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1. 64 (32 men, and 32 women). That was easy! Kidding, of course. 1. 3 2. Yes (oh, god, I just jinxed it, didn't I?) 3. Yes 4. 4

She's back!

It's why I love it. And it's why I hate it.

Hoping it's just precautionary to rest her for tomorrow.

Piper and Paul in 3rd!

The thing is, the schedule is brutal. Quarters, semis, final, all back-to-back-to-back. This after the Men's and Women's heats. They may sub in Roussel/Brunelle for the quarters.

I am so nervous for this. If they stay on their skates, they win. If they stay on their skates. If They Stay On Their Skates

I didn't watch the game, but the pressure was off for the Swiss as well. Could be a case of them not really trying, too.

Ends up 5th. But great result!

Lamarche into 3rd with one pairing left!

I have heard about this, but I don't know enough about it to comment. Everything I've read online agrees that the Canadians have been underscored for the whole season. Funnily, them using RuPaul's song has brought in a lot of LGBTQ+ fans and they are NOT happy about the score from the team event. I don't know if the ISU or IOC is ready for the gay backlash.

Yay! That was really close!

The last two are already ahead of Oldham.

Oldham maintains 3rd place after 2 rounds, but had a hard crash. Hope she's ok.

Oldham in 3rd after the first run! But the score isn't actually that impressive.

Even as a huge short track fan, it kills me that so many of our medals depend on them. This is the best team ever iced, but the sport is so volatile. A lot of winter sports are volatile, but Canada seems to specialize in the majority of them. Cross-country, biathlon, and the sliding sports are a little bit more consistent - and you're just going against a clock (not judges who can be.....confusing at times). It's not all about medals, just events to be excited to watch. At least Canada is good at the two team sports (allegedly...) so the games fill the schedule, too. Interestingly, Canada has won medals in 9 different sports at each of the last 4 Olympics. It'd be nice to at least continue that streak, if not improve. We should get something in: Speed Skating (check!) Short Track Freestyle Snowboard Curling Hockey We'd need another 3 sports. Ski Jumping? Bobsled? Figure Skating? Alpine? These would really have to be surprises, but surprises happen every Olympics.

1. Yes 2. No 3. 1:14 (I swear I'm not just copying, these are my real answers!)

It's really just a scheduling. Canada is actually right on track for predicted medals so far. Even with mixed curling, a lot of people did not pick Canada to medal anyway. The only thing on my end is that without meaningful curling in the next couple of days, it's pretty dry for Canada. We also didn't have a women's hockey game (postponed), and some injuries have put a damper on things, too. Things really start to pick up for us on Thursday (Women's SS 5000m, Men's moguls, men's snowboard cross, women's snowboard halfpipe, a bunch of short track, and the first men's hockey game).

Canada finishes 5th instead of 4th in Figure Skating. Very disappointing. When will we get our first 4th? That's the real question!

Both Canadians fail to make the final in big air. Not a great day for Canada. Not a great start overall. Besides Maltais' bronze, not a lot of good news so far.

They'll probably screw that up, too.

I agree, but really their first three games were against a very young Czech team, a Norwegian team who are good but didn't have a good meet, and it seems like something was wrong with the stones the Italians were using. They were in the games against USA and even GB, but made some key mistakes. Estonia, Sweden, and Korea were just amateur. The commentators were saying the ice changed and they couldn't adjust. Maybe, but every team plays on the same ice. They couldn't make a shot, even easy shots, to save their lives the last 2 days.

GB, USA, ITA, SWE all officially in before the last games are played. That's anticlimactic. Too bad for SUI, they have a guaranteed win tomorrow against CAN, but it doesn't matter with the tiebreakers.

"Gallant and Peterman is Canada's best team!" Well, then, Canada has a problem.

Well, game over. Another loss for Canada. Wish I could say I was surprised.