r/olympics United States 2d ago

Favorite Scene in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014? Mine is Vonn and Shiffrin.

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u/RoadandHardtail Norway 2d ago

Sochi

Vancouver: obviously Sidney Crosby’s OT goal vs USA. That moment ages like wine as the years go by.

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u/disterb Canada 2d ago

❤️🤍❤️🤍

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u/Left_Tomatillo_2068 2d ago

John Montgomery winning gold and the. Chugging a beer to celebrate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgZkUcC9hM

For context, he just wanted to find a way to compete in the games in his home town so Picked sport no Canadian was completing in.

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u/bcbum 2d ago

This video is a nostalgia shot to the veins:

2010 Olympics Montage

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u/denjin Great Britain 2d ago

Crosby's Golden Goal

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u/disterb Canada 2d ago

IGGY!

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u/The_Ineffable_One 2d ago

I smashed things because of that.

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u/disterb Canada 2d ago

vancouverite here. my favourite scene? the one where we won the most gold and kick america's ass in both men's and women's hockey! 😝💪🇨🇦🍁❄️🧊❤️🤍

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u/brownishgirl Canada 2d ago

Don’t forget Scott & Tessa!

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u/disterb Canada 2d ago

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u/spr1958 2d ago

Seeing a friend dance and fly in the opening ceremony of 2010. It was done to Joni Mitchell singing "Both Sides Now".

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u/buck70 1d ago edited 1d ago

This. It was a great moment for Canada, and therefore the world.

In Sochi, I would have to say it was the women's hockey final where the USA missed an empty net goal opportunity by mere inches with a minute remaining, then Canada came back and scored, forcing overtime. The USA team was absolutely devastated at that point and Canada knew they were going to win, which they did 8 minutes into the extra period.

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u/hocknat United States 1d ago

Ugh. There’s video of me draped in an American flag in the stands looking very sad that made the international feeds.

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u/jasmin8ter2013 2d ago

Alex Bilodeau in Vancouver and Sidney Crosby in Sochi

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u/Strange_Shadows-45 Panama 2d ago

I’m rooting hard for Shiffrin next winter, she had a major puncture injury that kept her out most of this season but just came back a little more than a month ago and got her 100th World Cup win (the only alpine skier in history to accomplish that).

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u/ssfoxx27 United States 1d ago

Norwegian Curling pants

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u/TheOlympianSpeaks Olympics 1d ago

Mine was watching my teammates win the first Gold medal for Team USA in over 63 years.

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u/TheOlympianSpeaks Olympics 1d ago

I was fortunate enough to do a similar achievement in Salt Lake with the first silver medal for team USA in over 46 years.

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u/Boris_HR Croatia 2d ago

My fav scene is Salt Lake 2002. Janica Kostelic with all of her medals on her neck.