What Canada did on Sunday at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games held in Beijing, China (distances in metres unless specified):
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Men鈥檚 2x15 kilometre skiathlon 鈥� Olivier L茅veill茅 of Sherbrooke, Que., finished 31st overall in a time of one hour, 23 minutes and 42.0 seconds; Antoine Cyr, Gatineau, Que., was 42nd (1:25:26.0); R茅mi Drolet, Rossland, B.C., 57th (lapped).
CURLING
Mixed doubles 鈥� Rachel Homan, Beaumont, Alta., and John Morris, Canmore, Alta., won 7-5 win over the Czech Republic and lost 10-8 to Australia 鈥� both of their matches went to extra ends. With one game to go against undefeated Italy, Canada is a three-way tie for second place with a 5-3 record.
FIGURE SKATING
Team event 鈥� Madeline Schizas of Oakville, Ont., was third in the women鈥檚 qualifier with 69.60 points to move Canada into the final round, where Roman Sadovsky, Toronto, placed fifth in the men鈥檚 long program (122.60). Canada 鈥� the defending gold medallists 鈥� are in fourth place heading into the final three disciplines.
FREESTYLE SKIING
Women鈥檚 moguls 鈥� Chlo茅 Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal, finished ninth overall after being eliminated following the second finals run with a score of 72.96; Sofiane Gagnon, Whistler, B.C., placed 12th after failing to finish in the second round.
#Beijing2022 has certainly kept us on our toes so far 馃憖#TeamCanada currently holds 2 medals 馃馃
鈥� Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 6, 2022
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LUGE
Men鈥檚 singles 鈥� Reid Watts, Whistler, B.C., was 17th overall in the event with a combined time of three minutes, 53.93 seconds after four runs.
SKI JUMPING
Men鈥檚 individual (normal hill) 鈥� Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Calgary, ended 16th overall with a score of 252.6 (129.8, 122.8); Matthew Soukup, Calgary, posted a 103.0 on his first jump and did not qualify for the second, finishing 45th in the event.
SNOWBOARDING
Women鈥檚 slopestyle 鈥� Laurie Blouin, Qu茅bec City , was fourth overall with a top score of 81.41 in the finals 鈥� 2.74 out of the bronze position.
Men鈥檚 slopestyle 鈥� Mark McMorris, Regina, posted the second-best mark in qualifying with 83.30; S茅bastien Toutant, L鈥橝ssomption, Que., was eighth (71.06); and Max Parrot, Bromont, Que., 10th (70.11) 鈥� all earned a berth in the finals. Darcy Sharpe, Comox, B.C., was 23rd (45.46) and did not advance.
SPEED SKATING (LONG TRACK)
Men鈥檚 5,000 鈥� Ted-Jan Bloemen, Calgary, finished 10th (6:19.11).
It was an emotional day 鉁岋笍 in #Beijing2022
鈥� Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 6, 2022
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