It's a Loch

Best Moments from the Vancouver Games

With the sport still reeling from the tragic death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, 20-year-old Felix Loch of Germany blew away the competition and became the youngest luge gold medalist in Olympic history. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Opening Ceremony... The 21st Winter Olympic Games opened in Vancouver on February 12. Canadians Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash, Nancy Green and Catriona Lemay Doan lit the cauldrons as fireworks bloomed in the night sky. Click here to see more extraordinary sights from the Opening Ceremony. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Sid the Kid Give... In one of the most scintillating hockey finals in Winter Games history, superstar Sidney Crosby lifted Canada to a record 14th gold medal, defeating the United States 3-2. Crosby ripped a shot past goalie Ryan Miller 7:40 into overtime after the U.S. had tied it with 24.4 seconds left in regulation. It was a fitting end for the host nation who finished the Games with a record 14 gold medals. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Apolo Blasts int... American Apolo Anton Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair as the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian when he won his seventh career medal, a bronze in the men’s 1,500-meters. Despite being disqualified in the men’s 500-meter final (where he would have won silver), Ohno anchored the short track relay team to the bronze and captured a career-best eighth Olympic medal on the final night of speed skating. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Vonn Makes Winte... American alpine star Lindsey Vonn was the athlete to watch heading into the Vancouver Games. Expectations were high, and despite news of a badly bruised shin, Vonn delivered for Team USA, winning gold in the women's downhill. It was the first time in Winters Olympics history that an American female skier won the event. Vonn also added a bronze medal to her gold in the women's Super-G. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Bode Miller Buri... After failing to reach the podium in the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy, Miller came into Vancouver looking for redemption. He found it in spectacular fashion, winning gold in the men's super-combined, silver in the men's Super-G and bronze in the men's downhill. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Oh What a Feelin... Steve Holcomb piloted "Night Train" and USA-1 to the United States' first four-man bobsledding gold since Francis Tyler won at St. Moritz in 1948. Germany, who failed to win a gold medal for the first time in five Olympic events, had a near-perfect final run to win the silver. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Lysacek Shocks C... American Evan Lysacek ended the U.S. men’s figure skating drought when he upset defending Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia for gold. Lysacek’s is the first male figure skater to win gold since Brian Boitano won in 1988. The win was bittersweet, however, as Plushenko criticized judges for awarding Lysacek the gold for a routine devoid of a quadruple jump, the latest innovation in men’s figure skating. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Mancuso Surprise... Despite the mass hype surrounding teammate Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso pointed her skis southward and went for broke in Vancouver. Though she failed to defend her title in the women’s Super-G after Vonn's crashed impeded her run, Mancuso bagged silver medals in the downhill and super-combined. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
A White Winter Soaring higher, going bigger and riding without limits, gold-medal favorite Shaun White stomped his first run in the men’s halfpipe finals, scoring a 46.8 out of a possible 50. "The Flying Tomato” landed his newest trick, a Double McTwist 1260, which he later renamed "The Tomahawk," and locked up his second straight gold in the past two Winter Games. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Spillane Ends US... No American athlete had ever reached the podium in Olympic Nordic sports… until Vancouver. American Johnny Spillane snapped the skid when he won silver, finishing four-tenths of a second behind Jason Lamy Chappuis of France in what was the closest finish ever in an Olympic Nordic combined event. The United States also took home silver in the Nordic combined team event. (AP Photo/Charlie Krupa)
Demong Makes USA... American Bill Demong made history in Vancouver when he crossed the finish line ahead of teammate and three-time silver medalist Johnny Spillane to win the large hill event in men’s Nordic combined. It was the United States’ first-ever Olympic gold in Nordic sports. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Rochette Skates ... Just two days after her mother passed away from a sudden heart attack, Canada’s Joannie Rochette skated into medal contention in the short program and captured the bronze in women’s figure skating. She dedicated her medal-winning performance to her mother. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
