Bernard will play for gold

Cheryl Bernard and her team defeated Switzerland in an expected way. It was not until the last stone was thrown that they secured their spot for the final. The Canadians curlers had some problems today but luckily for them, Switzerland team had some problems to. Both skips missed lot of opportunities, but the 2 last stones thrown were conclusive.

Bernard needed to sneak past a guard and remove one of two Swiss stones in the four-foot. As it left the skip's hand, both Bernard and O'Connor yelled for sweeping, screaming as loud as they have all week, somehow managing to be heard above the din of the crowd. The stone found its target and Ott couldn't duplicate the shot, hitting the Bernard stone but rolling from the rings to count just one and give Canada the game.

"It wasn't as stellar a game as we've all had all week," admitted Bernard, of the sloppy but satisfactory effort, "but we made the necessary shots when we needed to."

"There were some nerves going into that game, no kidding," said Bernard. "I think it was a little bit of the fear of having to play the bronze medal game, not so much the trying to win that game."

That may indicate the Calgary foursome is already satisfied, but nothing could be further from the truth. The team is hungry for one final win.

"I think maybe there's not so much pressure but we still have a job to do," said the skip. "You get this close and you probably want it even more."

They are going to play against Sweden, who defeadted China and Bernard’s team is definitely the underdog. The sweden team, lead by Anette Norberg won gold in the 2 last olympics. "We're definitely the underdog going in and that's understandable," said the Canadian skip. "That's OK, we're good with that."

Clara Hugues says goodbye with Bronze

It was her last laps on the speed skating world and she made it wonderful. With all the competition on that day, she managed to finish third, on the podium with a bunch of Kids. What a beautiful way to end a career that it’s quite spectacular. It was a sixth Olympic medal in 5 Olympics, first one in 1996 to summer game in Atlanta.

Clara is an impressive woman and got a heart of gold. What a great athlete she was!!! Her determination and compassion for other make her quite special. I will honor her career in an entry quite soon.

Silver in Short Track

On short track, 3000m relay, our ladies managed to get a silver medal. They finished third, good for a bronze, but the Koreans were disqualified so, they got a stop higher. Jessica Gregg, Marianne St-Gelais, Kalyna Roberge et Tania Vicent lead the team on the podium.

A first in bobsleigh

Canada had never won a medal on bobsleigh before, and, on Wednesday night, we won 2: gold and silver. Canada 1 led by Heather Moyse and Kaillie Humphries and Canada 2 led by Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown finished #1 and #2.

Cheryl Bernard

Some persons just got to us. We just don’t know why, but they do. During the Olympics, I’ve always had an athlete that becomes my Olympian Hero, and that’s what happened this year with the skip of the Canadian women curling team, Cheryl Bernard.

Frankly, on a year basis, I don’t watch curling very often, well, I don’t watch it at all BUT I follow it a little to know when the Olympic arrives, who are going to be our stars. I always love the under dogs, and on her case, there are lots to love. Not that she is an underdog now, but no one expected her to win the Olympic selection, and no one expected her team to lead the Olympic Pool that easily. They are now in semi-final and will play against Switzerland tomorrow.

Mrs. Bernard has been very impressive since the tournament started. Curling is a team effort, but there are reasons why she is the captain of this team and even if she is, what I call, a very beautiful woman, it’s not one of the reasons. She is well supported by her teammate, but her % of success is impressive. Some of the shoots she makes are unbelievable, her precision is astonishing, her focus is mind-boggling and her way to see the best strategy is quite efficient. And I also kinda like the fact that this woman is barely 5 foot 4 inches and is not twenty year old proving that an athlete can perform above 40.

Not sure she would like me to openly say that she is 43, but I guess with the last picture she made, she doesn’t care much about it. Not only she is beautiful, and a great athlete, but outside the ice, she is a gifted entrepreneur and owes her own company. She got it all!

All the pieces of the puzzle are in place to write history.

Joannie third after the short program

The competition is not over yet in figure skating, but Joannie Rochette made a her best performance of the season good for a third position. The whole world sympathized with what happened to Joannie and I am sure that lot people joined me and wish her the best for the last part of the competition held on Thursday evening. I hope she’ll ease her pain by winning a medal, whatever the color

Gold #6

Another great day of competition, Canada winning another gold medal, this one is in ski cross; Ashleigh Mcivor finished first and if the previous round was risky, she won this one by far. The conditions were rough but she made it. Congratulations!