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First Canadian Gold
Historic First Gold On Home Soil
Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau captures historic first gold medal on home soil.
Canada's long wait for the first Olympic gold medal as a host nation ended Sunday evening after Alexandre Bilodeau won the men's moguls event in Vancouver.
Canada has hosted the Olympic Games
twice before with the summer Olympics in Montreal in 1976 and the
winter Olympics in Calgary in 1988, winning five silver medals in
Montreal and two silver medals in Calgary.
The 22-year-old hailing from Rosemere, Que., created history on the Cypress Mountain course with one of the best moguls runs of his career, giving Canada it's first gold medal on home soil, finishing ahead of Australian champion Dale Begg-Smith and American Bryon Wilson.
Moguls skiing was first introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1988 Calgary Games as a demonstration sport, attracting massive popularity resulting in it's induction as an official medal sport at Albertville in 1992.
Mogul skiing is part of the discipline of freestyle skiing, where the ski terrain is characterized by a large number of different bumps referred to as "moguls", and is an intense and exciting sport.
Bilodeau has set the bar high early for Canadian Olympic athletes, with the opportunity to take more gold as many more Olympic events are scheduled to take place at venues in Vancouver and Whistler, host to 3 venues located close to Aava Whistler Hotel near Whistler Village in the midst of the Olympic action.
