The National Post looks back at the 39 gold medals the nation has won in Winter Games history.
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When we Owned the Podium: Annie Perreault
- February 13, 2010 5:03 PM |
- By Erin Valois
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As Canada prepares to watch its athletes go for gold at the Olympics in Vancouver starting on Feb. 12, the National Post looks back at the 39 gold medals the nation has won in Winter Games history.
Name Annie Perreault
Olympics 1998 at Nagano, Japan
Event Short-track speed skating, women's 500 metres
The setting Four years before Nagano, Perreault nearly qualified to skate for the Canadian team in Lillehammer, but a bad crash ended her chances. Leading up to the 1998 Winter Olympics, she had major surgery on both of her legs and had little time to get back on track before heading to Japan.
On the day Three days earlier, Perreault won a bronze medal in the women's 3,000-metre relay. Canada had no problem in the relays, but Perreault became the first Canadian to win an individual event in the sport.
Afterlife Another major crash prevented Perreault from competing in the 2002 Winter Olympics and she stayed on the sidelines as an alternate. She hung up her skates in 2003.
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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