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Joannie Rochette

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My New City

The Games didn’t change Vancouver and Canada—rather, they reflected a change that had already occurred in us
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We were best when it counted

The Vancouver Games started as a ‘crazy’ dream and ended up a wondrous spectacle that transfixed and, just maybe, transformed a nation
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An Act of Courage

Skating just days after her mother’s death, Joannie Rochette delivered one of the Games’ defining moments
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The Best—and Worst

SCOTT FESCHUK: Judging various elements of the Vancouver Olympics using a numerical ranking from zero to 10
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Courage

Joannie Rochette provides a lesson in overcoming adversity