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Olympic Roundup: Snowboarders strike first on multi-medal day for Canada
Justine Dufour-Lapointe was close to making Olympic history. The Montreal freestyle skier had a chance to become the first woman to defend an Olympic moguls title, and she knew her fast and aggressive final run in Sunday's final would be tough to beat. She ended up coming just short, edged off the top of the podium by ...
Feb 11, 2018
Snowboarders Parrot and McMorris capture silver and bronze at Pyeongchang Olympics
Canadian snowboarders Max Parrot and Mark McMorris have won Canada's first medals of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Parrot captured silver in men's slopestyle while McMorris took bronze. Redmond Gerard of the United States won the gold. Parrot fell in his first two runs but nailed his third to bump McMorris out of the silve...
Feb 11, 2018
Canadian snowboarders Max Parrot who won a silver medal and Regina's Mark McMorris who won bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding event pose with gold medalist American Redmond Gerard Feb. 10, 2018. (Team Canada/Twitter)
McMorris still feels 'pure joy' snowboarding after accident
Less than a year ago, Mark McMorris nearly died. A "freak" snowboarding accident in the B.C. backcountry on March 27 left nearly half his body broken and internal organs damaged. The 24-year-old was in a medically-induced coma and when he came to, his first thoughts were of his career in snowboarding and his ...
Feb 09, 2018
(Mark McMorris/Instagram)
Canadian Olympic Roundup: Morris and Lawes open with mixed results in doubles curling
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics don't officially open until Friday but a couple of Canadians were already in competition mode Thursday. Doubles curlers John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes opened the Games with a disappointing 9-6 loss to Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten before ...
Feb 08, 2018
Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling team John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes. (Curling Canada/Twitter @CurlingCanada)
Mark McMorris's family excited, nervous for his 2nd Olympics
It has been a remarkable journey back to the Olympics for Regina snowboarder Mark McMorris. Ten months ago getting the games in South Korea seemed far-fetched. The then 23-year-old was lying in a hospital bed after a bad crash nearly ended his career and his life. He suffered multiple broken bones, a ruptured spleen an...
Feb 07, 2018