Quebecer Laurie Blouin was excluded from the podium in the snowboard jump event, but she enjoyed the final from start to finish.
Blouin just missed landing on her final jump and settled for eighth place in that event on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.
The Stoneham snowboarder had put herself in a good position to aspire to a medal, after scoring 86.25 points on her second jump. Her fall on her last attempt left her 56.50 points behind Japan’s Kokomo Murase, who won the bronze medal.
Blouin said she was blown away by the successful and attempted jumps, as well as the courage shown by the other snowboarders. The Austrian Anna Gasser also dazzled and she defended her Olympic title acquired at the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.
Blouin finished just off the podium in the slopestyle event last week. She had settled for 12th place in the long jump in 2018, at the Pyeongchang Games, after winning silver in the slopestyle.
Ontario’s Jasmine Baird scored 130.00 points to finish seventh.
However, the final of the women’s slopestyle event did not provide the same pleasure to 17-year-old skier Olivia Asselin.
The Quebecer only made one run – her first – and she collected only 16.83 points. She did not start during the last two runs of the final.
Asselin officially took 11th place out of 12 skiers, although American Marin Hamill, seriously injured in her right leg in her second qualifying run the day before, did not start the final.
A spokesperson for Freestyle Canada spoke of a slight knee injury, while Asselin had also noted great mental fatigue the day before. It was her first career Olympics.
Canada’s strong streak in men’s curling continued when Brad Gushue defeated China 10-8.
Team Canada gave themselves a great option for victory when they scored three in the eighth end to take a 9-6 lead. After watching China close the gap, Gushue and his men closed the books in the 10th and final end.
Canada (5-2) posted a third straight victory and moved into third place in the overall standings. The first four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.