Canadian Olympians to watch at the 2010 Games



February 9, 2010 - Sports

by Bryan Kelly - Contributing Writer

Soon the Canadians will be taking over the world. Or, well, at least the 2010 Olympic Games. Here are some Canuck athletes who should steal the show in Vancouver:

• The women’s ice hockey team is looking to make it a three-peat in Vancouver. Look for Hayley Wickenheiser to light the lamp throughout the tournament.

• Patrick Chan (who is only 19) and Joannie Rochette are both 2009 world silver medalists and have a good shot at the podium in figure skating.

• Charles Hamelin won silver at the games in Torino and all eyes are on him potentially winning Canada a short track speed skating gold medal.

• 2006 Olympic mogul skiing gold medalist Jennifer Heil is—no surprise—looking to be one of the gold medal favorites again in 2010.

• Canada has a great track record with getting medals in the curling events at past games. Look for our men and women to own the podium for curling. Period.

• Pierre Lueders, who’s in his fifth Olympics and already has a gold and silver, is a threat in both the two-man and four-man bobsled events.

• Last, but surely not least, is men’s ice hockey. With gold medal game tickets being sold online for thousands of dollars, it’s safe to say this is—without a doubt—the most anticipated event of the games. And with diehard Canadian fans accepting nothing less than gold, Sidney Crosby and the team will look to build on last Olympics’ seventh-place finish.

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