Marianne St-Gelais

Spills in speed skating and snowboard cross take out Canada’s medal favourites

After a disappointing start, our short-track speed skaters used strategy, power and focus to win five medals

What’s easily lost in the nationalistic posturing are the outstanding individual performances.

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