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...Salt. Oh, wait, they already did that one. No, really...
...feel like they are, quite literally, learning to walk all over again. Everyday situations such as eating dinner become a minefield of possible faux pas. But within an hour Mather has them properly scooping their soup ("Away from yourself, so as not to splash the tie") and daintily adding salt on the side, rather than dousing the entire dish ("Do you think you're in a trucker's café?"). The gentlemen are schooled in public speaking, networking, deportment, dancing and wine tasting. For the modern metrosexual there are lessons in dress sense, skin and hair care, and even...
...might expect of a world-class athlete. Shy and laid back, the speedskating superstar doesn't carry herself off-ice like the fiery locomotive that she becomes when she's racing. Klassen had the engine going full bore in Torino, taking five medals, which, added to a bronze from Salt Lake City, make her the winningest Canadian Olympian ever. Although a favorite to win multiple medals heading into Torino, her jittery performance in the 3,000-m event during the Games' first week got the doubters going. In the 3,000 m, Klassen overreacted to Dutch skater Ireen Wust...
...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...
...Logic says Canada should do well at events on ice or snow. Since the Calgary Games of 1988, Canada's medal tally has grown steadily, as has its team. (Canada sent a record 196 athletes to Torino, 39 more than went to Salt Lake City in 2002.) The number of medals up for grabs has also swelled: Calgary played host to 46 events; Torino had 84. Of the six new events in 2006, Canada medaled in three: Maelle Ricker's bronze in snowboard cross and silvers in men's and women's speedskating team pursuit...