Canada has always been a major force in the domain of winter sports, and some of the country's finest competitors are involved in the Vancouver Games, such as speed skater Clara Hughes who, at the age of thirty-seven, takes home a bronze medal in speed skating; and the nation's ice hockey team, which wins its seventh gold medal in the Winter Games. Greenspan has often extolled the role of the coach behind the scenes, and this time he focuses on Yao Bin, coach to three Chinese figure skating pairs. Vancouver boasted the longest national stage (45,000 km) for a Torch Relay in the history of the Winter Games.