In the Winter of 2010 Canada, the province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver put on a show for the whole entire world to see. It was magnificent. We grabbed so many metals and excelled at so many sports. It was the event of the decade for Canada. It was the biggest stage. On that big stage we showed courtesy, we showed caring and sorrow for the georgian luge athlete who died training on our track, we showed how to be humble and we sure brought out some funny stereotypes in the closing ceremonies. At the start people were sceptical because of the mechanical problems in the opening ceremony but that's what happens sometimes and you have to deal with it. Our crew that was performing the opening ceremony never gave up and kept going. We showed professionalism and class right from the opening event all the way to the ending one. It was one of the most exciting events I have ever experienced in my life because I felt connected to everything that was going on because it was all happening in the backyard and im sure everyone else was feeling the same way. It was fun and at some times nerv racking when Zach Parise(who is actually the son of J.P Parise who played for team Canada in the series agaisnt Russia in 1972) of team America scored with about 30 seconds to go to send the all important gold medal game to sudden death overtime. There couldn't have been a better ending though to the Canadian Olympics than Sidney Crosby's overtime goal. I will always remember were I was and I think that's also the same for every other Canadian. The Olympics gave Canada an image again. It gave us pride beyon beleif and a Patriotism which we were not used to but which we loved.
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