the mad sports man

 The cauldron has been lit. Speeches have been made. The parade of nations were 92 nations long. The opening ceremony was pretty good, spread out through four locales.  The lighting of the cauldron was one of the neater ways of lighting.  The games have officially underway. Enjoy the next 16 days.

 The two replacements are Victor Primeau and Skye Clarke, replacing Alexandre Duchaine and Olivia Asselin due to injuries to Duchaine and Asselin.  The addition is Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt in cross country skiing. 

 The flag bearers for Canada are Marielle Thompson and Mikael Kingsbury. Great choices I think. Winter Olympics are a week from Friday.

 We start with the ski cross team. They are: Brittany Phelan, Hannah Schmidt, Marielle Thompson, Kevin Drury, Reece Howden, Gavin Rowell and Jared Schmidt. Now the alpine team. They are: Cameron Alexander, Jack Crawford, Jeffrey Read, Brody Seger, Kiara Alexander, Cassidy Gray, Valerie Grenier, Justine Lamontagne, Ali Nullmeyer, Britt Richardson, Amelia Smart, Laurence St Germain. Good luck in Italy all.

 6 lugers here. They are: Trinity Ellis, Embyr-Lee Susko, Kailey Allan, Beattie Podulski, Devin Wardrope and Cole Zajanski. Good luck in Italy all.

 Here is the bobsled team. They are: Cynthia Appiah, Melissa Lotholz, Bianca Ribi, Kelsey Mitchell, Dawn Richardson Wilson, Skylar Sieben, Niamh Haughey (sub), Edin Wilson (sub), Taylor Austin, Jay Dearborn, Keaton Bruggeling, Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson, Shaq Murray-Lawrence, Luka Stoikos, Mark Zanette Chris Homestead. Good luck in Italy all