In a show of good faith, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs wore the Canadian hockey jersey from Team Canada hockey jersey during Friday’s White House briefing. Gibbs bet that the US would win the Gold during the 2010 Winter Olympics, and if he lost he said he would wear the Canada hockey jersey and today he did.
Gibbs made the bet with Dmitri Soudas, the spokesman for the Prime Minster Stephen Harper who in turn agreed to wear the US Hockey jersey if the US won the Gold during the 2010 Olympic Games.
"This does signal casual Friday at the White House," Gibbs said. He wore the red and white Canadian jersey with Gibbs and the No. 39 on the back. The front shows the famous maple leaf. Gibbs said that the No. 39 was for Ryan Miller, the MVP of the game and US goalie. For more information on the fight for the Gold medal, click here.
Many people were surprised when Gibbs pulled off the Canadian jersey to show a Team USA hockey jersey underneath. Gibbs spent most of the briefing wearing the USA jersey.
The US won 36 medals at the 2010 Olympic Games, and 11 of those medalists are from the state of Utah. Almost every athlete at the Winter Olympic Games trained in Utah at one time, including a few others that lived in Utah before the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. To see the breakdown of the medals, click here.
Source: USA Today
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