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A day of redemption for Canada in hockey
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February 26, 2010, Friday
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THE Canadian men restored order in their Olympic ice hockey house and headed to the semifinals after a 7-3 rout of Russia on Wednesday, a day of redemption and medal manna from heaven for the host nation.
In a country where hockey is religion, Canadians rejoiced to be back on the medal track in Vancouver where maple leaf-clad fans poured into the streets three days after a demoralizing loss to the Americans.
Canada's happiness scaled new heights minutes later as two of the women's bobsleigh teams took the top two medals, the gold going to Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse in the two-woman final that saw a highly-rated German team flip over on the fast ice track.
With a gold that takes Canada to the top of the medals table alongside the United States and Germany, two silvers, a bronze and the big hockey win, Wednesday was Canada's day.
Elsewhere, Sweden won the men's cross-country skiing relay, with Marcus Hellner pulling away on the last leg for his second gold medal of the Olympics. Hellner was joined by Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson and Anders Soedergren. The Swedes won the 4x10-kilometer race in 1 hour, 45 minutes, 5.4 seconds.
Petter Northug used a furious final leg to secure silver for Norway. The Czech Republic took bronze.
Also, Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic earned her second gold of the Vancouver Games, winning the women's 5,000-meter speedskating race.
It was, however, a disappointing day for top American skier Lindsey Vonn, the downhill gold medalist who crashed out on a fog-enveloped giant slalom and broke her little finger.
The giant slalom second leg fell prey to poor weather on Whistler Mountain and will be run instead today, with no Vonn and little hope for teammate and defending champion Julia Mancuso.
For all of Canada's medal stash, no Olympic honor is more coveted than the gold one in men's hockey.
"You want to do well because you're proud and because you think hockey is Canada's game," said Canada coach Mike Babcock.
Forced to play an extra match to qualify for the quarterfinals, Canada dispatched Germany 8-2 on Tuesday. Twenty-four hours later, it lined up for a mouth-watering clash with Russia and dominated from start to finish.
Canada will face Slovakia, which knocked out 2006 Turin gold medalist Sweden in a 4-3 thriller.
In a country where hockey is religion, Canadians rejoiced to be back on the medal track in Vancouver where maple leaf-clad fans poured into the streets three days after a demoralizing loss to the Americans.
Canada's happiness scaled new heights minutes later as two of the women's bobsleigh teams took the top two medals, the gold going to Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse in the two-woman final that saw a highly-rated German team flip over on the fast ice track.
With a gold that takes Canada to the top of the medals table alongside the United States and Germany, two silvers, a bronze and the big hockey win, Wednesday was Canada's day.
Elsewhere, Sweden won the men's cross-country skiing relay, with Marcus Hellner pulling away on the last leg for his second gold medal of the Olympics. Hellner was joined by Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson and Anders Soedergren. The Swedes won the 4x10-kilometer race in 1 hour, 45 minutes, 5.4 seconds.
Petter Northug used a furious final leg to secure silver for Norway. The Czech Republic took bronze.
Also, Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic earned her second gold of the Vancouver Games, winning the women's 5,000-meter speedskating race.
It was, however, a disappointing day for top American skier Lindsey Vonn, the downhill gold medalist who crashed out on a fog-enveloped giant slalom and broke her little finger.
The giant slalom second leg fell prey to poor weather on Whistler Mountain and will be run instead today, with no Vonn and little hope for teammate and defending champion Julia Mancuso.
For all of Canada's medal stash, no Olympic honor is more coveted than the gold one in men's hockey.
"You want to do well because you're proud and because you think hockey is Canada's game," said Canada coach Mike Babcock.
Forced to play an extra match to qualify for the quarterfinals, Canada dispatched Germany 8-2 on Tuesday. Twenty-four hours later, it lined up for a mouth-watering clash with Russia and dominated from start to finish.
Canada will face Slovakia, which knocked out 2006 Turin gold medalist Sweden in a 4-3 thriller.
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