By Lyndsie Baxter
10. Canada takes the gold and silver for women’s ski cross
[1]Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., won a gold medal and Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., captured a silver in women’s ski cross.
Even though Kelsey Serwa called the one-two finish “miraculous,” there was little to no doubt that at least one of them would land on the podium, given their phenomenal success on the international ski cross circuit.
9. Skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir land silver
[2]Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skated their “best performance of the year” in Olympic free dance and landed with silver medals for Canada.
They became Canada’s sweethearts four years ago in Vancouver. And they celebrated this silver in much the same way they did the gold then.
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8. Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse win gold in Olympic women’s bobsled
[4]Canadians Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse defend their title as bobsled champions.
Humphries and Moyse made history after their win, becoming the first female bobsledders to repeat as Olympic champions.
7. The race Gilmore Junio didn’t skate
[5]Canadian long-track speed skaters Denny Morrison (left) and Gilmore Junio during the medal presentations.
After Gilmore Junio qualified for the 1,000 metre long-track speed-skating event, he decided to gift his spot to fellow speed-skating teammate Denny Morrison.
Junio knew the veteran skater had a better chance at a medal.
Morrison went on to win a silver. This act of selflessness was an inspiration to the nation.
6. Charles Hamelin wins gold in 1,500 metre short-track speed skating
[6]Charles Hamelin celebrates his gold medal finish after the 1,500 metre short track speed skating final.
Hamelin won gold in the 500 metre short-track and 5,000 metre relay in Vancouver 2010. He placed 9th in the 1,500 metre event.
Four years later that 9th place finish turned golden.
[7]Charles Hamelin and speed-skating girlfriend Marianne St-Gelais share in their iconic gold medal celebratory kiss in 2010 (left) and 2014.
The kiss between Charles Hamelin and his speed-skating girlfriend, Marianne St-Gelais, turned into one of the Olympics’ most iconic moments when St-Gelais ran down to greet Hamelin after his gold medal finish in 2010. It was only fitting that he continue the tradition after his gold skate in 2014.
5. Men’s and women’s curling teams sweep the competition and land double gold
[8]Brad Jacobs and his teammates celebrate their gold medals on the podium.
Canada swept the curling medals in Sochi, with Jennifer Jones rolling to the women’s title first. It is the third Olympic gold medal in a row for Canada’s men’s team and the first time any country has swept both curling gold medals at one games.
[9]Jennifer Jones with her team of gold medallists, left the Sochi Games with a flawless record of 11 and 0.
4. Canada shuts out Sweden to defend gold medal
Canada defended its Olympic men’s hockey title with a 3-0 victory over Sweden.
[10]Team Canada celebrates their gold medal victory over Sweden.
“Not quite as dramatic as the other one,” team captain Sidney Crosby said. “Just real solid all the way through. We knew the way we wanted to play, and the last couple of games, we were solid. With each game, we seemed to build more and more confidence.”
It’s the biggest win for a Canadian team in Russia since the 1972 Summit Series.
[11]Captain Sidney Crosby and his team celebrate their win against Sweden.
3. Canada’s women’s moguls powerhouse family took the gold and silver on Day One at the Sochi Games
[12]Justine Dufour-Lapointe and her older sister Chloé Dufour-Lapointe celebrate the news of their gold and silver finish.
While Chloé qualified ahead of her younger sister in both the first and second finals, it was Justine who won the day.
Oldest sister Maxime finished in 12th spot, missing the third final.
[13]The Dufour-Lapointe sisters, from left: Chloe won silver, Justine won gold and Maxime placed 12th. All three competed in the women’s moguls in Sochi.
2. Alexandre Bilodeau defended his gold medal in men’s moguls
[14]Alex Bilodeau proudly holding the Canadian flag as he defended his gold medal in Olympic men’s moguls.
Alexandre says his biggest inspiration in life is his brother Frederic, who has cerebral palsy.
The hug the Bilodeau brothers shared when Alex won gold in 2010 became an iconic Olympic moment.
It was only natural that he relive that moment when he won gold again in Sochi.
[15]Alex Bilodeau celebrates his gold medal victory with brother Frederic. First in 2010, and again in 2014.
Bilodeau’s win made him the first Canadian to defend a gold medal in the same individual Olympic event since speedskater Catriona Lemay Doan in 2002. The women’s bobsled duo of Humphries and Moyse also won back -to-back gold, making history behind Bilodeau.
1. Canada’s women’s hockey team wins gold in overtime against the United States
[16]Canada’s women’s hockey team celebrates its gold medal after beating the United States in a thrilling championship final.
The women’s hockey team was losing to its longtime rival 2-0 in the third period of the gold medal final.
It appeared a victory was within reach for the Americans with less than four minutes remaining.
Brianne Jenner began the rally with 3:26 remaining in regulation time. This meant Canada was only down by one.
[17]Jenner and teammates celebrate as they score in the gold medal final game, cutting America’s two goal lead to one.
Then, Marie-Philip Poulin saved her best heroics for the end. With Canada down 2-1 in the final minute of the third period, and a sixth attacker on the ice, Poulin forced overtime after beating the American goalie with 54.6 seconds remaining.
[18]Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin celebrates after scoring during the third period of the women’s hockey gold medal game between Canada and the U.S., taking the game to overtime.
Because it’s a gold medal game, the teams went to a 20-minute sudden-death overtime.
Poulin got the golden goal for Canada on the power play, reviving memories of 2010 when she scored Canada’s only two goals in the final game against the U.S. – a game they won 2-0.
[19]Team Canada celebrate their overtime hockey gold medal win against the USA at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.
The Canadian women won their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal for ice hockey.
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