Canadian Gold Rush

An analysis of the Canadian Olympic team performances within the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia

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This video is a mock TSN Sports Centre program featuring a SC Top 10 Canadian Olympic moments of 2014 in Sochi Russia. The video also features a compilation I put together of footage from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games as a "commercial" for the CanadianGoldRush blog. The footage seen within this video shows a few of the gold medal Canadian Olympians along with other great moments for Team Canada at the Sochi games. The song was taken from a YouTube video that was made for the Sochi Winter Games in support of the Canadian Olympians. Our Canadian Olympians made us very proud these winter games so this video was made in recognition of their efforts.

Thank you,

A Fellow Canadian

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CBC Sports - Men's hockey quarter-final recap: Canada 2 Latvia 1

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Falling Off the Podium

           Canada’s athletes have done a great job so far in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. However, as the potential for our athletes to compete on the global scale increases so do the expectations of Canadians. Keeping in mind that an athlete’s success isn’t solely determined on whether or not they finish at the top of the podium. In some instances falling short of the podium could be blamed on bad luck or even poor conditions, however Canada’s lack of medal success can’t be brushed aside by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) as just a string of bad luck. Projecting high expectations and under delivering on Canada’s medal count becomes more of an issue for the COC when linked with Canada’s poor performance in the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

            Many people have different opinions when it comes to what success is at the Olympics. Some may argue that Canada has put up a solid outcome so far in Sochi having taken a quick lead in the medal count on Day 4. Yet if we are to judge strictly on medal count, it is safe to say this performance is no repeat of the Vancouver Winter Games for team Canada.

Sports Illustrated Predictions: Team Canada - 31 Medals (12 Gold)

Actual Medal Count as of Wednesday, February 19th

            It is obvious that expectations were set very high for Canadian athletes in Sochi, especially after such a successful performance in Vancouver. For the first time since the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, Canada may actually regress in medal totals. It is no doubt that a regression in medal count will create a cause for concern for not only the COC but also the organizations that fund the Own The Podium program – as Canada clearly has failed to do thus far.

            Although, through the disappointment, all hope is not lost. The hopes of all Canadians will be with athletes such as Chris Del Bosco (Ski Cross), Kaillie Humphries (Bobsled), the men and women’s hockey and curling teams along with a number of other Canadian medal hopefuls.

            Go Canada!

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            Hello fellow bloggers, and welcome to the first ever Canadian Gold Rush podcast. This podcast is an extension of the Canadian Gold Rush blog, which features an analysis of the Canadian Olympic team's performances within the 2014 Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi, Russia. Ladies and gentlemen, I am your host John Moynahan lets get this thing started

            First off I just wanted to apologize for any confusion as this blog has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past week changing from a generic sports talk blog to a team Canada Olympic focused blog. Having run into a number of difficulties with the previous idea, I’m hoping that this one will run much smoother.

            Now lets get into what we’re all here for. That's right, Team Canada! Now this can be chalked up as one proud Canadian boosting about his own nation, regardless, something is to be said about the success the Canadian team has had thus far. Now mind you the recording of this podcast is being done on February 11th, 2014 which is Day 4 of the Olympics and to this point we are in the lead of not just total Medals but both total and gold medal counts. For those who don’t truly understand the gravity of this feat, Day 4 of the 2014 Sochi Winter games marks the first time Canada has ever lead both the total and gold medal standings on any given day in Olympic history. Now experts warn us not to get ahead of ourselves, reminding us of previous Olympic games when Canada had slow starts and then caught fire toward the end due to the back ended schedule of events that were particularly strong events for Canada. Keeping in mind these new events such as slope style and team figure skating which are sports that favour Canada have come early on the schedule. This podcast features a phone call from a proud Canadian by the name of Randy.

            Now we all know, like Randy us Canadians take a lot of pride in our athletic achievements. And to put up the type of results we are especially this early in the Olympic games is nothing short of amazing. But what I think is even more amazing, amidst all the success on the podium we have so much more to be proud of as Canadians. Even before the start of the Olympic games, we as Canadians took offense to the anti-gay and lesbian laws in Russia. We even went to the extent of a releasing video commercial by the Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion in response to these Russian laws. If that wasn’t enough for you to be proud of, three time Olympian Denny Morrison did not qualify for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, however because of Denny’s performances leading up to the Olympics fellow speed skater Gilmore Junio elected to give his qualifying spot to Denny Morrison. In turn, Denny Morrison won the Silver medal in Men’s 1000m speed skating. As a token of his appreciate Denny Morrison has begun a twitter campaign to select Junio as Canada’s flag bearer during the Sochi closing ceremonies. And if those two stories weren’t enough then how about Canadian cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth running onto the slope in order to help Russian skier Anton Gafarov who’s ski had fallen apart during the race. Wadsworth ran to the aid of Gafarov with an extra ski helping the Russian skier complete his Olympic race with dignity.

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What To Expect - A Letter from the Judge

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

Either you have luckily stumbled upon this blog or I have told you to check it out in order to receive a more desired evaluation for this particular scholastic assignment. None-the-less you should consider yourself fortunate considering you are about to be entertained (hopefully).

As a first time blogger I wasn’t too sure how to really approach this assignment. When it came down to it, I figured I should make a blog that would not only entertain those who visit my blog, but something that I could entertain myself with as well. Now if you’ve ever met my group of friends or myself you would know that we find some sort of sick enjoyment in ranting, betting and sassing one another over just about anything. You would also know that we are all athletes (well most of us) and are huge fans of professional sports. As athletes, we possess a constant need for competition and HATE to lose. As fans, we believe we know best and if anyone tells us differently they couldn’t be more wrong.

That being said, this blog will feature posts that showcase professional sports (athletes, events, controversial issues, etc.) highlighted by questions or thoughts that the honorable Real Mans Jury (A.K.A. my group of degenerate friends and myself) will weigh in on. This will hopefully provide a couple of different perspectives of a number of different topics, as well as some sort of entertainment for potential bloggers. Now

I’m sure you are all ravished with anticipation and cannot wait to see what the blog has in store for you. So be sure check back frequently as new material will be posted fairly regularly. And like I said, you WILL be entertained (hopefully).

Sincerely,

Honourable Judge Mono