After a late night on the slopes today included a much needed sleep in. From there we heard and saw the buzz of excitement as everyone was posting about the men's hockey teams being in town. But most excitingly was the two new medals we won first thing in the morning. A gold and bronze in women's skiing slopestyle. This is the first year that women have been able to compete in the event and Canada represented very well. Dara was our gold medal winner and Kim our bronze. A pretty successful showing for such a strong freestyle team.
We all worked evening shift at the COH but on the way to work Mikaela used her main press center pass to get into the men's hockey opening press conference. There were four players (Benn, Marleau, Weber and Bergeron) and assistant coach Claude Julien. The room was packed and there were many reporters and camera men ready to ask the tough questions. The Russian team had held their press conference in the morning so there were many Russian reporters in the room asking how the Canadians felt and if they were prepared for a Russia and Canada gold medal game. All the players handled themselves well and now it will all matter with how they do on the ice.
Being in Canada house was also very exciting. There were two medal ceremonies at COH, one for Charles Hamelin and one for Alex, Mikael, Dara and Kim. The ceremonies are nice because it gives friends and family time to celebrate but there is also media available for a more informal interview outside of the press conferences. We were all pretty busy and got even busier as all the media arrived and many patriotic Canadians. Celebrating three gold medals in one night is something pretty remarkable and we were all honoured to be a part of it.
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