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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Rachel in Canada

Short Track Speed Skating, Curling & Figure Skating

During the 2 weeks of the Olympics, I enjoyed many amazing events, experienced downtown Vancouver which had lots of Olympic attractions, and spent time with my family going to The Royal Canadian Mint Pavilion, the Holland/Heineken House (a Holland-themed "house" with activities from Holland/Winter Olympics and interactive technology), to see the Olympic Cauldron, and more (see the photos I took in the video I made).

On February 13th, I went to Short Track Speed Skating at The Pacific Coliseum.  I watched the Men's 1500m heats, semi-finals, and finals, Ladies' 500m, and the Ladies' 3000m Relay Semi-finals.  All of the races were exciting and fun to watch.  My favorite race was the Ladies' 3000m relay.  In a speed skating relay, instead of passing batons you are supposed to give your teammate a push so they get a powerful boost.  There was a lot of cheering and cowbells ringing in all of the races.

On February 19th, I went to Curling at the Vancouver Olympic Center. I watched the Men's Round Robin Session 6. There was a lot of cheering, but not as much as Short Track Speed Skating, because there were more people, but there were more cowbells ringing. During the round, all of the fans started stomping their feet on the stands to encourage the Canadian team and after we tried to do the wave but it didn't work out so well!

On February 27th, I went to the Figure Skating Exhibition Gala where amazing Olympic skaters perform to fun and classical music. When the skaters were performing, they sometimes held props that matched the music. Their costumes were cool too because they were so different than what they wear for competitions. At some points of the Gala, they had kids or teenagers perform to entertain the audience and to showcase their talents before the Olympic skaters performed.

I had so much fun during the Olympics and sharing the experience with you. Thank you for reading my posts and watching my videos!!

8 Comments

COOL VIDEO!!!

I loved the speed skating!

i love skating!!!

Hey! That video was cool. I love skating. Bye!!!!!!!

i also went to the olympics!!!!!!!!

You looked like you were having fun and doing good in that video and sounds cool in the discription

Awesome!

Hi!I watch the olympics from home.I like to skate.

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