The Canadian women are ruling the world in Torino. Canada picked up two more medals in women's speedskating as Clara Hughes had the skate of a lifetime to grab the gold medal in the 5,000 metre, the longest skate there is in the competition.
Hughes who has been an Olympian since the summer games in Atlanta of 96, finally won the elusive gold in a remarkable skate defeating the reigning world champion. In a phase of an event where many competitors merely try to hang on for the final metres, Hughes poured on the energy to secure her place in medal history.
Her team mate the amazing Cindy Klassen, who in her own right has become an Olympic legend had the lead in the competition until Hughes took to the track. Klassen's time held up as the potential gold medal time until that final round when she slipped to third a bronze medal, her fifth medal of these Olympic games and one medal from previous years giving her a new Canadian Olympic record.
The ladies were a foreshadowing of events later in the day as the men's short track squad took success from the rink as well, but in an early morning across Canada, it was the women who were the talk of Turin and across Canada as they added to our medal totals.
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