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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
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