Finally a Gold for Canada

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Canada's 34 year long wait for its first Olympic gold medal on home soil has ended! Alexandre Bilodeau won the men's moguls event in Vancouver. He finished ahead of Australia's reigning champion Dale Begg-Smith and American Bryon Wilson. The spell had been broken and in turn sparked huge celebrations at Cypress Mountain. Canada had never won an Olympic gold medal in their homeland, failing to capture any at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games or the 1988 Calgary Winter Games. Bilodeau was quoted as saying - "I don't think I really realise it,it's too good to be true."

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