GOLDEN HEART Alexandre Bilodeau speaks to the media after becoming an Olympic champion and Canadian icon in a mere 25 seconds after he scorched down the Cypress Mountain moguls course, bumping embittered Canadian-turned-Australian Dale Begg-Smith (left), his chief rival, to the next step of the podium. When Frenchman Gilbaut Colas’ scores flashed across the jumbotron and fell short of the Canadian’s marks, Bilodeau pumped his fists in the air, saluted the screaming crowd and promptly rushed over to his family — particularly older brother Frederic, who suffers from cerebral palsy and is his “source of inspiration” — in what might be the most poignant moment of the 2010 Games. Photo by John Evely/SRC Camera: Nikon D3S 1/200 sec at f4.5 160 mm (lens: Nikon 70-200 f 2.8) ISO 1250
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