In my mind, it's more likely we'll have two Canadians than one. Being on the podium is something I've dreamed about my entire life. If my dream doesn't come true it would be a nice consolation to have one of my teammates up there.
"Duff Gibson" is a Canada/Canadian skeleton (sport)/skeleton racer who competed from 1999 to 2006. He was born in Vaughan, Ontario. His father was born on December 13, 1937. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton, narrowly beating out his teammate Jeff Pain. His victory made the 39-year old surpass ice hockey player Al MacInnis as the oldest gold medalist in Canadian Winter Olympic history. More significantly, Gibson became the oldest individual gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games, a record previously held by Norway's Magnar Solberg, who was 35 when he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics/biathlon event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo; he held the record until Ole Einar Bjørndalen won gold at the Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint/10 km biathlon sprint aged 40 at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He retired immediately following the 2006 Games in Turin.
More Duff Gibson on Wikipedia.I was afraid that I was going to be a blubbering idiot, but so far I'm good.
I've had the odd person recognize me walking down the street, people have just stopped to congratulate me -- it's been really flattering.
The course requires maximum steering.
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