I Heart Edmonton

Local speed skater makes family of Olympians proud with a silver medal win in Vancouver BY EMIL TIEDEMANN E DMONTON'S own Jessica Gregg --who happens to be my boss' niece!--shared in Team Canada's silver medal victory in women's 3,000-metre short track relay last Wednesday (Feb. 24). At her side during podium ceremonies in Vancouver were Tania Vicent , Kalyna Roberge and Marianne St-Gelais , all of Quebec. Initially Canada had finished the race in third place, but the 2nd place South Koreans were disqualified after it was discovered that team member Min-Jung Kim bumped rival China's Linlin Sun near the end of the 27-lap run. Thus, Canada took silver, the U.S. snatched bronze, and gold went to the Chinese. "The spirit was so good, we worked so hard for this," commented Vicent, 34, who became the first woman in Canada to win a medal in four straight Olympic Games. Gregg, who turns 22 on March 16, comes from a family of Olympians. Her father Dr. Randy Greg...

e O LYMPIC pride was undeniable on the snowy field in the photo below, as students of Spruce Grove 's Woodhaven Middle School showed off their support for local Olympic hero Jennifer Heil yesterday (Feb. 10). Heil, who won a gold medal in freestyle skiing at the 2006 winter games in Turin, Italy, is from Spruce Grove and, in fact, attended Woodhaven School. She is going for gold again when the 2010 Olympic Games kickoff tomorrow (Feb. 12) in Vancouver. To capture this shot Global 's news helicopter, Global 1 , hovered above the junior high school, where hundreds of students formed the five celebrated rings that make up the official symbol of the Olympics, as a pair held up a sign that read "Go Jenn Go." Some of the other locals who will be competing in the Vancouver Olympics include curlers Kevin Martin & Adam Enright (of Edmonton), speed skater Tamara Oudenaarden (of St. Albert ), bobsledders Pierre Lueders & Neville Wright (of Edmonton), hockey playe...