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Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics

Congratulations to all the athletes who competed in Vancouver British Columbia,  Canada home of the 2010 Winter Olympics.  Each athlete proudly represented their country in each of the 15 sports events and 86 categories where Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were  awarded for a total of 258 Olympic medals.

It has been 17 days of lifetime experiences for hundreds of athletics and millions of citizens of the world supporting their countrymen.

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Medal chart by country.

This afternoon I watched the Canada and USA Ice Hockey Game for the Gold Medal in overtime. Canada took it with a score of 3-2, Canada took the Gold and the United States took the Silver.

The United States lead the Olympics

with a total of 37 medals.

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9 GOLD MEDALS

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Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super Combined
MILLER Bode

Alpine Skiing – Ladies’ Downhill
Lindsey VONN

Bobsleigh – Four-Man in their bobsleigh named “Night Train” wins Gold since 1948
Curtis TOMASEVICZ
Steve MESLER
Justin OLSEN
Steven HOLCOMB

Figure Skating – Men’s 1st USA man that won since 1988
Evan LYSACEK

Freestyle Skiing – Ladies’ Moguls
Hannah KEARNEY

Nordic Combined – Individual LH/10 km CC
DEMONG Bill

Snowboard – Men’s Halfpipe
Shaun WHITE

Speed Skating – Men’s 1000m
Shani DAVIS

Snowboard – Men’s Snowboard Cross
Seth WESCOTT

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15 SILVER MEDALS

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Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super-G
Bode MILLER

Alpine Skiin – Ladies’ Downhill
Julia MANCUSO

Alpine Skiing – Ladies’ Super Combined
Julia MANCUSO

Figure Skating – Ice Dance
Meryl DAVIS & Charlie WHITE

Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Aerials
Jeret PETERSON

Ice Hockey – Women
UNITED STATES

Ice Hockey – Men
UNITED STATES

Nordic Combines – Individual LH/10km CC
Johnny SPILLANE

Nordic Combined – Team/4×5 km CC
Brett CAMEROTA
Bill DEMON
Johnny SPILLANE
Todd LODWICK

Nordic Combined – Individual NH/10km CC
Johnny SPILLANE

Short Track Speed Skating – Men’s 1500m
Apolo Anton OHNO – Holds record with 8 Winter Olympic Medals

Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies’ 1000m
Katherine REUTER

Snowboard – Ladies’ Halfpipe
Hannah TETER

Speed Skating – Men’s 1500m
Shani DAVIS

Speed Skating – Men’s Team Pursuit
Briwn HANSEN
Trevor MARSICANO
Jonathan KUCK
Chad HEDRICK

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13 BRONZE MEDALS

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Alpine Skiing Ladies’ Super-G
Lindsey VONN

Alpine Skiing Mens’ Super-G
Andrew WEIBRECHT

Alpine Skiin – Men’s Downhill
Bode MILLER

Bobsleigh – Women’s
Elana MEYERS
Erin PAC

Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Moguls
Bryon WILSON

Freestyle Skiing  – Ladies’ Moguls
Shannon BAHRKE

Short Track Speed Skating
- Men’s 5000m Relay
United States

Short Track Speed Skating
- Ladies’ 3000m Relay
United States

Short Track Speed Skating – Men’s 1000m
Apolo Anton OHNO – Holds record with 8 Winter Olympic Medals

Short Track Speed Skating – Men’s 1500 m
J.R. Celski

Snowboard – Ladies’ Halfpipe
Kelly CLARK

Snowboard – Mens’ Halfpipe
Scott LAGO

Speed Skating – Men’s 1000m
Chad HEDRICK

Hope you all enjoyed the 2010 Winter Olympics as much as our family did.

Stay tuned for the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games March 12-21, 2010

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