On social media | A proud mother

The mother of freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury, Julie Thibaudeau, was obviously in front of her television set on Saturday morning when her son won the silver medal in the moguls event.

Katherine Harvey Pinard
The Press

On her Twitter account, she first posted a photo of the whole family. “You did what you had to do,” she wrote. In a second publication, we could read: “How proud to be your mom. A heart of gold! »

Athletes… and dancers!

If some athletes sometimes forget to have fun above all at the Olympic Games, this is not the case for the Jamaican bobsleigh team! Three of his bobsledders, dressed in their snow pants and smiling, demonstrated their talent as dancers in a video posted on the National Federation’s Twitter account. “We are in an Olympic atmosphere! “, she wrote. The video made many smile.

Alexei Kovalev with the Chinese team

Former Montreal Canadiens forward Alexei Kovalev is one of the assistant coaches of the Chinese hockey team in Beijing. Very active on his Instagram account, he has published several photos over the past few days. One of them shows him with a scarf and gloves in the colors of China. “I’m sexy and I know it,” wrote the Russian, adding smiley faces.

Mentors involved

The Canadian team mentors are not at the competition venues in Beijing, but make sure to catch all the action and provide the athletes with proper encouragement. Former skier Maxime Dufour-Lapointe published in his story Instagram a series of videos of his fellow mentors watching the 5000m final in long track speed skating. When Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann took bronze, ex-skater Gilmore Junio ​​stuck a big “1” in the bronze medal ring on the wall behind the televisions.

The flag on a hockey stick

On the podium to receive his silver medal, Mikaël Kingsbury held in his right hand a hockey stick to which was hung a Canadian flag. “Name something more Canadian,” Team Canada wrote on its Twitter account.

Fun in the village

As in Tokyo last summer, Canadian athletes keep busy in the Olympic Village in different ways. Freestyle skier Miha Fontaine shared in his story a video of his teammates Émile Nadeau and Rémi Bélanger playing ping-pong. Another video showed Belanger playing a virtual reality video game.