'Alexandre the G... Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau did what Jenn Heil could not – bring Canada its first Olympic gold as a host nation. The 22-year-old won the men's moguls, upsetting defending champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia. The victory ended Canada’s 34-year drought without a gold on home soil. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Canadian Curlers... The Norwegians had the pants; the Canadians had the chants. Before a raucous, sell-out crowd, skip Kevin Martin led Canada to a 6-3 victory over Norway for the men’s curling gold. The Canadian men went a perfect 11-0 to defend the country's curling title from the 2006 Games. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
'Speedy' Soars t... Jeret "Speedy" Peterson of the United States wowed the crowd when he landed "The Hurricane" -- the most complex jump in men’s aerials. Peterson crammed five twists and three somersaults into 3½ seconds while falling five stories out of the sky to capture the silver medal. Alezei Grishin, the grizzled veteran from Belarus, won gold. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Slovakia's Golde... Anastazia Kuzmina of Slovakia surprised the field when she captured gold in the women's 7.5-kilometer biathlon sprint. It was her first-ever gold medal and the first women's gold won at the 2010 Games. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Norway's 100th G... Tora Berger's win in the 15-kilometer individual biathlon was a significant victory for Norway. Her performance awarded the country its 100th gold medal in Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Canadians Go 1-2... Canadian bobsledding pair Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse gained the approval of the home crowd when they took home the gold in the 2-woman bobsled event. But it was fellow Canadians Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown winning silver that made the moment a country affair. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Kearney's Surpri... After an impressive run by gold-medal favorite Jenn Heil in the women's moguls, it looked like Canada would finally win their first gold on home soil. But American Hannah Kearney came through in the final run to upset Heil and win the United States’ first gold medal in Vancouver. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
The Perfect Pair After 18 years together and four failed chances, China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo came out of retirement to skate for gold in pairs figure skating. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Pair Gives Canad... Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue gave the hometown crowd something to cheer about when they captured the first-ever gold for Canada in Olympic ice dancing. Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the USA took home the silver. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Shani Davis Wins... While Apolo Anton Ohno may be the face of speed skating in the United States, Shani Davis is pretty good, too. Davis proved once again why he's the best at what he does, winning back-to-back golds in the men's 1,000-meter and silver in the 1,500. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Bright Shines in... Aussie bombshell Torah Bright lived up to the hype in Vancouver when she captured gold in the women’s halfpipe, edging Americans Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark. Bright became just the fourth Australian to win a Winter Olympics gold medal. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez)
Two Golds, One N... In the final night of men’s speed skating, Canada’s Charles Hamelin grabbed his first Olympic gold medal in the 500-meter short track final. He doubled the ante with a second gold in the chaotic 5,000-meter short track relay. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Canadian Women M... Canada and the USA dominated the women’s field all the way to the gold medal game, setting up a much anticipated showdown in the biggest rivalry in women’s sports. But it was Canada, lead by Marie-Philip Poulin, who finished on top for the country’s third straight gold in women’s hockey. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Schmid Wins Firs... The chaotic, anything-goes sport of freestyle skicross made its Olympics debut in Vancouver, and Swiss star Michael Schmid blew away the competition. In fact, no other skier came close to Schmid who won the qualifiers, quarterfinals, semis and gold in the men’s final. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Lassila Sticks I... Australian Lydia Lassila knows what it means to bounce back from a fall. At the 2006 Games Lassila shattered her left knee trying to land a jump in the women's aerials competition. But after reconstructive knee surgery and extensive rehabilitation, she found gold in Vancouver in the same event that nearly ended her career. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez)
The Mini Miracle... The biggest upset of the Vancouver Games came when Team USA stunned the heavily favored Canadians in the men's hockey prelims. The 5-3 victory dominated headlines and secured a spot in the quarterfinals and a bye for the Americans. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Norwegian Curlin... Anette Norberg and her Swedish "sisters" played through the din of a cowbell-clanging crowd, going the distance in defending their title against Team Canada. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Wescott Defends ... Seth Wescott of the United States took gold in the mens' snowboardcross after gaining huge ground to catch Canada's Mike Robertson. The win marked Wescott's second straight gold medal in two Winter Games. