VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- While the Vancouver Olympics aren't finished, the medal races are -- and in spectacular model for North Americans. The United States is guaranteed 37 medals and Canada will termination with at least 13 gold medals. Both are the best of these games and put asunder of the greatest hauls ever at a Winter Olympics. The Americans will get away with the most medals by any mother country at any Winter Games. They also will bring home the bacon the medal enumerate for only the half a mo time, the other being at Lake Placid in 1932.
Steven Holcomb and the "Night Train" delivered the 36th medal, and ninth gold, for the United States by bewitching the four-man bobsled occasion Saturday. The 37th will come from the men's hockey team. Whether it is gold or greyish will be single-minded Sunday.
Canada invested $117 million and five years into an "Own the Podium" program that was imagined to realize the medals race. At least it bought the crop step. The Canadians have matched the dossier of 13 golds set by the Soviets in 1976 and Norway in 2002. It's also the most gold Canada has won at any Olympics, winter or summer, and its the most for any Winter Olympics proprietress country; both those marks had been 10. And how's this for timing: Lucky No. 13 came in the nation's second-favorite sport, curling, with treasured caper Kevin Martin shoving aside the Norway guys wearing those gluey trousers.
The record-setting 14th could come Sunday in the nation's far and away favorite sport, hockey, with Sidney Crosby and friends front the Americans. Canadians also will write 'finis' to third on the overall medals list. They've claimed 26, counting the one in hockey. Germany is sponsor with 29. All told, it's a staggering bibliography of achievements for the hosts and their nearest neighbor.
Bottom line: The go of the the human race is quite willing the next two Winter Games will be held in other continents.
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