Day 8 of the Beijing Olympics turned out to be a lucky day for the Canadians. They won their first 3 medals, one of each color, at these games!
The Canadian men's rowing pair Scott Frandsen and Dave Calder were the first to end Canada's Olympic medal drought.
The pair won a silver medal on the water at Shunyi Olympic rowing
park on Saturday, the first Canadians to reach the medal podium in
Beijing.
Canada's first Gold medal came courtesy of wrestler Carol Huynh of British Columbia. The 27-year-old captured gold in the
48-kilogram freestyle weight class over Japan's Chiharu Icho by a score
of 4-0 and 2-1.
Huynh threw her hands in the air and covered her mouth in awe after
winning Canada's first gold medal. The Canadian's coaches then hoisted
her on their shoulders and paraded her around the stadium with the
Canadian flag.
She began crying on the podium, wiping away tears and singing as the
Canadian anthem was played for the first time at the Beijing Games.
Huynh's victory came less than 20 minutes before Tonya Verbeek of Ontario, Canada, won the bronze medal in the 55-kg weight class.
I am particularly inspired by this first Gold not only because it was Canada's first, but because it was won by an Asian Canadian. Huynh's parents came from Vietnam as refugees. She was born in British Columbia, Canada.
Huynh's win is considered an upset. Icho is the defending and
three-time world champion, and won silver at the 2004 Olympic Games in
Athens. The five-foot-one Huynh is a three-time world championship
medallist (silver in 2001, bronze in 2000 and 2005) and placed 5th at
the 2007 world championships.
Go Canada Go!
- yours truly dragonflypdx as always
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