After medalling multiple times on day six, Canada did not find the podium on day seven at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
However, the women’s hockey team continued its offensive domination with a 11-0 win against Sweden in the quarterfinals.
Here’s what you may have missed from competition on the day that began Thursday evening and continued into Friday morning.
Hockey
Canada’s women’s hockey team continued to flex its offensive muscles in an 11-0 win against Sweden in the quarterfinals.
Brianne Jenner kicked off the scoring just three minutes into the first period. Captain Marie-Philip Poulin found Jenner at the front of the Swedish goal; Jenner fanned on the first shot but tucked in the second underneath the goalie’s pad to give Canada the go-ahead goal.
Canada’s semifinal opponent has yet to be announced. Its archrival, the United States, won its quarterfinal game against the Czech Republic 4-1.
Canada remains undefeated in Beijing as it seeks to reclaim the gold medal, which it lost to the U.S. at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
Speed Skating
A chance to repeat as Olympic gold medallist was on the cards for long-track speed-skater Ted-Jan Bloemen in the final of the men’s 10,000-metre speed skating event — but a time of 13:01.39 was not good enough for a podium spot.
Meanwhile, his teammate Graeme Fish finished sixth after skating 12:58.80. Sweden’s Nils van der Poel clocked in a record time of 12:30.74 for gold, beating the Olympic record of 12:39.77 set by Bloemen at the 2018 Games.
Patrick Roest of the Netherlands won silver after skating 12:44.59, and Italy’s Davide Ghiotto took home bronze with a time of 12:45.98.
In men’s 500-metre short-track qualifying, silver medallist Steven Dubois and Jordan Pierre-Gilles advanced to Sunday’s quarterfinals, while Maxime Laoun failed to qualify.
Canada will also appear in Wednesday’s Final A of men’s 5,000-metre relay after Charles Hamelin, Pascal Dion, Dubois, Pierre-Gilles and Laoun advanced in the semis.
On the women’s side, Courtney Sarault and Alyson Charles competed to qualify for the medal round of the 1,000-metre speed skating event, but did not advance beyond the quarterfinals.
Curling
Canada’s women’s team fell to Japan 8-5 in their second-round robin session, after beating South Korea in its opening match.
The loss was skip Jennifer Jones’ first career defeat at an Olympics after capturing gold at Sochi 2014. The team is now due to face Sweden on day eight of competition.
Meanwhile, the men’s team lost to Switzerland 5-3, moving to 2-1 in round robin play. The men will face Sweden next on Saturday.
Skeleton
Mirela Rahneva finished the first heat of the women’s competition in first place after setting a track record, but her second heat knocked her down to ninth overall.
Fellow Canadian Jane Channell also fell in the rankings between the two heats, to 17th from 13th.
Both athletes will now race in a third heat on Saturday. The combined time from all three heats will determine who moves on to the fourth and final run later that day.
Blake Enzie qualified for the medal heat in men’s skeleton in the last spot, but did not finish in a podium position in the final round.
Alpine Skiing
Marie-Michele Gagnon was the fastest Canadian down the course in the women’s super-G, finishing 14th overall with a time of 1:14.65.
The time was 1.14 seconds behind gold medal winner Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.
Canadian Roni Remme placed 24th with a final time of 1:15.78.
Ski Jumping
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes and Matthew Soukup’s Olympic journey continues after qualifying for Saturday’s semifinals of the men’s large hill individual ski jump on Friday.
Boyd-Clowes and Soukup are looking to add to their Beijing medal haul after helping to win bronze in mixed-team ski jumping on Monday, the first Olympic medal for Canada in the sport.
Boyd-Clowes and Soukup shared the podium with teammates Alexandria Loutitt and Abigail Strate.
Cross-Country Skiing
Olivier Leveille was the fastest of three Canadians competing in the men’s 15-kilometre classic, finishing 29th with a time of 40:52 — nearly three minutes behind gold medal winner Iivo Niskanen of Finland.
Remi Drolet and Antoine Cyr finished in 33rd and 37th place, respectively.
Biathlon
Megan Bankes, Emma Lunder, Emily Dickson and Sarah Beaudry competed in the women’s 7.5-kilometre biathlon sprint final, but did not finish in a podium spot.
Lunder had Canada’s best result in the event with a 32nd place finish, while Bankes finished 77th, Beaudry 80th and Dickson 81st.
Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway won gold, Elvira Oeberg of Sweden took home silver and Dorothea Wierer finished with bronze.
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