Last Wednesday Chandra Crawford won a gold medal in the 1.1 KM sprint. It was the first Olympics for the 22 year old from Canmore, Alberta and what a sweet start to an Olympic career it was. She had spent 5 years competing as a biathlete and at 16 decided to switch to cross country skiing. Her quote about making the switch ""I figured if I could get rid of the shooting part of it, I'd be OK, but it was good training because all that getting up and down is pretty demanding."
In Men's Figure Skating, Jeff Buttle(23) of Sudbury, Ontario won bronze. Jeff was nervous about going to the Olympics, stating; I'm scared, obviously, about the Olympics. I've never been and I don't know what to expect". But his mentor, Kurt Browning, had been a number of times and must have given Jeff some good advice.
In Women's snowboard cross, Dominique Maltais (25) of Montreal survived the raced for bronze. While coming down the course with her 3 other competitors she wiped out and went flying through the security netting. Miraculously she wasn't hurt and got up and finished the race. Unfortunately her fellow Canadian Maelle Ricker, also in the final heat, slipped and came down hard on her back, she was taken to the hospital and suffered a minor concussion. She hasn't been a competitor for long. 2 years ago she was out boarding with some friends who suggested she try out for the Canadian National team. She figured she had nothing to lose so did, and made it on the team...the same day she was hired as a full time firefighter for Montreal!
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