We saw Shani Davis win a gold medal in the 1000 metre speed skating event at the Olympic Oval today (Wednesday the 17th). What a fantastic venue. We met up with Stephy & Rocky & Gabriella at the event, since we were coming right from work. It is unbelievable how fast the skaters are when you see them live. Too bad their were no Canadians in the medals and it was really too bad that no Dutch skaters won a medal (they placed 4th, 5th & 6th) because we had some really nice seatmates from Holland.....they gave me an education on the ins and outs of speed skating. They told me that they got extremely drunk the other night when Sven Kramer won the 5000 metre race....he is a national hero.
Gabriella was terrific throughout....all the screaming, yelling, whistling, and cowbell ringing didn't bother her at all.
Tomorrow we head to the women's half-pipe snowboard event on Cypress Mountain....really looking forward....it's an all day, outdoors event.
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