Day 8 (February 12th, 2022)

[Topicmaster1010 5,348]

Day 8 (February 12) Canadian Schedule

 

 

February 11th

20:05: Curling- Women’s Round Robin- Session 4: Sweden vs. Canada 

21:00: Snowboarding- Mixed Team Snowboard Cross- Quarterfinals (Canada 1: Eliot Grondin/Meryeta Odine, Canada 2: Liam Moffatt/Tess Critchlow)

Quarterfinal 3:  France 1,  Canada 1,  United States 2,  ROC 1

Quarterfinal 4:  Austria 1,  Canada 2,  Italy 2,  Great Britain 1

23:10: Ice Hockey- Men’s Preliminary Round- Group A: Canada vs. United States  

February 12th

1:05: Curling- Men’s Round Robin- Session 5: Canada vs. Sweden 

2:30: Cross-Country Skiing- Women’s 4x5km Relay Classic/Free (Katherine Stewart Jones -> Dahria Beatty -> Cendrine Browne -> Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt)

3:00: Speed Skating- Women’s Team Pursuit- Quarterfinals (Ivanie Blondin, Valerie Maltais, Alexa Scott, Isabelle Weidemann)

Quarterfinal 3:  Belarus vs. Canada

3:53: Speed Skating- Men’s 500m (see below)

Pair 1:  Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu, Austin Kleba 

Pair 4:  Gilmore Junio, David Bosa 

Pair 15:  Laurent Dubreuil,  Shinhama Tatsuya

4:00: Biathlon- Men’s 10km Sprint (Scott Gow [31st], Christian Gow [58th], Adam Runnalls [79th], Jules Burnotte [83rd])

6:00: Ski Jumping- Men’s Individual LH- 1^st Round (Matthew Soukup [5th], Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes [17th])

6:00: Figure Skating- Ice Dance- Rhythm Dance (Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha [12th], Laurence Fournier-Beaudry/Nikolaj Sorensen [15th], Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier [21st])

7:20: Skeleton- Women’s- Heat 3 (Mirela Rahneva, Jane Channell)

[Topicmaster1010 5,348]

If there's a good day to get that 2nd gold medal, today would be that day

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

Yup a couple of good medal opportunities today in mixed snowboard cross and men's 500m speed skating, still holding out hope in women's skeleton, but she pretty much needs two first place finishes in order to have a chance at a medal. Ice dance begins today, but given our performance in the team event, a medal is now unlikely. Also a big match in ice hockey which will likely determine the group winner.

[james89 898]

Canada is the only country to get two medals in Snowboard Cross despite the Grondin and O'Dine team being seeded 6th. It is a tough field though. 

[orangeman 2,284]

Odine......not confidence building there.  

[ofan 238]

So I guess we just suck at curling now?

[intoronto 6,408]

O'dine not doing a great job

[orangeman 2,284]

15 minutes ago, ofan said:

So I guess we just suck at curling now?

Yup, apparently.  As I said yesterday, we can talk about other countries catching up but all Canadian teams here have been missing, missing and missing.  Not a strong showing from any of them so far.  

[intoronto 6,408]

3 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Yup, apparently.  As I said yesterday, we can talk about other countries catching up but all Canadian teams here have been missing, missing and missing.  Not a strong showing from any of them so far.  

I think part of the problem is there is this big hoopla around who Canada actually sends. Some of these other teams have been appointed months in advance and practice like crazy. Homan and Morris had no idea until a month before the games.. so their level of practice would have been less than the other teams

[ofan 238]

13 minutes ago, intoronto said:

I think part of the problem is there is this big hoopla around who Canada actually sends. Some of these other teams have been appointed months in advance and practice like crazy. Homan and Morris had no idea until a month before the games.. so their level of practice would have been less than the other teams

Yep, I'm for having some sort of season-long rankings to become the representative at the Olympics as a way to ensure we get the most consistent team. With the Trials, you end up with teams like Homan who perform well in domestic competitions but always choke in the international event.