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Canada wins silver in luge relay
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada has earned its second Olympic luge medal, finishing second in the team relay at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The team of singles sliders Alex Gough and Sam Edney and doubles duo Tristan Walker and Justin Snith raced to silver in a time of two minutes 24.872 seconds. The...
Feb 15, 2018
Sam Edny is a member of the men's luge relay team that won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics. (Canadian Olympic Committee)
Speedskater Bloemen wins 10,000-metre gold in Olympic-record time on huge day for Canada
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - After settling for silver in the men's 5,000 metres, Calgary speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen lamented that he didn't have more in the tank to challenge Dutch great Sven Kramer for gold. His tank was full of high-grade octane on Thursday, as Bloemen dominated the competition in the men's 10...
Feb 15, 2018
Canadian speedskater Bloemen wins gold in men's 10,000 metres
GANGNEUNG,, Korea, Republic Of - Calgary speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen has won the gold medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Bloemen, the world record holder in the distance, posted an Olympic-record time of twelve minutes 39.77 seconds. It's Bloemen's second medal of the Games after takin...
Feb 15, 2018
Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen. (Canadian Olympic Committee)
Wakaw's Linden Vey goes for gold in men's hockey
Olympic hockey was never something on Linden Vey's radar. Even when the Wakaw, Saskatchewan product played in the NHL he didn't even really consider it. "To make an NHL Olympic team is a pretty tough task, especially Canada - you look at the players on that - so I never really thought the opportunity would be here...
Feb 14, 2018
Wakaw's Linden Vey is representing Saskatchewan on the Olympic men's hockey team. (Hockey Canada website)
Olympic Roundup: Boutin threatened on social media after bronze-medal win
Short-track speedskater Kim Boutin shut down all her social media accounts Wednesday after hundreds of angry tweets were directed at her by irate South Koreans in the wake of her controversial bronze-medal win in the 500-metre race at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Boutin finished fourth, but was promoted to third when Sout...
Feb 14, 2018
Kim Boutin captures short-track bronze medal at Winter Olympics
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian short-track speedskater Kim Boutin has captured a bronze medal in the women's 500 metres at the Winter Olympics. The athlete from Sherbrooke, Que., finished fourth but was bumped up to third after South Korea's Minjeong Choi was disqualified. Arianna Fontana of Italy won gold in...
Feb 13, 2018
Kim Boutin won bronze in the 500m and 1500m speed skating events, along with a silver in the 1000m at the 2018 Olympics. (Team Canada/Twitter @TeamCanada)
Hebert embraces Canada's role as curling 'favourites'
Regina's Ben Hebert tasted Olympic gold before and he's hoping he'll get to experience it again. It is the second Olympics for the 34-year-old lead, who won gold with Kevin Martin's rink in Vancouver in 2010. "I'm feeling very lucky and humbled that I get to go back," Hebert said in an interview after qualify...
Feb 13, 2018
Ben Hebert with Team Canada led by Kevin Koe at practice in Pyeongchang Feb. 12, 2018. (Kevin Koe/Twitter @TeamKevinKoe)
Canada defeats Switzerland to win mixed doubles gold medal
The first Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles curling goes to Canada. Canada's John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes beat defending world champions Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-3 in the gold-medal game. Ottawa's Morris and Winnipeg's Lawes claimed the second Olympic gold medals of their careers and Canada's t...
Feb 13, 2018
Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris win gold in the first ever mixed doubles curling event Feb. 13,
2018. (Team Canada/Twitter @TeamCanada)
Saskatoon's Clark goes for gold in women's hockey
From changing in boiler rooms to the Olympic stage, the hockey experience has sure changed for Emily Clark. The Saskatoon native grew up playing with the boys and changing in whatever room the rink had to spare, but she didn't mind. "I just fell in love with the game. I didn't even think differently when I was cha...
Feb 12, 2018
Hockey Canada announced Thursday former Saskatoon star forward Emily Clark wouldn't be participating in the Four Nations Cup. (Twitter / @emclark13)
Canada wins figure skating team event gold at Pyeongchang Olympics
Canada has secured its first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., clinched the top spot in the team figure skating competition after finishing third in the women's free skate on Monday, before teammates Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dance segment of the event. Daleman'...
Feb 12, 2018