The first gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympic games went to an "old friend" that we cheered on at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic games. Simon Amman, Switzerland's answer to Harry Potter took the gold today in the K90 Ski Jump event. Here Amman took gold in the K120 Ski Jump eight years ago and we had the chance to be this close to the winning Olympian.That night at the Medals Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City, Amman received his gold medal as fans stood while the Swiss Flag was raised and his national anthem was played. Without a doubt, tonight he is enjoying his new found gold, although he still has the K120 to participate in early this week.
Dana and I had great seats to winess the ceremony. Later in the night was a concert by Canadian band, Bare Naked Ladies who brought up the Ice Skating Pair of Jamie Sale and David Pelletier. Sale and Pelletier were apart of an Figure Skating scoring scandal. Originally they were awarded a silver medal, but following an investigation, they, too recieved a gold.
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