Figure skater Keegan Messing will finally hit the ice Tuesday after COVID-19 kept him away from the opening days of the Beijing Winter Olympics, while Canada looks for medals in snowboarding, luge and speedskating.
For Canadian fans, events will begin Monday evening and continue overnight into Tuesday morning.
Here’s when you can see Canada compete (all times Eastern).
Events with multiple matches are marked with the start time of the earliest match. Medal events are marked in bold.
This post will be continuously updated as more events are confirmed.
Figure Skating – 8:15 p.m. ET
Roman Sadovsky and Keegan Messing will skate in the men’s singles short program, which begins at 8:15 p.m. ET Monday.
Messing — the ranking Canadian champion and a favourite for a medal — was forced to miss the team event due to a positive COVID-19 test, which prevented him from travelling to China with his fellow skaters. He finally arrived on Monday after getting the required four negative tests.
Freestyle Skiing – 9 p.m. ET
Olivia Asselin and Megan Oldham will try for a medal in the women’s freeski Big Air final at 9 p.m. ET Monday. The combined scores from three runs will determine the final rankings.
Oldham finished first in the qualifying round, putting her in a strong position for a medal.
Snowboarding – 9:40 p.m. ET
The women’s and men’s parallel giant slalom event kick off, with Canada fielding three athletes each.
Kaylie Buck and Megan Farrell will first run the women’s qualification round at 9:40 p.m. ET Monday.
Then at 10:07 p.m. ET, Sebastien Beaulieu, Arnaud Gaudet and Jules Lefebvre will race in the men’s qualifier.
Farrell qualified for the women’s 1/8 finals at 1:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, hoping for a top-eight spot for the quarterfinals.
A high rank throughout the day’s elimination rounds will qualify for the medal finals, which start at 2:36 a.m. ET Tuesday for the women and at 2:43 a.m. ET for the men.
Alpine Skiing – 10 p.m. ET
James Crawford, Trevor Philip, Broderick Thompson and Brodie Seger will race for gold in the men’s super-G skiing final at 10 p.m. ET Monday.
Hockey – 11:10 p.m. ET
Team Canada finally faces its chief rival, the United States, in the women’s preliminary round at 11:10 p.m. ET Monday.
Canada is looking for revenge after losing to the U.S. in the gold medal match at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, breaking Canada’s streak of four straight golds.
Both teams are undefeated heading into their first game in Beijing.
Cross-Country Skiing – 3 a.m. ET
The men’s and women’s free sprint kicks off with the qualification rounds, which will lead to the medal finals later in the day.
Dahria Beatty, Cendrine Browne, Laura Leclair and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt will race for Canada in the women’s qualifier at 3 a.m. ET Tuesday.
Then at 3:50 a.m. ET, the men’s qualifier begins with Antoine Cyr, Graham Ritchie and Olivier Leveille representing Canada.
A high rank here and in further elimination rounds later in the day will qualify for the medal finals, which start at 6:47 a.m. ET for the women and at 7 a.m. ET for the men.
Biathlon – 3:30 a.m. ET
Jules Burnotte, Adam Runnalls and brothers Scott and Christian Gow will race for a spot on the medal podium in the men’s 20-kilometre individual biathlon at 3:30 a.m. ET Tuesday.
Speed Skating – 5:30 a.m. ET
Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu, Connor Howe and Tyson Langelaar will race for gold in the men’s 1,500-metre final at 5:30 a.m. ET Tuesday.
Luge – 6:50 a.m. ET
Makena Hodgson, Natalie Corless and Trinity Ellis will take on their third run in the women’s singles luge starting at 6:50 a.m. ET Tuesday.
The top 20 sledders will move on to the fourth and final run at 8:35 a.m. ET, with the combined times from all four runs determining who wins a medal.
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