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Wang Rewrites Hi... Wang Meng of China became the most decorated Olympian in women's short track speedskating after winning gold in the 1,000-meter final. The win marked her third gold of the 2010 Games and the sixth of her career. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Pursuit of a Lif... After upsetting the heavily favored Dutch in the semifinals, 32-year-old Chad Hedrick, shouldered by a pair of 19-year-olds, challenged Canada for the men’s team pursuit gold. The Canadians edged the Americans by 21-hundredths of a second for the title, awarding Hedrick his fifth-career medal in five Olympic long track events. Only U.S. long track skater Eric Heiden, who won five medals in Lake Placid, has accomplished as much. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Reutter Heeds Id... Relying on the lessons she learned from fellow Champaign, Illinois, skating star Bonnie Blair, Katherine Reutter won a silver medal in the women's 1,000 meters on the final night of Olympic short track. "I feel complete," the young American said. "I don't plan on taking off the medal or the flag for three days." (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Jasey-Jay's Rain... In his fourth Olympics, 34-year-old Jasey-Jay Anderson of Canada finally won Olympic gold in the men’s parallel giant slalom. The elusive gold added to Anderson's otherwise amazing resume that includes seven World Cup titles and four world championships. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Kim Yu-Na Shatte... Kim Yu-Na stepped it up when it mattered most to win the gold medal in women's figure skating, finishing with a score of 228.56 – the highest marks ever in women's Olympics figure skating history. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Better with Age Watching teammate Ole Einar Bjoerndalen pile up record after record can crush an countryman's soul, but three-time gold medalist Halvard Hanevold was not deterred in Vancouver. The 40-year-old Norwegian netted a record of his own when he became the oldest biathlete to win an Olympic medal. Hanevold skied the first leg of the men’s 4x7.5 km relay and helped propel Norway to yet another Nordic gold. The perfect ending to a perfect career, indeed. (AP Photo/Jin-man Lee)
Hometown Hero Sl... The redhead with the scruffy beard and penchant for speed brought down the house after he upset Latvia’s Martins Dukurs for the men’s skeleton gold. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Poland's Golden ... Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk denied Marit Bjoergen a fourth gold medal at Vancouver, beating the Norwegian in a frantic final sprint to win the 30-kilometer classical cross-country race. Kowalczyk finished in 1 hour, 30 minutes, 33.7 seconds for her first Olympic gold. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
The King of 'Kin... Norway's Petter Northug captured his fourth medal of the Vancouver Olympics, using his trademark sprint to overtake Germany's Axel Teichmann on the final straightaway to win the men’s grueling 50-kilometer classical cross-country race. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
China Wins Relay... South Korea thought they had the gold in the bag in the 3,000-meter women's shorts track relay. The officials saw it differently and disqualified the Koreans for impeded the Chinese team with a few laps to go. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Celski Dashes fo... Five months ago J.R. Celski's thigh was sliced clear to the bone by his skate after a nasty fall. Now he can call himself an Olympic medalist. Celski took home the bronze for the U.S. in the men’s 1,500-meter short track final. Teammate Apolo Anto Ohno took silver. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Asada Skates to ... Mao Asada brought excitement to the Games when she became the first woman to land three triple axels in Olympic competition, including two in her final routine. Her innovative program helped her win silver. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Swiss Steal Away... Swedish skip Niklas Edin had thrown a near flawless game in the men’s bronze-medal final against Switzerland. But a small bobble on his last throw pushed his final stone a touch too deep, giving Swiss skip Ralph Stoeckli the slightest of openings for two points and the bronze medal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
It's a Loch With the sport still reeling from the tragic death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, 20-year-old Felix Loch of Germany blew away the competition and became the youngest luge gold medalist in Olympic history. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Bjoern Ferry's B... Bjoern Ferry of Sweden jumped the field and never looked back to win gold in the men's 12.5km pursuit. (AP Photo/Jin-man Lee)
Nesbitt Wows Hom... Canada's Christine Nesbitt won gold for her home country in the women's 1,000-meter race. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Norway's Iron Wo... Marit Bjoergen became Norway's most decorated Olympian of the 2010 Games after taking home five medals. She won golds in the women's 15km pursuit, the women's relay and the individual sprint, while taking bronze in the opening 10K freestyle race and silver in the 30K. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Champions on Ice Stars from men's and women's figure skating hit the ice to bid Vancouver farewell at the Champions Gala. Among those who skated were gold medalists Evan Lysacek and Kim Yu-Na, and Canadian bronze medalist Joannie Rochette. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)