Skiing medal haul this weekend for Canada...

(trying to stay away from politics for a while, 'cause I'm sick of them all :-) )

First there was Beckie Scott taking the silver in the women's 10 km XC-ski freestyle World Cup race in Canmore on Thursday.

Then, on Friday Erik Guay became the first Canadian to win multiple medals in Super G with a silver at Val Gardena. He followed that up with a bronze in the downhill the next day (and rookie Sherry Lawrence made the Olympic team by finishing 11th in the Val d'Isere downhill).

Plus, Beckie Scott won the 15 km XC-ski classical World Cup race at Canmore yesterday, and Sara Renner came 6th for her best-ever distance result.

Then today, Francois Bourque came third in the men's GS at Alta Badia, and Emily Brydon came 3rd in the Super G at Val d'Isere for 3 Canadians in the top 10/4 in the top 16.

So maybe, those predictions of the COC that Canada would be on top of the overall medal count in Vancouver in 2010 aren't so unbelievable after all...

(addendum - Beckie and Sara came 2nd in the team relay in Canmore today as well!)