Victory Ceremony

The most amazing Olympic experience that Johnny and I had was when we went to a Victory Ceremony to watch the athletes receive their medals.  We did not get to witness a Canadian winner, but it didn't matter.  It was great to see how emotional these men and women were to win a medal for their country and to hear their national anthems played while their flags were raised.  Awesome!

The Opening and Closing ceremonies stage.

The stage before the show.

Our pre-show hosts, Tamara Taggart and Ben Mulroney.

We went to the very last Victory Ceremony at BC Place.  Our night was the Newfoundland/Labrador Celebration.

Men's Aerial champions.  Gold - Alexei Grishin from Belarus; Silver - Jeret Peterson from USA; Bronze - Liu Zhongqing from China

A gold medal

Ladies Parallel Giant Slolom champions.  Gold - Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED); Silver - Ekaterina Ilyukhina (RUS); Bronze - Marion Kreiner (AUT)

Our musical guest of the evening - Great Big Sea!

Leaving the evening.

We are sad the Olympics are over.  What a great experience these past two weeks have been.  Thank you Vancouver!