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Speedskater Clara Hughes adds to her Olympic medal count Wednesday with a bronzemedal win in the women’s 5,000-metre event. photo Larry Wong / Canwest News Service
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Medallists Heather Moyse (left), Helen Upperton, Kaillie Humphries and Shelley-Ann Brown celebrate Canada’s gold and silver medal win in the women’s bobsledding event at the Whistler sliding centre.
balldritt@nsnews.com Canada actually owned the podium in Whistler Wednesday as our women’s bobsleigh team won gold and silver medals. The Canada 1 sled was piloted to victory by Kaillie Humphries with national-level rugby player Heather Moyse in back. Despite the Whistler Sliding Centre’s fearsome reputation and having barely four years of experience in the sport, Humphries set a track record on her first of four runs, only to set another on her second and yet another on her third.
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Humphries, 24, and Moyse, 31, were .85 seconds clear by the end of the night, almost a geological era by the standards of bobsleigh. And they were clear of the Canada 2 sled, pushed by Shelley-Ann Brown, of Pickering, Ont., and driven by Helen Upperton of Calgary. The pair placed fifth after one run but improved their spot with each attempt. There was an anxious moment near the end of the night’s racing when one of Canada’s chief medal rivals, Cathleen Martini and Romy Logsch of Germany, failed to negotiate
balldritt@nsnews.com The women of Canada’s short-track speed skating team kept up the medal production Wednesday, winning silver in the 3,000metre relay. Marianne St. Gelais, who already mounted the podium with her second-place time in the 500 metres, started the four-skater relay for the Canadians. She was followed by Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge and Tania Vicent, who have all threatened but were each still hungry for a Vancouver medal. Vicent is the first Canadian to medal in four consecutive Games. Short track can be a chaotic
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women speedsters bring in the medals
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bald as a curling bear Kevin “The Bear” Martin’s celebrity and bare head have attracted the attention of the New York Times, which profiled the curler in an article describing him as “the most famous, perhaps baldest and most decorated curler in the history of Canada. . . . Because he is 43 years old and his hairline is shaped like a horseshoe, he looks as if he belongs in a beer-and-bowling league,” the Times marvels.
Worthy of champions
Every one of the athletes who trained, worked and sacrificed their way to a podium finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics will take home a unique piece of artwork that reflects their acheivement. The Royal Canadian Mint, which manufactured the medals, has been swamped with an unexpectedly large number of visitors willing to line up for hours to touch the prizes. See story page 3.
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