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Women top Olympic medals.(Canada Winter Olympics team)(Brief article)

Herizons

| June 22, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Herizons Magazine, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Women or women's teams won 15 out of Canada's 24 Olympic medals (62.5 percent) at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

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Winnipeg speed skater Cindy Klassen made history when she took five medals in speed skating, earning her the distinction from IOC president Jacques Rogge as being "the woman of the Games." There were two other multiple medal winners in speed skating: Kristina Groves (two medals) and Clara Hughes (three medals). Hughes also became the only athlete in the world ever to win multiple medals in …

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