The last days on winter games in Canada

Norway´s king of skiing and flag bearer Petter Northug received his gold medal at the closing ceremony in BC Place in Whistler Vancouver in front of 60,000 audience.

Petter Northug from Norway with gold medal in the middle, German Axel Teichmann(left) got a silver, and a bronze to Swedish(right).

Heia heia Petter! Bra!

Petter Northug of Norway won gold medal in the 50 kilometers cross country. While Axel Teichmann from Germany got silver.

Petter Northug received a royal reception when he arrived at Værnes Airport with his 4 medals, 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. His father is happy and proud as well as the crowd who waited to congratulate the king of skiing.

Norwegian Kristin S. Steira 4th place and Polish Kowalczyk 3rd place with a small margin between.

Marit Bjørgen showing her 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, she won in the winter olympic in Vancouver on February. The Americans are also impressed.

Svindal from Norway won in 5 events: giant slalom, speed trap, skicross, a paralelle, a fun track.

Aksel L. Svindal won gold, silver and bronze in 2010 winter olympic in Vancouver. Well done Aksel!

Thumbs up for olympic finals. The Norwegian curling team with their leader Thomas Ulsrud in front of the camera man.The curling team celebrated the silver medals in full clown costume on the finals Feb. 28, 2010. Canada won the gold.

Biathlon guys with Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Ole, Emil, Tarjei and Halvard from Norway won first place.

A very happy moment for this great team and at the same time sad because Halvard Hanevold´s last winter olympic.

Halvard Hanevold, Emil H. Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Tarjei Bø celebrating the gold medal they won as a team, with good champagne.

The other two Norwegians who won gold medals, also on olympic biathlon are Tora Berger and Emil H. Svendsen.

Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen finally smile when he won a gold medal with his team and he secured a silver medal in relay in Vancouver winter olympics. Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the king of biathlon. He used to win more than two medals in a season when in good condition.

Norwegian Halvard Hanevold runs for his last olympic biathlon race this year. He won a gold medal together with his team. We are going to miss this athlete and good guy Halvard Hanevold.

Olympic Winter Games Medals: None of the 1014 medals are made quite the same.

Country ----------------------Gold----Silver----Bronze----Total

1. United States .......................9 ...........15 ............13 ............37

2. Germany ............................10 ..........13 ..............7 ............30

3. Canada ...............................14 ............7 ..............5 ............26

4. Norway ...............................9 .............8 ..............6 ............23

5. Austria ................................4 .............6 .............6 .............16

6. Russian Federation ..............3 .............5 .............7 ............15

7. Korea ..................................6 .............6 .............2 .............14

8. China ...................................5 .............2 .............4 .............11

9. Sweden ................................5 .............2 .............4 .............11

10. France ..............................2 ..............3 .............6 .............11

11. Switzerland ........................6 .............0 .............3 ..............9

12. Netherlands ......................4 ..............1 .............3 ..............8

13. Czech Republic ..................2 ..............0 ............4 ..............6

14. Poland ...............................1 ..............3 ............2 ...............6

15. Italy ..................................1 ..............1 .............3 ..............5

16. Japan .................................0 .............3 .............2 ..............5

17. Finland ..............................0 ..............1 ............4 ..............5

18. Australia ............................2 ..............1 ............0 ..............3

19. Belarus ...............................1 ..............1 .............1 ..............3

20. Slovakia .............................1 ..............1 .............1 ..............3

21. Croatia ...............................0 ..............2 .............1 .............3

22. Slovenia .............................0 ..............2 .............1 .............3

23. Latvia ................................0 ..............2 .............0 .............2

24. Great Britain ......................1 ..............0 ..............0 ............1

25. Estonia ..............................0 ..............1 ..............0 ............1

26. Kazakhstan ........................0 ..............1 ..............0 ............1


Ski jumping _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Snowboard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Speedskating

Nordic combined _ _ _ Short track speed skating _ _ _ Skeleton

Freestyle skiing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ice hockey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Luge

Cross-country _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Curling _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Figure skating

Alpine skiing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Biathlon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bobsleigh

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette cried after performing due to the sudden death of her mother.

Canadian Joannie Rochette(right) who suddenly lost her mother and Slovenian Petra Majdic(left) who suffered broken ribs while training, received Inspirations Award. Both of them showed tremendous courage competing during the olympics in Vancouver this year.

A woman from the UK could finally laugh at the cold bob tour.

Tooth broke when David Møller bite the silver. To the right was gold winner Felix Loch. The medals are the heaviest in olympic games history, weighs 500 to 576 grams.

Norwegian Magnus Moan in ski-jump combined track was frustrated when American competitors won double places.

- the masoria papers

Happy Valentine´s Day! And Mothers Day!

Valentine´s Day is an annual holiday held on February 14, celebrating love and affection between intimate companions and love ones. Happy Valentine and Mothers Day from me.

- the masoria papers

The Winter Olympic Games 2010-Vancouver Canada

The Winter Olympic Mascots in Vancouver

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games opened Friday night in Vancouver, British Columbia with a rousing Opening Ceremony that didn´t quite match the pegeantry of Beijing, but did a fine job of capturing the essence of Canada. Thanks for a fantastic opening, to all guests, artists & performers, athletes, and to Canada.

1. Vancouver organizers had planned for four Olympic cauldrons to be lit by Canada´s most famous athletes, but a mechanical error prevented one of the massive torches from rising from the floor of British Columbia Place.

2. Tributes with one minute silence on the opening ceremony to a 21 year old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died Friday morning during a practice run at Whistler, February 12, 2010, right before the winter olympic ceremony.

3. "Peaks of endeavor". The snowboarders, speedskaters and the skiers descended from the roof of BC Place on wires in a stirring tribute to Western Canada and the Rocky Mountains.

4. The opening ceremony. The Norwegian delegates with the flag are present.

5. Honoring native Canadians.

6. The virtual floor. A terrain of ice virtually broke apart and turned the floor of BC Place into virtual oceans in which whales and salmons swam accross.

7. Warm reception for each Nation especially the home country of Nodar Kumaritashvili from Georgia with a standing ovation. He died while practicing before the opening. His team is wearing black ribbons, scarves, and on their flag.
8. Cold weather in & out of the stadium.

9. A small part of the athletes´parade in the pictures.
The Bermudans in shorts for winter olympic.

Estonias snowflake coats and floppy hats.

The Olympians from Switzerland, who paired their bright red jackets with blue jeans.

Czech delegation´s pants is also one of the most eye-catching fashion in this winter olympic.

The host country of Canada. The red mittens with Canada´s maple leaf embroidered on them are selling out in the stores in Vancouver.

10.The hosts, singers & performers, and audience are fantastic.Well known singers, Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado on the opening ceremony in BC Place.

K. D. Lang sang well the song of Leonard Cohen´s Hallelujah.

- the masoria papers