Never a dull moment for us here in Sochi. Yesterday Mikaela was able to meet Scott and Tessa while holding their press conference in the MPC. They were super friendly and down to earth and Mikaela even got a picture. After work it was over to CBC where Mikaela brought around the women's silver medalist speed skating team for their interviews. Such an intense dynamic that group has and Marianne St-Gelais is a huge riot, the life of the party.
Doug was also able to get his hands on a ticket to watch some skiing in the mountains. It was a miserably rainy day, but Doug was a trooper and beat the rain. Although when he did show up it did look as though he had seen better days (and since he is "accident prone Doug", he also hit his head on the stairs leading up to our apartment and had a goose egg).
Today was also very exciting. Mikaela and Stacey worked the morning and it was pretty quiet shifts for both of them. There was a press conference in the MPC for Mike Riddle who was the halfpipe skier who won silver the night before. After work Stacey and Mikaela headed up to the mountains one last time to watch the finals of the women's bobsled. Bobsled takes place on the same track as the skeleton, so it is also difficult to watch. We placed ourselves in front of a huge screen and saw the bobsledders whip on by. We were obviously cheering like crazy with our Canadian capes and swag. The final round was unreal The Canadian team was in second place after the first three runs and went second last. They were only .11 seconds behind the Americans going into that round and had a great final run. The Americans were last to go and we all held our breaths for the first half of their run. But then they started to lose time and fall behind the Canadians and it was cheers all around for the Canadians. The Americans lost .21 seconds and ended .10 behind the Canadians. It is a sport where equipment plays an enormous role and where every milisecond counts. It was the second gold medal win for Canada that Stacey and Mikaela were together to witness live and it was just as exciting and memorable as the first. We are always proud to be Canadian but in that moment it meant even more. We were proud to wear our Canadian capes out of the track and stop to take pictures with all of the Russian fans. And as happy as we are to win all the time, it does make it a little nicer when we beat our friends to the south (Sorry guys, but I know you feel the same way about your Northern friends).
Bobsled wasn't the only excitement of the night. The men's hockey quarterfinal game against Latvia was also on and Lisa and Doug were in attendance. Doug bought his ticket for the game before we left Canada and Lisa was the chosen one again and got a free ticket to the game (Doug likes to remind us all that he actually paid to go, unlike some people...). They both had a great time at the game and it was a close one for sure. Probably a little too close for comfort though. Being in the Bolshoy arena felt like a home game for Canada. There were so many Candians in the stands and the Russian fans also enjoy cheering to Canada. After the bobsled, Mikaela and Stacey stopped by the mountain Canada house and watched the third period. Thank goodness we pulled that win out!
It was a successful day all around and one that made us very proud to be Canadian!
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