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Here’s what Canada did while you were sleeping on Day 7 of the 2018 Winter Olympics

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WATCH ABOVE: Team Canada did not win any medals Friday in Pyeongchang, but Patrick Chan will skate for one Saturday, in what will likely be his final Olympic competition ever. The 2018 Winter Games marks the final Olympics for a number of Canadian athletes, in a variety of disciplines, but as Megan Robinson reports, Canada is in good shape moving forward – Feb 16, 2018

Canada had few athletes competing for medals on Day 7 of the 2018 Winter Olympics and didn’t end up taking home any more hardware.

Here’s what you missed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang while you were sleeping.

Figure skating

Canada’s Patrick Chan skates in the men’s single skating short program at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea, Friday, February 16, 2018. COC/Jason Ransom

Canada’s Patrick Chan is sitting in sixth place after the men’s figure skating short program. In the final Olympics of his career, Chan performed to Dust in the Wind by Kansas, posting a final score of 90.01 heading into Saturday’s long program.

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Curling

Team Canada skip Rachel Homan plays a stone at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Korea, Thursday, February 15, 2018. COC/Jason Ransom

Rachel Homan’s rink dropped a 9-8 decision to Denmark in 11 ends, as Canada falls to 0-3 in women’s curling.

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The Canadian men, led by Kevin Koe, are doing much better. They defeated South Korea to go 4-0 in the tournament so far.

Speed skating

Ivanie Blondin of Canada catches her breath after the women’s 5,000 meters speedskating race at the Gangneung Oval at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. AP Photo/John Locher

Canada’s Ivanie Blondin was in bronze medal position in the women’s 5,000-metre long track speed skating event. But the final pair both skated a bit faster than her, meaning she fell to fifth place in the end.

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It was a hard race for Blondin, who pushed herself in the last lap to the point of stumbling badly before the finish line.

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