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Team Canada sings Celine Dion on bus at Winter Olympics

By Alex Butler
Singer Celine Dion appears backstage during the annual Billboard Music Awards held on May 21 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Singer Celine Dion appears backstage during the annual Billboard Music Awards held on May 21 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A bus filled with Canadian Olympians recently performed an energized rendition of Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On.

And it was beautiful.

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Canadian Mikael Kingsbury posted a video of the performance Friday on Twitter.

"Hey @CelineDion this is Team Canada. #OneTeam," he wrote on the caption.

"Ever wonder what athletes get up to when competitions are done? Well, here you go," Team Canada tweeted.

One fan said he was "bleeding maple syrup" after watching the video.

"You might want to get that checked out by a doctor," Team Canada responded.

The Canadians climbed up to second place in the medal standings after Friday's slate, holding a bounty of 27 medals. Norway leads all countries with 37 medals after 14 days of competition. The United States had the fourth-most medals at the Winter Games, five behind third-place Germany.

Kingsbury won a gold medal on Feb. 12 in the men's moguls finals. He won a silver medal at the event at the 2014 Winter Games in sOCHI.

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Dion, 49, has yet to publicly comment on the impromptu mobile concert, but she did reference the Olympics on Feb. 16, posting a video to her Facebook account of her performance at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Ga.

"The amazing athletes at the Pyeongchang Olympics are giving their all! Let's celebrate and congratulate them as they are realizing their dream," Team Celine wrote in the Facebook post.

My Heart Will Go On debuted in 1997.

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