FOG BLOG BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS LOG: CANADA HAS 1GOLD, 1SILVER AND 4 BRONZE FOR 6 MEDALS , 11 PLACE

While you were sleeping: How Canada performed at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, Monday...Canada hauled in four Olympic medals Monday morning, bringing its tally to six at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Day three of competition stretched from Sunday night into Monday morning, and Canada’s performance was the most successful day for the country at an Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee said.

Snowboarder Max Parrot earned Canada’s first gold medal of the Games in men’s snowboard slopestyle, and four ski jumpers earned the country its first-ever Olympic medal in the sport.

Many other Canadian athletes were also competing on day three. Here’s what you may have missed from the competition..........Men’s snowboard slopestyle

Bromont, Que., native Parrot dominated the men’s snowboard slopestyle event on Monday, earning him a gold medal — Canada’s first of the Games.

His teammate Mark McMorris, of Regina, won bronze. Parrot logged a score of 90.96, while McMorris scored 88.53 points. China’s Su Yiming took silver with a score of 88.70.

Sebastien Toutant of L’Assomption, Que., was ninth with a score of 54.00. Toutant won gold in the big air event in 2018, and will defend his title starting Feb. 14...Ski jumping

Canada also made history on Monday, earning its first Olympic medal in the sport of ski jumping.

It came in the brand new mixed team ski jump event. Olympians Alexandria Loutitt, Abigail Strate, Matthew Soukup and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, produced an 844.6 score that was good enough to lock in a bronze medal.

Slovenia’s team earned a gold medal finish with a score of 1,001.5, while the Russian Olympic Committee won sliver with a score of 890.3.

Historically, Canada’s best finish in a ski jumping event was seventh in men’s individual large hill by Horst Bulau at the 1988 Games in Calgary...Speed skating

On the ice, Canadian speed-skater Kim Boutin won bronze in the women’s 500-metre speed-skating event.

Boutin, who holds the world record for the fastest time logged in the event, also won bronze in the 500-metre event in the 2018 Games in PyeongChang.

The win is Boutin’s fourth Olympic medal of her career. The The 27-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., won three medals at the 2018 Games – one silver and two bronze.