CANADA WINS GOLD!!!!

Congrats to Alex Bilodeau, winner of Canada's first Gold medal ever in the history of the Olympics in Canada! Last night he dominated the men's moguls finals and it was a sweet day in Canada. I am so proud to call myself a Canadian. Our sport programs are seriously picking up speed and I think it's about darn time we start investing in such an important initiative. To be around olympic athletes and see how much sport has changed their lives is amazing. I am so thankful for this opportunity.

The atmosphere in Whistler is incredible. When I left the Whistler Media Centre last night there was a crowd of 8000 people in streets partying and cheering Canada's victory. It was a sea of red!

The men's luge team hit up CTV and Much Music after their competition yesterday afternoon and it was a hoot. They are going to go back now that they are finished competing and chill in the Much Music hot tub with the VJ's! Maybe do some body shots? who knows! It's time to celebrate the great job they did. It was Sam Edney who came out on top with Canada's best ever finish at the Olympics for the luge at 7th. Next was Jeff Christie who remained in 14th place, same as Torino in 2006. Last but not least was Ian Cokerline who paid a special tribute to his girlfriend by writing "Happy Valentines Day" on his gloves and as he crossed the finish line he gave a wave for the whole world to see. I think it was an extreemly cute gesture. What girl wouldn't want their olympian boyfriend to spoil them on national television?? haha. After the boys hit up the rights holder's studio's they headed down to the unaccredited media centre where they were interviewed by Yahoo! Sports, CBC, Global TV and many other media outlets. They were all so calm and cool, totally comfortable in front of the camera. Their Press Attache Chris Dornan prepped them well! GO CANADA GO!!!

Olympic Mania!

Hey guys!

So it is finally here, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have begun :) I said I would keep a blog of my adventures so I am going to do my best to keep you all up to date. I arrived on Thursday, February 4th here in Whistler, BC to meet my boss (Caroline Sharp, Assistant Press Chief) and colleague (Kendra Swallow, Executive Assistant to Canadian Olympic Team's CEO). Our office is located in the main press centre right next to Sports Illustrated, Reuters, and the New York Times. I am totally in awe of all the international media. Overall there are 200 international media accredited to use this media centre as well as another couple hundred more at the Whistler Media Centre which acts as the unaccredited media centre. After the athletes did their official press conference's they went down to WMC for one on one interviews. As a member of the Canadian Olympic Team's communications team I have been given the opportunity to tour all of CTV's locations up here in Whistler and let me tell you, they are amazing! Much Music has a sweet set up complete with Hot tub for hosts and guests to use while broadcasting live from the bottom of the gondola.

This past week has been devoted to preparing for the games. We had to set up the office and then hold all the opening press conferences. Biathlon, Luge, Bobsleigh, Skeleton, and Cross-Country were all held up here. It was incredible to be able to meet so many of Canada's Olympic athletes. They are all so down to earth and nice. I will be cheering hard for them these next 17 days!! I will be sure to keep you updated as much as possible however, it's pretty darn crazy up here!!