Canadian gals in Torino

I just wanted to give a big WOOP! to all of the Canadian gals coming up big in Torino. Heil started it off in downhill freestyle, and the momentum kept going through women's hockey (Gold!), skeleton, snowboard cross, cross country skiing (Chandra Crawford was awesome!), and - of course! - speed skating! Cindy Klassen is the most decorated female athlete at any Olympics with 4 medals, and she still has one race to go! I think it's a great sign for female athletes in Canada, showing that they have what it takes to compete with the best in the world. The positive results also show what can be acomplished with extra funding. We've ignored our ameteur athletes for too long, leaving them to struggle through years of training with little support, and then expecting them to come up big in the Olympics. Hours of training and thousands of dollars go into every year of training for an athlete on the world cup circuit, and it can be a hard road to travel alone. Canada's athletes need to know that we're behind them for the long haul! Canada's now 4th in the standings, just 2 gold behind the US. Go Canada!!