Medal Count

As of the first weekend of competition in the 2010 Winter Olympic games held in Vancouver Canada, the United States is leading all countries with a total of 6 medals. Our only gold medal was won by Hannah Kearney (featured in our photo to the right) in ladies Freestyle Moguls Skiing. Two silver medals were added by Johnny Spillane for Nordic Combined Cross Country Skiing and Apolo Anton Ohno for Short Track Speed Skating. Our three bronze medals were won by Bryon Wilson for Freestyle Moguls Skiing, Shannon Bahrke for Freestyle Moguls Skiing, and J.R. Celski for Short Track Speed Skating. France is the only country with two gold medals right now, which were won in cross country skiing and biathlon.

Alexandre Bilodeau won Canada's first gold medal on home soil with his victory in men's Moguls Freestyle Skiing. Although the country hosted games in 1988 (Calgary winter games) and 1976 (Montreal summer games) they had never been able to capture a gold medal while holding home-field advantage. Bilodeau stated in an interview that he hoped his medal would break the seal for Canada and his fellow Canadian athletes would win more gold medals for their country on their home soil.