Canada owns the Podium at the 2010 Olympic Games

After 17 days of thrilling athletic competition Canada says good bye to the 2010 Olympic Games. During the 17 days, people from all walks of life were clinging to a TV watching with anticipation as Canada swept the podium. The media would call it the most successful games ever for Canada with their "Own the Podium" program for training high performance athletes and the program being credited for Canada’s record gold medal haul in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.

This was Canada's best-ever performance at any Olympic Games and as a result of this program Canada takes home 2 Olympic records. One for the most gold medals every won by a host country and the other for most gold medals ever won at a Winter Olympics. Our Olympic Athletes walked away with a record 14 Gold, 7 Silver, and 5 bronze for a total of 26 medals and coming in third overall for country medal standings.  We wanted to say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of Canada’s Olympic Athletes you have made us all very proud to be Canadian.  At the closing ceremonies the games were handed over to Russia for the 2014 games with a fantastic final show and VANOC’s CEO John Furlong said it best “Now you know us, eh!"