rochette's mother passed away. Joannie is still planning on competing
as planned. Her mother was only 55 and passed away from a heart
attack. Us in the blogging world send our deepest sympathies to
Joannie an the entire Rochette family.

Ice Dance - Original Dance

February 21, 2010

Ok, well I couldn't watch the skating today bceause I was actually AT the Olympics attending a Victory Ceremony! From what I have heard (and watched on the replays) Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue ROCKED IT! I watched the replay of their skate and it was breathtaking! It was so good, there was no commentating during the skate because Rod Black, Jennifer Robinson and Victor Kraatz had NOTHING to say; they were speachless.

Virtue & Moir

TOTAL SCORE - 111.15

Crone and Poirier on the other hand, I have not watched their skate, but they have dropped to 17th place after the Original Dance.

Crone & Poirier

TOTAL SCORE - 79.31

Tomorrow at 4:30pm (Pacific) they skate their Free Dance, I will be done our events by that time, so I will be watching the skating from a bar somewhere!!

RESULTS AFTER THE ORIGINAL DANCE

Day 10: Russia v. Czech Repubic

Started in Row 7...moved to Row 1....Pam got a puck...

Scott's Pics:

Pam's Pics:

Beth and Jen trek to BC!

I picked Jen up at 11am on Saturday and we were on our way to start

our journey! We got to my parents house at 12 where we printed out

boarding passes and switched our luggage over to my dad's suv.

My parents drove us to Buffalo and we were all checked in by 2:30. Lots

of lounging in the airport until our 4:30 flight (it was delayed but

only 20 minutes). Got in the 16th row on the plane, which also

happened to be the last row of this microscopic airplane! We

experienced a bit of turbulance on the landing but got into Chicago's

O'Hare airport for 6:45. Our flight out of Chicago was at 7:45 (still

Toronto time). We landed in Seattle at 12:30am (9.30pm), then we

hopped on the Light Rail Link (which I STILL have problems saying!!)

and took it to Westlake station. Once we got off the train, we needed

to get about 10 blocks to the Best Western. There were some

"interesting characters" on the street, so we decided to take a cab.

We got to the hotel, checked in, ordered a pizza and then passed out.

Today:
Wake up call at 5am (gross!!) we got our stuff tigeher, checked out
and took a cab to the Seattle Amtrak station. Checked in there, we
were very surprised by the security, drug dogs, security with huge
guns on them at all times. Welcome to America! :) We are currently on
the train, more to come later with pictures!!

Day 10: Super Sunday!

Woohoo! Super Sunday is here!!

If you need me, I'll be 7 rows behind the benches for the Russia-Czech Republic game...or after that...10 rows behind the net for the Canada-USA game.

Jen and Beth also arrive in town today....they're on the train right now...so all around, its a pretty good day!

Day 9: Short-Track Speed Skating

Short-Track Speed-Skating is some pretty crazy stuff...thought I was going to have a heart attack by the end of it. Really too bad the Hamelin's couldn't pull off at least one medal...but it was a good event regardless.

Commercial Drive (Pre-Game): Pam's Pics

Scott's Pics:

Pam's Pics:

What These Games Mean

February 20, 2010

Awesome video from CTV:

Stephen Brunt: What these Games mean to Canada

Day 8: Holland Heineken House and Women's Curling

Got a chance yesterday to get out to one of the places that I really wanted to get to: Holland Heineken House. Met up with Orin again, and spent the afternoon pre-drinking for the evening curling games!

Heineken House - Scott's Pics:

Heineken House - Pam's Pics:

Women's Curling - Scott's Pics:

Day 7: Canada v. Switzerland

Alright, got a little behind in posting....so, pics from the 3-2 shootout win for Canada, and the post-game celebrations. Crazy game to be at!

Scott's Pics:

Pam's Pics

Post-Game:

Ice Dance - Compulsory Dance

February 19, 2010

So, if you have read the blog earlier, you will know I don't really like Ice Dance, so I'm only going to blog about the Canadians.

Crone / Poirier (Canada)
-all the ice dancers will skate to a tango for their compulsory dance
-ahh... they didn't fall, so I guess that's good. lol
SCORE - 31.14

Crone & Poirier

Virtue / Moir (Canada)
-Yeay Tessa and Scott!!!
-their patterns are HUGE, they are so powerful when they skate this, much more than the other teams!
-A fantastic skate!!!
SCORE - 42.74

Virtue & Moir

RESULTS AFTER THE COMPULSORY DANCE



1		DOMNINA Oksana SHABALIN Maxim
2		VIRTUE Tessa MOIR Scott
3		DAVIS Meryl WHITE Charlie
4		BELBIN Tanith AGOSTO Benjamin
5		FAIELLA Federica SCALI Massimo
6		DELOBEL Isabelle SCHOENFELDER Olivier
7		KHOKHLOVA Jana NOVITSKI Sergei
8		KERR Sinead KERR John
9		PECHALAT Nathalie BOURZAT Fabian
10		ZARETSKY Alexandra ZARETSKY Roman
11		ZADOROZHNIUK Anna VERBILLO Sergei
12		CAPPELLINI Anna LANOTTE Luca
13		HOFFMANN Nora ZAVOZIN Maxim
14		SAMUELSON Emily BATES Evan
15		CRONE Vanessa POIRIER Paul
16		BEIER Christina BEIER William
17		BOBROVA Ekaterina SOLOVIEV Dmitri
18		REED Cathy REED Chris
19		HUANG Xintong ZHENG Xun
20		REED Allison JAPARIDZE Otar
21		COOMES Penny BUCKLAND Nicholas
22		HAJKOVA Kamila VINCOUR David
23		SHTORK Irina RAND Taavi

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