A daughter's love for her dead mother or a skater's obligation to her sport: It's a stark choice that should not be demanded of Joannie Rochette.
Joannie Rochette dedicated that performance to her mom and, last week, placed the bronze medal on her mother's casket at the delayed funeral.
Thérèse Rochette was struck down by a massive heart attack within hours of arriving in the city to watch her daughter's bid for a medal at the Games.)http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/780416--dimanno-joannie-rochette-faced-with-a-stark-choice

 
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Georgia dead after high-speed crash at Olympics

Nodar Kumaritashvili never had a chance.
He crashed almost head-first into a steel support pole after losing control of his luge at the Olympic Sliding Centre Friday morning.
The scene of the crash was no more than five or six metres from the $105 million centre’s first-aid station and medical personnel responded immediately, but the racer had no chance to survive the impact.
The B.C. Coroners Service, assisted by the RCMP, was on site Friday night conducting an investigation. The track remains closed and it’s not known how long the run will be shut.
Kumaritashvili was travelling a measured 134 km/h at the finish line of the course in his sixth and final practice ..
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Ice hockey: Crosby show as Canada beat USA in gold thriller

Superstar Sidney Crosby scored the winner in overtime as Canada won the Olympic title Sunday, beating the United States 3-2 to become the first host nation to capture men's hockey gold in 30 years. Crosby got the winning goal 7:40 into the overtime period, taking a pass from Jarome Iginla and sliding a shot under the pads of US goaltender Ryan Miller.






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Curling: Canada wins men's title - and nation's 13th gold

- Canada won their 13th gold medal of the 2010 Winter Games on Saturday when their undefeated men's curlers beat Norway 6-3 to seal their second consecutive Olympic crown.

The result left Canada untouchable in the gold medal count, an impressive achievement for a nation coming into these Games having failed to win a single title on home ground at the 1976 Summer Games and the 1988 Winter showpiece.
In a tight battle, Canada, urged on by a passionate capacity home crowd, kept an iron grip on the final early on and were never behind throughout.

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Snowboard: Canada's Anderson wins parallel giant slalom

Canadian veteran Jasey Jay Anderson rose to the challange and upset Austrian favourite Benjamin Karl to win the men's snowboard parallel slalom gold on Saturday and spark more celebrations for the host country.
The 34-year-old was behind after his first run but powered through his second in heavy fog on Cypress Mountain to beat Karl, the 2009 parallel slalom world champion, by 0.35sec, with France's Matthieu Bozzetto claiming the bronze.



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Ice Hockey: Canada beats US, capture third straight gold

Canada captured a third consecutive Olympic women's ice hockey title on Thursday, defeating arch-rival United States 2-0 in an emotional championship match on home ice.

"It was special to do it at home," Olympic all-time scoring leader Hayley Wickenheiser said after her third gold medal.
"They have all been sensational. This one wasn't pretty but we gutted it out and we got the job done."
Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice in the first period and goaltender Shannon Szabados made 28 saves to bring Canada the victory and bragging rights in a border war arch-rivalry between the sport's only two women's powers.
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Opening Ceremonies of 2010 Winter Olympics: Canada’s Best

Opening Ceremony in Vancouver, Canada was a three hour event that brought the glitz of sports to the homes of the world. There were lights, ceremony, tradition and even in the end, a bit of drama.Canadian pop music ability shone blithely tonight at the aperture ceremonies for the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. One of the top agreeable highlights was a beauteous achievement of Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” by Canadian accompanist k.d. lang. She aboriginal recorded the song in 2004 for her anthology Hymns of the 49th Parallel. She as well performed “Hallelujah” at the 2005 Juno Awards.

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Snowboard cross: Ricker hands Canada second gold

Maelle Ricker became the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold on home ground when she claimed victory in the snowboard cross on Tuesday.
Two days after Alexandre Bilodeau's win in the men's moguls freestyle had ended the hosts' long, painful wait for an Olympic title after two barren campaigns in Montreal in 1976 and Calgary 1988, Ricker made up for the disappointment she suffered in Turin four years ago.
At those Games, she crashed in the final and was treated in hospital for concussion.

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Curling Canada wins men's title -and nation 13th gold

Canada won their 13th gold medal of the 2010 Winter Games on Saturday when their undefeated men's curlers beat Norway 6-3 to seal their second consecutive Olympic crown.
The result left Canada untouchable in the gold medal count, an impressive achievement for a nation coming into these Games having failed to win a single title on home ground at the 1976 Summer Games and the 1988 Winter showpiece.
In a tight battle, Canada, urged on by a passionate capacity home crowd, kept an iron grip on the final early on and were never behind throughout.

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Figure Skating FlawLess Kim Wins

Favourite Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing as she gave South Korea their first ever Olympic figure skating title with a stunning performance here on Thursday.

The reigning world champion wiped the tears from her eyes after her spellbinding free skate at the Pacific Coliseum which gave her gold by a massive 23-point margin on her nearest challenger Mao Asada of Japan.

Canada's Joannie Rochette claimed bronze as she bravely competed just four days after the death of her mother Therese from a heart attack in Vancouver.


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