Canada was once again golden on Day 12 of the 2018 Winter Olympics, this time in the men’s freestyle ski cross event.
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Men’s freestyle ski cross
Calgary’s Brady Leman won gold in the men’s freestyle ski cross while fellow Canadian Kevin Drury finished in fourth. Fellow teammate Chris Del Bosco was in a horrific crash earlier in Thursday’s event. The 35-year-old went airborne on the final jump, landing hard on his right side.
Women’s bobsleigh
Defending Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries and her new teammate Phylicia George won the bronze medal in women’s bobsleigh late on Day 12.
They were in fifth place going into their final two runs but made a strong showing to finish with a medal.
Curling
Kevin Koe’s rink in on to the semifinals against the U.S. after downing Denmark 8-3. Canada will not win an Olympic medal in women’s curling for the first time ever. Rachel Homan’s fifth loss eliminated them from medal contention. Her team plays its last game against the Olympic athletes from Russia later in the day.
Snowboard big air final
Mark McMorris, Max Parrot and Sebastien Toutant qualified for Saturday’s big air finals. McMorris qualified with a score of 95.75, while Parrot moved with a score of 92.50 and Toutant with a 91.00.
Men’s hockey
Canada defeated Finland 1-0 in the quarterfinals in men’s hockey and will be moving on to the semifinals, where they will face Germany. Maxim Noreau scored the sole goal of the game.
Canada’s starting goalie, Ben Scrivens, was injured in the second period and had to leave the ice.
Also late on Wednesday, the Canadian women came just a hair behind the United States in the bronze medal race of women’s team pursuit speed skating. The U.S. just started too fast and Canada couldn’t quite make up the deficit before the end of the race. So, Canada finished in fourth.
–with a file from The Canadian Press
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