2010 Winter Olympics

By Cosmic Sauce

  • Vancouver enters the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.

    Vancouver was chosen instead of Quebec and Calgar.

  • Alexandre Bilodeau won the first gold medal on Canadian soil, in Canada.

  • Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue won the first gold medal in North America for Ice Dancing.

  • Canada won gold and silver in the women's bobsled.

  • The women's ice hockey team from Canada won the gold medal against the U.S.

    Score was 2-0.

  • Canada won gold in curling.

    The team that won the gold medal made history since they were the first team in the history of curling teams to never lose a match.

  • Men and women's speed skating gold medals were won by Canada (and Germany).

  • Sidney Crosby won the gold medal for Canada in men's ice hockey against the U.S.

    Sidney scored the goal in overtime.