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Olympic viewing guide: Canada's short track stars hit the ice
CBC Sports’ daily Olympics newsletter heralds the start of short track speed skating competition, where Canadians are poised to win several medals. Plus, other stuff to watch on Tuesday, including Canada vs. the U.S. in women’s hockey. Source link
Olympic viewing guide: Canada's short track stars hit the ice
CBC Sports’ daily Olympics newsletter heralds the start of short track speed skating competition, where Canadians are poised to win several medals. Plus, other stuff to watch on Tuesday, including Canada vs. the U.S. in women’s hockey. Source link
Poulin injury clouds comfortable Canadian victory in physical contest against Czechs
It’s unclear whether Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin will be healthy enough to play in Tuesday’s game against the U.S., after she left Monday’s game with an injury. Source link
Canada's Gilles and Poirier hold narrow grip on 3rd after after rhythm dance
Skating to music from the 1990s, Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac and Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha qualify for the free dance programs on Wednesday with Gilles and Poirier’s short dance currently placing them in third. Source link
Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson take on the world in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Tuesday
The team combined event in alpine skiing is a thrilling watch featuring national teams made up of two skiers (one in the downhill and one in slalom) working together for the best combined times of each pairing. Source link
Canada beats Czechia, but captain Poulin exits game with apparent injury
Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin left the first period of an Olympic women’s hockey game against Czechia with an apparent knee injury and did not return for the second. Source link
With a roster speckled red and white, Italy's victory in women's hockey is Canada's too
As the final anxious seconds ticked away in Italy’s 3-2 win over Japan on Monday, Daniele Sauvageau, the team’s Canadian general manager, looked at 35-year-old Laura Fortino, a gold-medal winner with Canada in 2014 who now wears Italian blue, both with tears in their eyes. Source link
Canadian speed skater Béatrice Lamarche 5th in women's 1,000 metres of her Olympic debut
A trio of Canadian women made their Olympic speed skating debuts on Monday in the 1,000 metres, with Béatrice Lamarche leading the way in fifth. Source link
NHLer Macklin Celebrini set to play key Olympic role for Canadian men: 'It’s no fluke'
The NHL is finally back in the international spotlight at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games following a 12-year ice age. And Macklin Celebrini is a peach-fuzzed beneficiary. “I’m super grateful,” says the centre from North Vancouver, B.C. Source link
Skeleton racer Heraskevych displays images of athletes killed in Ukraine war on his helmet
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained on Monday at the Milano-Cortina Games in a helmet with images of compatriots killed during the war in Ukraine, delivering on a promise to use the Olympics to keep attention on the conflict. Source link