Canadian athlete's continued to wash away any memory of struggles on home soil with yet another Olympic Gold Medal. Speed skater, and London, Ontario native, Christine Nesbitt struck gold in the womens 1000 metre long track speed skating event.
Nesbitt, 24, narrowly defeated a contingent of skaters from the Netherlands. In fact, her golden time was only two one-hundredths of a second faster than the Netherlands Annette Garritsen.
The intense crowd at the Richmond Oval seemed to encourage Nesbitt around the last turns of her race after she appeared to get off to a start slow.
The medal marked Canada's first gold in speed skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, a sport in which the country held high hopes in entering the Games. Canada will likely win a few more Olympic medals in speed skating before the closing ceremonies of the games.
Congratulations to Christine Nesbitt for winning Canada's first speed skating gold. Nesbitt has proven to be a classy competitor on and off the ice and is one of Canada's most deserving medalists.
Let the games begin.
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