Medals:

Building off the momentum from the first few days of competition, Canadian athletes have earned another 4 medals in competition in the past four days. The second Canadian athlete to win Gold at these games (and the first woman to do so on home soil) is Maelle Ricker, and she did it in a convincing fashion- getting out early and holding a substantial lead for all of her snowboarding cross race. Snowboarding cross is where 4 or 5 athletes line up at a start gate and then race to the finish line at the same time (the proximity of the athletes to each other makes for dramatic falls and unpredictable outcomes). 

It was an exciting weekend for Canadian sports fans, with the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the very first gold medal for Canada won here at home. In case you weren't glued to CTV all weekend, here is what you missed:

Day 1, Opening Ceremonies:

The unfortunate death of a young luger from Georgia put a bit of a shadow on the games before they officially began. Nodar Kumaritashvili flew off his sled and crashed into a steel pole on the course in a training run on Friday morning. He was honored in the opening ceremonies with a moment of silence and through the somber entrance of his Georgian teammates who wore black armbands and scarves in his honor.