Yes, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic are over, which means that if I want to add more Canadian gold medalists then I am behind on my posts.
Today's picture commemorates one of the newer sports, Short Track Skating Pursuit. Two teams of three skaters (plus one alternate in case of injury) start on opposite sides of the rink course. Both teams run laps at the same time. The team that finish all their laps first wins. Time starts when the first skater of a team crosses the start line and ends when the last skater of the team crosses the finish line. This means that team-mates must stick together! If one team passes another on the ice, that team wins automatically, although I wouldn't expect to see this happen at an Olympic event.
Canada's Men's Pursuit team won gold: Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky, Denny Morrison, and François-Olivier Roberge (alternate).
It was hard to come up with a good image of short track speed skates, as the skaters go very fast, and it's dangerous to get close to them for a photograph. I had to settle for a quick paint'em-up job.
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