Our 3rd and last day at the Winter Olympics!

Our Whistler Olympic experience culminated today with the men's 50 km cross country race.



We were the naive Americans the followed the directions and got to the venue in pre-dawn light. The 2 ski jump hills were lit up.



It was almost a mile from the bus drop off area to the stadium - but plenty of nice sights.


Jennifer got a chance to pose with her favorite mascot, Quatchi


53 racers start together




Our lone American finisher, James Southam, ran with the leaders early on


Petter Northug gets some extra nutrition from teammate Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset


Canadian Devon Kershaw lead early on, was 3rd at this point, and finished 5th


#4 Dario Cologna from Switzerland was in bronze medal position and had a dramatic wipeout with about 50 meters to go, finishing 10th


In the closest 50 km finish in Olympic history, Petter Northug of Norway catches and passes German Axel Tiechmann to win the 2 hour race by 0.3 seconds.


And the Norwegian fans celebrate during the flower ceremony


Thanks for the Olympic memories Canada!

Our 2nd day at the Winter Olympics

Today was men's slalom. The day started off with heavy snow, turned to light rain, and ended up with pleasant conditions.



Andre Myhrer from Sweden took Bronze - check out his form from a LONG distance away...



And the Swedish fans celebrate!


Ivica Kostelic from Croatia took Silver. His sister Janica, who has 4 gold Olympic medals of her own, was right next to us for his 2nd run


Croatia was well represented


Giuliano Razzoli from Italy won the gold


And he had a big fan club (with a really, really big flag)


And fans with custom jackets showing their love


Flower ceremony


A young Canadian fan watches in awe


And on a somber note, a memorial for Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili who died in a tragic training accident before the games was setup in Whistler village. We were passing by when several members of the Georgian delegation were visiting it.


Rest in peace Nodar

Our first day at the Winter Olympics!

We had a blast at the 4 man bobsled today. Can't wait for the next 2 days!


Shout out to the host country


This USA Sled set a course record on this run


Team Croatia


Great Britain


Italy


Austrians


The Swiss showed up to demonstrate to us what a REAL cowbell looks (and sounds) like