By Cybele Negris

Last week we ran a poll at MetroBlenzNewsSquad.com and at BlenzCommunity.com "Who do you think is Canada’s star of the 2010 Winter Games?" and the results are in!

The people have spoken and the most popular choices are in the following order (#1 being most popular):

Sidney Crosby voted as top Canadian star (photo by S. Yume licensed under the Creative Commons)

1. Sidney Crosby – scores winning goal in men’s hockey giving Canada the most gold medals in history of Winter Games
2. Joannie Rochette – wins bronze days after her mother’s death
3. Maelle Ricker -  1^st woman to win gold
4. Alexandre Bilodeau -  1^st to win gold on home soil

People were also given the opportunity to pick their own favorites. Another popular choice included Tessa Virtue who secured a gold medal finish in ice dancing with her partner Scott Moir. Other notables included Jasey Jay Anderson who won gold at the men’s parallel giant slalom event, the Women's Hockey team for their on ice celebrations (described by one poll taker as "so very Canadian") and even Olympic Mascot Mukmuk!

I'm not surprised Sidney Crosby was first choice given Canada's love-affair with hockey. Personally, I thought it was really tough to pick one star. The Canadian athletes together were phenomenal and really demonstrated great sportsmanship and of course huge success.

Here is a comprehensive recap of all the medalists from the 2010 Olympics from all countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2010_Winter_Olympics_medal_winners

One could argue though that the real star was Canadians as a whole who rallied together in never-seen-before national pride. I can still hear the chants in my head... "Go Canada Go!..."

Cybele Negris is Co-Founder of Webnames.ca, Canada’s Original Domain Registrar. She is on the Boards of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, Small Business BC, Government of BC Small Business Roundtable and the Vancouver Economic Development Commission. More information is available at cybele.tel or webnames.tel. Follow on Twitter @cybelenegris and @webnames