Olympic homecoming
Olympic medalist Natalie Mastracci (women’s eight rowing) hangs her silver medal on 14-year-old Silvia Stajer after arriving at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Aug. 13, 2012. Stajer asked Mastracci for an autograph and got to wear her medal as well.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail
Canadian kayaker Mark de Jonge arrives at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Aug. 13, 2012. de Jonge captured Olympic bronze in 200-metre sprint kayak event in London.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail
Gold medalist Rosie MacLennan shows her medal as she arrives to a crowd of supporters at Toronto's Pearson Airport, Aug. 13, 2012. MacLennan won Canada’s only gold of the London Games in trampoline.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail
Canadian Olympic diver Jennifer Abel is greeted by her grandmother upon the team's return from the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Aug. 13, 2012.OLIVIER JEAN/Reuters
Olympian Diana Matheson arrives at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Aug. 13, 2012. Matheson scored the winning goal in Canada’s match against France to win the Olympic bronze medal in soccer.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail
Canadian Olympic divers Roseline Filion, left, and Meaghan Benfeito display their bronze medals upon the team’s return from the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Aug. 13, 2012.OLIVIER JEAN/Reuters
Canadian Olympic divers Jennifer Abel (L) and Emilie Heymans display their bronze medals upon the team’s return from the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Aug. 13, 2012.OLIVIER JEAN/Reuters
Canadian judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier shows his sister Alice his bronze medal at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, as he returns home from the Olympic Games.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito shows family members her bronze medal at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, as she returns home from the 2012 London Olympics.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Karina LeBlanc shows off her medal to fans as she returns home from the London Olympics after winning bronze with her team in women’s soccer in Vancouver, Aug. 13, 2012.BEN NELMS/Reuters
Canadian Olympic soccer bronze medalist Christine Sinclair shows off her medal to family members as she returns home from the London Olympics in Vancouver, Aug. 13, 2012.BEN NELMS/Reuters
Canadian women’s soccer team captain and London Olympics bronze medalist Christine Sinclair holds her two-year-old niece Kaitlyn Sinclair upon arrival from London at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Canadian Olympic medalist Brian Price poses with fans as he arrives home at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.J.P. MOCZULSKI/The Canadian Press
Canadian Olympic women’s soccer player and bronze medalist Kaylyn Kyle signs autographs as she arrives home at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.J.P. MOCZULSKI/The Canadian Press
Canadian women’s soccer team captain and London Olympics bronze medalist Christine Sinclair, lower left, signs autographs for fans upon arrival from London at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Canadian soccer Olympic bronze medalist Christine Sinclair waves to fans as she returns home from the London 2012 Olympics to Vancouver, Aug. 13, 2012.BEN NELMS/Reuters
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Christine Girard waves to fans as she returns home from the London Olympics after winning bronze in weightlifting, in Vancouver, Aug. 13, 2012.BEN NELMS/Reuters
Canadian women’s soccer team captain and Olympic bronze medalist Christine Sinclair, left, hugs her grandfather Reg Gant upon arrival from London at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press