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...Klassen, 26, held first place until the final pairing of Clara Hughes and Germany's Claudia Pechstein, who finished 1-2. On the podium, Klassen and Hughes locked arms and jubilantly belted out the final lines of O Canada. "It was awesome," Klassen said. "She was so happy, and we were so happy...
...Nobody could say that about Canada's 24-medal total (7 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze). That bested the previous record of 17 at Salt Lake City in 2002. But just off the podium, it gets even more interesting. Canadians posted 12 fourth-place finishes, results that coaches say point to a team that is on the way up again in Alpine skiing, and one that is gaining strength in the events added in the past 20 years. It's the reason the normally commitment-shy Canadian Olympic Committee has hatched a plan called Own the Podium 2010. The goal...
...record on snow isn't as good as the one on ice in some of the newer events. Sure, two-time World Cup-champion freestyle skier Jennifer Heil, of Spruce Grove, Alta., won gold. But after winning gold, silver and bronze in 1994, the men's freestylers missed the podium for the third straight Olympics. And no Canadian man has made a trip to an Olympic podium in snowboarding since the sport made its debut...
...skied on a gimpy knee and missed bronze by 0.1 sec. in the super-G. "Fourth place is the worst," he said. "I'll be thinking about that one-tenth of a second for the next four years." So will VanderBeek, 23, who missed the Ladies' super-G podium...
...With the Torino Olympics in the books, the post-Games' analysis by Own the Podium 2010 chief Roger Jackson gets under way. Each sport will be evaluated to determine what was done right and what needs to change to meet the target of 35 medals and the No. 1 ranking at Vancouver-Whistler. "Own the Podium is a business plan. It's only been in place for 14 months," says Read. "All the winter sports have said, 'Let's roll up the sleeves and get going.'" Thirty-five total medals, from 24? Fourth to first in skiing in four years...