Day 3 of the Olympic Games wrapped up Sunday with Alexandre Bilodeau winning Canada's first gold medal by taking the men's moguls competition. Here's how the medal count looked heading into Monday:
United States: 1G, 2S, 3B
Germany: 1G, 3S, 0B
France: 2G, 0S, 1B
Canada: 1G, 1S, 1B
Another medal will be awarded Monday night as the snowboarding events begin with the men's Snowboard Cross – more commonly known as boardercross in the alpine community. The Halfpipe competition starts Wednesday, followed by the Parallel Giant Slalom on Friday; all these events are being held at Cypress Mountain, which has been having major difficulties with both snow and accommodations, or lack thereof.
France's Pierre Vaultier is the heavy favorite at even money to take gold at the Snowboard Cross, with Norway's Stian Sivertzen at 2-1 and Seth Wescott of the United States at 13-2. Wescott won the gold at the 2006 Games in Turin.
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Hard to believe that a country like Canada, a country that for the most part spends a good five months of the year covered in a blanket of snow, has not won an Olympic gold medal on home soil. They didn't do it in Montreal or Calgary, but they did it tonight at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Men's moguls skiier Alexandre Bilodeau becomes the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil…and in fine fashion, too.
Skiing second to last, Bilodeau scored 26.75 to beat defending Olympic champion Dale Begg-Smith, who recorded a total score of 26.58. Team USA's Bryon Wilson won the bronze medal with a final score of 26.08.
The drought is over, Canada. Now let's all breathe a collective sigh of relief and move on to the next task at hand: more gold, please!
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