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100They're at home
Not since 1988 has Canada played host to the Olympic Games. More than 2,500 of the world's best winter athletes from over 80 nations will compete in our very own backyard.
99O Canada
How many times will we hear a Canadian belt out our national anthem on the podium? Canada ranked 3rd in the medal count in 2006, but we're aiming to Own the Podium in 2010.
98Wotherspoon's elusive gold
Canada's most decorated male speed skater and the world record holder at 500m, Jeremy Wotherspoon is competing at his fourth Games. All that's missing from his resume is Olympic gold.
97Women's Hockey Rivalry
Canada has been runner-up to Team USA in the last four international tournaments. Can Canada's women solve the rival Americans and win their third straight Olympic gold at home?
96Liz Manley's Successor
World silver medallist Joannie Rochette could end a 22-year figure skating drought. If she hits the podium in Vancouver, she'll be the first Canadian woman to do so since Manley won silver in 1988.
95Torch Lighting
Who will light it and how will it be lit? Guess-makers are already throwing out names, with Betty Fox, Rick Hansen and Nancy Greene getting mentions.
941st gold on home soil
Canada has played host to two Olympic Games but has never won Olympic gold at home. We're due.
93Curling lingo
The hammer. The hog line. Hurry hard! We'll have a chance to hear the lingo enjoyed by rock-heads all over the world in Vancouver.
92Ski Cross
The event makes its debut in Vancouver, where skiers will go head to head as they rip down hills and fly over jumps. Translation? Plenty of chances for racers to get tangled up.
91Klassen's comeback
Canadian speed skater Cindy Klassen is back in action after knee surgery forced her to miss last season. Three more medals and Canada's most decorated Olympian ties Claudia Pechstein's long track record with 9.
90Historic curling repeat
Canada's men have the chance to become the first to defend their Olympic gold medal in curling. They're going for the repeat at home, and they're the favourites.
89Ageless wonder Gregor Staehli
Watch the 41-year-old Swiss slider aim to become the oldest individual gold medallist in Winter Olympic history. The reigning world champion, he'd also be the first man to win three Olympic medals in skeleton.
88History for Canadian lugers
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in luge, but it could happen in Vancouver. Alex Gough's 4th place finish at the 2009 World Championships was the best-ever for a Canadian.
87Pierre Lueders' brakeman
Will it be the veteran or the star running back? Lueders competed most of last season with David Bissett, but won nationals with Edmonton Eskimo, Jesse Lumsden.
86Ole Einar Bjoerndalen
The Norwegian has won nine Olympic medals. Four more, and the biathlete becomes the most decorated winter Olympian in history.
85Indoor parties
Vancouver will play host to the first-ever indoor Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies at Vancouver's 60,000-seat BC place.
84Shaun White
One of the most recognizable winter Olympians in the world, the American is looking to defend his Olympic gold medal in halfpipe. Watch out for his back-to-back double corkscrew.
83Bode Miller
Need we say more? The party animal of alpine skiing is back with the American national program, and looking for a return to the Olympic podium after missing out in 2006.
82Gold for Orser?
Two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser has a chance to win that elusive gold medal. The Canadian coaches figure skater Kim Yu-Na of South Korea, and she's the favourite.
81Speedy sliding centre
Just how fast is the Whistler Sliding Centre? Many say it's the world's fastest track, with four-man bobsleighs ripping along at speeds of over 150 km/hour.
80Mega coverage
Canada has never seen Olympic coverage like this. The Consortium will be providing the biggest and most robust coverage in Olympic history through every available medium.
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Video
Team Canada »
For alpine skier Erik Guay, the season until now had been a slow one, in the shadow of Manuel Osborne-Paradis. Heading into the 2010 Olympic Games, the skier has a quiet confidence that hints at just how fast he could be on race day.
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