Bilodeau

But by now you've all seen it, right? Men's moguls? If not, then **spoiler alert**...

Remember when Canada had never won a gold medal on home soil (despite hosting two other Olympics), then Alexandre Bilodeau came along in Vancouver 2010 and had a perfect run... if you're Canadian, you still couldn't believe it, you knew there would be something that the viewer-at-home couldn't discern as a flaw that would put him in 2d place... then the score went up, and you screamed and jumped up and down and hugged the dog because he wouldn't high-five you?

The first thing Bilodeau did was find his brother - his best friend and his inspiration - to hug him. His older brother was the only Bilodeau sibling not to ski on the Canadian team, because his CP made movement more challenging for him. In all his work and training, Alexandre has looked up to Frederic for inspiration, a reminder to never give up. So, when Alexandre won this historic gold medal, the Canadian Prime Minister was there to shake his hand, but he put that handshake on hold until he could find his brother.

Canada just became more proud of Bilodeau the more they learned about him, and Frederic is a hero in his own right now. Bilodeau says that when he goes out alone, no one recognises him. When he goes out with Frederic, everyone comes up to them. To talk to Frederic.

Yesterday, Bilodeau put in a horrible run in the 20-man quarterfinals, coming in 8th. That can be written off as a fluke, but you know that it doesn't bode well. In the 12-man semis, he moved up to 3rd place. If you're Canadian, you're thinking, "Hey! That's still in the medals!" But in the 6-man Final (in which 3 of the 4 Canadians were still competing) he went out there and had that perfect run, the one he had in Vancouver that made us all afraid to hope. But this time we didn't hope: we knew. We knew that Canada CAN have nice things. And that awesome kid who made Canadian history four years ago won Gold again, bumping his teammate MIkael Kingsbury to Silver. And the first thing he did was find his brother.

Now that he's poised for a flood of endorsements, he's retiring. To work in his Dad's accounting firm. I love that guy.