Team Canada at Beijing 2022: Day 9
Team Canada looks to return to the Olympic podium in the women’s short track relay, two Canadian pilots start their push towards the podium in the Olympic debut of the women’s monobob, and Team Canada closes out the preliminary round of the men’s hockey tournament.
Here’s what you’ll want to be watching on Day 9.
Beijing 2022 Competition Schedule and Results
Short Track Speed Skating
Team Canada will skate for the podium in the A final of the women’s 3000m relay. They are facing the Netherlands, China and South Korea in that final. Courtney Sarault, Florence Brunelle, Kim Boutin, and Alyson Charles raced in the semifinal where they won their heat.
Steven Dubois and Jordan Pierre-Gilles have been pitted in the same quarterfinal of the men’s 500m. They need to be top two in that heat or among the two fastest third place skaters to advance to the semifinals later in the session. The top two in each semifinal will advance to the A final to race for the medals.
Bobsleigh
The bobsleigh competition began at the Yanqing Sliding Centre with the first two heats of the women’s monobob, making its Olympic debut. Christine de Bruin is in second place with a two-run total time of 2:10.14. She sits 1.04 out of first place after being third-fastest in the first run and second-fastest in the second run. Cynthia Appiah had a tough first run, perhaps impacted by the harder ice and snowy conditions compared to training the day before, but was fifth-fastest in the second run to move up to 10th place.
READ: Olympic monobob history within reach for Christine de Bruin
Freestyle Skiing
After her fourth-place finish in the big air, Megan Oldham was set to compete in qualification of the women’s ski slopestyle event alongside Olivia Asselin. However, because of poor weather conditions, the competition was postponed a day.
Mixed team medallist Marion Thénault will compete in the qualification of the women’s aerials alongside Flavie Aumond and Naomy Boudreau-Guertin. The top six after the first qualification jump will advance directly to the final. Everyone else will do a second qualification jump to fill out the final field of 12.
Alpine Skiing
It’s showtime for the men’s technical skiers in the giant slalom. Erik Read will start 18th with Trevor Philp a few spots behind wearing bib 23.
Long Track Speed Skating
Team Canada will compete in the quarterfinals of the men’s team pursuit. The four fastest teams will advance to the semifinals. Canada’s three racers will be selected from Jordan Belchos, Ted-Jan Bloemen, Connor Howe and Tyson Langelaar.
Three Canadian women – Marsha Hudey, Heather McLean, and Brooklyn McDougall – will compete in the women’s 500m.
Curling
Team Gushue was able to rebound from two straight losses to take a 10-5 win in nine ends over the defending Olympic champions from the United States. They got a big end early when they stole four in the second and didn’t let up. Team Canada is now 3-2, tied for fourth in the standings.
READ: Team Gushue bounce back with big win over defending Olympic men’s curling champions
Team Jones will look to improve upon their 1-2 record as they face the 2021 World Champions from Switzerland.
Ice Hockey
Team Canada will play its last match of the men’s preliminary round against China.
Biathlon
Emma Lunder qualified to compete in the women’s 10km pursuit while all four Canadian men – Christian Gow, Jules Burnotte, Scott Gow, and Adam Runnalls – will compete in the men’s 12.5km pursuit. The start order and start intervals in the pursuit are based on the results of the sprint events.
Cross-Country Skiing
Graham Ritchie, Antoine Cyr, Olivier Léveillé, and Rémi Drolet will race in the men’s 4x10km relay.