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5h Symphony, 5h gold

February 23, 2010 | number 13 The Dutch newspaper in Olympic Vancouver

Who could have thought that an Austrian would bring gold to Canada? On the

sound of Gustav Mahlers fth symphony, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir made sure

that nobody would stand in the way of Canadas fth gold medal. With a roaring

cheer from the crowd in Pacic Colisseum and the Holland Heineken House, Virtue

and Moir were celebrated as the new Olympic champions ice dancing. Way behin

the Canadians, the silver medal went to the duo Davis and White from the United

States, bronze went to the pair of Domnina and Sjabalin from Russia. With anothe

six days to go, both the Canadians and Dutch hope for much more. Photo AN

You can nd them in the O Zone, in thestands of Canada Hockey Palace and on

Whistler Mountain, the Canadian redmittens, specially made for these Olym-pic games. With over three million sold,the mitts are the hottest item to wear.

Just one thing the Vancouverites didntexpect: the terric sunny weather. Ne-vertheless, everybody loves them.

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Photo: Tobias Bos

Red-ho mitsare everywhere

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If you dont have them, youre not a true memberof the Canadian Olympic family. Te red mittedgloves with the Olympic rings on the outside andthe maple leave on the inside. And if you wantto purchase them now, youre up for a big adven-ture.

By Mathijs Vuister

At rst, VANOC thought that one million pairs ofthe red Canadian mitts would be enough to satisfythe customers who wanted to get an Olympic item.But even before the games started, outtters TeBay and Zellers already sold more than 2 millionpairs. And the hype hasnt been put on hold yet.

From USAs vice-president Joe Biden to supermo-del Cindy Crawford. From Joe the Plumber toOprah Winfrey, everybody needs a pair. In a hurry,the retail stores decided to ship in some more fromChina, where they are made. But its a big questionif everybody who wants a pair, actually nds onein the right size. People who enter the stores now,mostly nd childrens sizes only.Because of the cheap price of only 10 Canadian dol-

Tobias Bos, Pim Brassien, Twan Clarijs, Richard

Geeve, Marlot Hak, Paul de Lange (coordinator),

Rens Lieman, Gert-Jan Peddemors (coordinator),

Femke van der Veen, Ingrid van Rooijen, Marjolein

Reezigt (lay-out), Mathijs Vuister (editor).

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Cheap, Olympic andCanadian: he red mits

ProgrammeToday

8.30 pm - De Coronas

10.30 pm - Guus Meeuwis

11.30 pm - DJ until closing time (2.00 am)

Tomorrow

9.00 am - Holland Heineken House opens

8.30 pm - De Coronas

10.30 pm - Roel van Velzen11.30 pm - DJ until closing time (2.00 am)

lars, Newspaper USA oday called the gloves a siof the worldwide recession. After all, in the 20Olympics the red USA beret was the Olymitem. For the right, expensive price, of course. TOlympic audience doesnt seem to care, and is onmassive quest to get their hands warm.It makes you feel like a true Canadian, Eric Gaperle says. Being honest, they just look nice andhelps that theyre cheap. Gamperle got his mtwo months before the games actually started. Im truly happy that I dont have to look for thanymore. When you want them, the best thingdo is call the store rst.For Canadians, there is an extra advantage on bing the mitts. A percentage of the prot will

to Own the Podium, A fundraiser for Olymand Paralympic athletes. With the money earntheyre able to pay for better training facilities.

According to Dexter Liu, the mittens are just coto have. My mom bought them for me. Since Orah Winfrey gave away 300 pairs, even America

want to walk around with the maple leaf. Just the Olympics, it looks like they are Canadians

well.

Like they did all year long, the Austrian skijumping team won gold in the team event. Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Koer, Tomas

Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauerleft de competition behind by more than 70points. Germany won the silver medal, justbefore Norway, who took the bronze. ForSchlierenzauer it was his third medal theseOlympics, after winning two bronze medalsin the individual events.

Ausrian four jumpfor joy o gold medal

After the USA beat Canada last Sunday, thehome crowd gets a rst shot at revenge. Te

gold medal game in womens ice hockey willfeature both teams once again. Canada beatFinland with the score of 5-0. Te UnitedStates crushed the girls from Sweden 9-1.Te nal will be on Tursday in CanadaHockey Palace.

Neighbours collidein womens hockey

Yesterday, both German cross country sprintteams made it to the podium. Te women

won gold, just before Sweden and Russia.In the mens race, Germany got silver. In thelast meters, they got beaten by Norway.

Two medals forGerman spriners

Its almost sixty years ago since the Dutch

competed in the alpine skiing event. Dick

and Peter Pappenheim were in Oslo, 1952 to

participate in the downhill and giant slalom.

By Pim Brassien

You cant compare the Vancouver games with my

Olympic experience in Norway, Peter says. For

example, we had to travel from the Netherlands

to Oslo by train. That ride took us 24 hours. Also,

we werent able to afford accommodations in the

Olympic village, so we stayed with Norwegians.

The advantage was, that they produced a great

Peter Pappenheim 1952

Olympic Memory

party when we were done competing.

I remember the sportsmanship as well. Just before

the event started, we got some tips from the

better teams. Thats something I cant imagine

happening today. In particular, the French helped

us a lot.

There is one similarity between Oslo and Vancou-

ver: the snow problems. During the slalom, there

just wasnt any snow. The organization used army

trucks to transport the snow to the mountains.

During the event, I found out the hard way how

it is to compete on the top level. I didnt see a

tree-stump and fell down hard. Nevertheless, the

Olympic games were the highlight of my career.

From left to right: Dick Pappenheim, chef de mission Arend Hubrecht,and Peter Pappenheim Photo: Archive