How hot is Canada at the Olympics right now?Our athletes are showing courage and kickass-ness. And we're all damn proud.
Let's start with figure skater Joannie Rochette. After she arrived in Vancouver, she was struck with the news that her mother had died due to a heart attack.
Yet she still went ahead with a stunning short program, placing third and continued onto her long program last night, winning third overall.
In her own words from the Toronto Star:
"Tonight, for those four minutes, I could only think of my skating, which was good because I needed to be in a state of mind where I couldn't be touched, where I could be in a bubble ... I still don't know how I could do this and not cry before the music started. I feel proud and the result did not matter. I'm happy to be on the podium. It was a lifetime project for me and my mom and we achieved that."
Our women's hockey team won GOLD last night! And they celebrated on the ice with some champ, and some cigars...and now the International Olympic committee is having a hissy fit over it. Really, IOC? Really? Relax. These women worked damn hard and the ice didn't get hurt. Slow your roll.
And finally, this is a little shout-out to all those lovely Olympic athletes and the stamina they're showing in their sports...and in the sack, apparently.
According to the National Post, health officials in Vancouver have provided 100,000 condoms to about 7,000 Olympic athletes and officials - which means roughly 14 condoms per person.
But as of Wednesday - supplies were low, so an emergency shipment from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research of 8,500 was sent out and arrived yesterday.
Free condoms started to be disturbed back in 1992 at the Barcelona games. Apparently though, the Toronto Star reports that this seems to be the first time there's been a shortage.
Oh Canada :)
