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Canadian gold rush puts hosts on top of world
Just a week ago, the hosts were facing public demands for a full investigation into their failure to win more golds, but they have piled up nine in six days to soar past their rivals and ignite a wave of patriotism.
Snowboarder Jasey Jay Anderson won the men’s parallel giant slalom and Canada’s men also won the curling final to lift the home nation’s golden tally to a record-equaling 13 with just two events left late Sunday’s before the closing ceremony.
Germany won the women’s speedskating team pursuit final to remain second on the medals table with 10 golds and the United States won their ninth, in bobsleigh, to be assured of finishing the Games with the most overall.
Italy and Poland both won their first golds.
Giuliano Razzoli, who grew up admiring Italy’s skiing great Alberto Tomba, prevailed in the slalom on a tricky course where poor weather in the first leg tripped up nearly half the racers including Olympic comeback kid Bode Miller.
The 25-year-old Razzoli, who had clocked the fastest time in the first leg through fog and sleet, became the first Italian man to win the title since Tomba 22 years ago in Calgary.
“I told him, have your eyes open and be fast and ferocious. He handled it the way he had to,” said Tomba, who was at Whistler mountain to watch the race. Poland won their first gold in the women’s 30-kilometer cross country race as Justyna Kowalczyk sprinted to the finish to deny Norway’s Marit Bjoergen her fourth gold by less than a ski’s length.
Germany’s Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle won the bronze while Bjoergen’s consolation silver gave her a fifth medal from five events, the most by any athlete at these Games.
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