In snowboarding, skis and skates, Canada stalled in the medal standings at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday as two of the country’s brightest hopefuls missed the podium four years after claiming the podium. money in the same events.
Fifth-placed after a second uphill run, Quebecer Laurie Blouin scored 81.41 points on a superb third and final run in the slopestyle competition.
This performance, however, allowed her to gain a single step in the final classification and she finished at the foot of the podium, less than three points from the bronze medalist, the Australian Tess Coady (84.15).
New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski Synnott won the gold medal (92.88) and American Julia Marino won the silver medal (87.68).
Canada suffered another disappointment in long track speed skating when veteran Ted-Jan Bloemen had to settle for 10and place of the 5000 meters.
Former world record holder for this distance, the athlete from Calgary posted the best time of passage after 1400 meters. But a series of slower laps saw him slip away from the podium in a competition where the Olympic record was erased twice.
The moments of disappointment continued in the women’s moguls event as none of the country’s three representatives managed to qualify for the super-final.
Justine Dufour-Lapointe’s Olympic adventure came to an end in Final 1 following a fall. Then, in Final 2, Sofiane Gagnon suffered the same fate.
Between the two, Chloé Dufour-Lapointe was able to complete her run in Final 2. However, her score of 72.96 left her in ninth place as only the top six qualified for the super-final. .
After the second day of competition, Canada is still two medals away, Mikaël Kingsbury’s silver in the men’s moguls event, and Isabelle Weidemann’s bronze in the 3000 meter long track speed skating event.
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Canada will have a chance to regroup in men’s slopestyle, where medal hopes are still very much alive with three of its athletes qualifying for the final on Monday.
Mark McMorris, bronze medalist in this discipline in Pyeongchang and Sochi, finished the qualifications in second place, thanks to a bypass of 83.30.
Quebecers Sébastien Toutant (71.06) and Maxence Parrot (70.11) respectively took eighth and 10and positions to accompany McMorris in the final. Parrot won the silver medal in slopestyle in Pyeongchang.
In her first career Olympic Games, Ontarian Madeline Schizas made eyes widen in the team competition in figure skating.
Schizas, just 18, posted a score of 69.60 to finish third in the women’s short program.
This fine performance by Schizas allowed Canada to move from sixth to fourth place and, as a result, to access the final round of the competition. Only the first five teams continue the competition.
About two hours later, Roman Sadovsky struggled in his free skate, the first event of the final round.
Sadovsky earned a total of 122.60 points and finished fifth and last. Canada remained in fourth place by virtue of a collection of 30 points, only one ahead of China.
In mixed curling, Canada split its two matches, both of which required extra innings. Rachel Homan and John Morris first defeated the Czech Republic 7-5 before losing 10-8 to Australia after facing a 7-0 deficit after four sets.
With one game to play in the preliminary round, against Italy (8-0), Canada is 5-3 and tied for second place with Great Britain and Norway.
In the men’s individual ski jumping normal hill final, Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes finished in 16and place, with a total of 252.6 points.
In the luge event, Reid Watts finished 17thand square.