Speed skating because we have Canada's short track speed skaters seem to be peaking at just the right time. After winning four medals in Turin 2006, the team's World Cup results have them poised to win even more medals in Vancouver. The dynamic Charles Hamelin, the 2009 500m world champion, is dangerous in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m events, having landed on the podium in all three in 2008-09. Olivier Jean is a medal threat in all three distances as well. François-Louis Tremblay is the third medal threat among the men. After winning 2 silver medals in 2006 in the 500m and the 5000m relay, Tremblay brings experience and determination to Vancouver.
Among the ladies, Kalyna Roberge and Jessica Gregg are the bright stara heading into Vancouver. Roberge has Olympic experience, winning a silver medal in the 3000m relay for Canada in Turin. Gregg will be making her Olympic debut in Vancouver but is considered by many international coaches to be one of the best sprinters in the sport and one of the few capable of beating the top ranked Chinese women. She was a bronze medallist in the 500m at the 2009 world championships and, along with Roberge, was part of the bronze medal winning relay team at the 2009 world championships as well. Both men's and ladies relay teams should win medals, as Canada has been on the podium in every relay event since short track speed skating became an official Olympic discipline in 1992, with the exception of the men in 1994. The men face the toughest comeptition from Korea and the United States while the women will try to beat the seemingly unbeatable Chinese and plus We Also have Cindy Klassen who won 5 Medals in The 2006 Olympics.
Hockey
Steve Yzerman, himself an Olympic gold medallist from 2002, has the responsibility of putting together the roster which will likely include current NHL stars Sidney Crosby, Jarome Iginla and Roberto Luongo.
Canada's women's hockey team are the two-time defending Olympic Champions and once again will face their stiffest challenge from Team USA which won the 2008 World Championship. Veteran forward Hayley Wickenheiser will be looking for her fourth Olympic medal while the retirements of Cassie Campbell, Danielle Goyette and Vicky Sunohara leave room for the next generation of Canadian female hockey players such as Marie-Philip Poulin.
Ski Cross the New Event Of The Olympic Canada looks Good In the event and Canada will be good on both the men's and ladies' side. In February, the Canadian trio of Chris Del Bosco, Stan Hayer and Davey Barr swept the podium at the World Cup race on Cypress Mountain in Vancouver. All three men finished the 2008-09 season with distinction: Barr won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships, Del Bosco was the top Canadian finisher inthe overall World Cup standings (2nd), and Hayer won a gold medal the 2009 X Games, the first Canadian man to win an X Games ski cross gold medal.
Among the ladies, Ashleigh McIvor won the 2009 World Championships, making her one of the few Canadian athletes with a guarenteed spot on the 2010 Olympic team. Meanwhile, Kelowna, BC's Kelsey Serwa had a phenomenal rookie season, establishing herself as a favourite to make the 2010 Olympic team. Super-mom Aleisha Cline returned to the sport after a two year "retirement" and won a World Cup gold medal at the Olympic venue in Vancouver, and Whistler's Julia Murray, daughter of the late Canadian alpine skier and Crazy Canuck Dave Murray, won her first career World Cup medal, and has shown signs of consistent improvement.
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