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Title: Canada's First Gold!!
Post by: Lise on Aug 16 08 08:17
GO GO CANADA!!!!! Woohoo!!!! 3 medals in total, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze so far.

   [DIV class=storyheader] [H1]Wrestler Huynh wins Canada's first gold[/H1]

[DIV class=feed_details] [H3]Bob Duff, Canwest News Service[/H3][SPAN]Published: Saturday, August 16, 2008[/SPAN]

BEIJING -- First, Carol Huynh blew kisses to her family.

 They were easy to pick out among the crowd the China Agricultural University Gymnasium, what with the red-and-white hand-made "Go Carol" T-shirts they were all wearing.

 Then Huynh waved in every direction as she ascended the podium, her smile a permanent beam of white light. Then the tears came and they kept coming, but the smile never wavered.

 "Tears of happiness," Huynh explained.

 Finally, as O Canada was played, Huynh lost the battle to contain herself and was overcome with emotion.

 [A href="http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/beijing2008/story.html?id=fcb56c3e-de98-49de-9412-3c7306ea82b6"]Source[/A]

Title: Re: Canada's First Gold!!
Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 16 08 11:37
 (http://images.theglobeandmail.com/RTGAM_Archive/images/20080816/wolymfcanmedal16/_done_gold3642.jpg)

Alright! Way to go!

(http://images.theglobeandmail.com/archives/RTGAM/images/20080816/wolymrowsilver16/_done_calderdaughter.jpg)
The rowing guys who won silver.
   
Title: Re: Canada's First Gold!!
Post by: Lise on Aug 17 08 07:47
(http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2008/08/17/392-menseights.jpg)

  Alright!!!!! A second gold!!! Yaaay!!!

[A href="http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/rowing/story/2008/08/17/olympics-mens-eight-final.html"]Source[/A]

  7 medals to date!
Title: Re: Canada's First Gold!!
Post by: Sawdust on Aug 17 08 08:02
A few years back, my boss' husband was training with and for the olympic rowing team in Victoria. He didn't make the team but they named their first child Rowen Victoria.