FOG BLOG BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS LOG: CANADA WINS MORE MEDALS! G-4 S-5 B-11 FOR 2O, 11TH PLACE!

While you were sleeping: How Canada performed at the Beijing Olympics Wednesday, Thursday...Team Canada reclaimed gold in women’s hockey and snagged silver in women’s ski cross on day 13 of the Beijing Olympics.

Canada has now won 20 medals at the Beijing Games.

Here’s what you may have missed from the day’s competition that began Wednesday night and ended Thursday morning.

Hockey

The big story of the day, of course, was the women’s hockey team winning gold against the United States in a thrilling 3-2 matchup that proved to be a battle right up to the final seconds.

The win was a redemption story for Team Canada, who were forced to settle for silver four years ago in the 2018 Olympic final — also against the U.S. — after taking gold in the previous four Winter Games.

Sharpshooter Sarah Nurse got Canada off to a good start in the first period, but it was captain Marie-Philip Poulin who secured Canada’s win with the next two goals.

The U.S. was able to make things more interesting with their first goal in the second period, but not even a goalie pull and a long-fought-for goal in the last 15 seconds of the third period could change the Americans’ fortunes.

Canada never lost a game in the Beijing tournament, including a 4-2 bout against the U.S. in preliminary play. The team scored 57 goals throughout the Games, an Olympic record..Marielle Thompson won the silver. in women’s ski cross, edging out three other Canadians in the event.

The North Vancouver native, who won gold at the 2014 Games in Sochi, managed to move up to second position halfway through the course, but could not catch Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund, who dominated throughout and claimed the gold.

Canada’s Brittany Phelan, a silver medal winner at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, won the small final for an official fifth-place ranking, while fellow Canadians Courtney Hoffos and Hannah Schmidt ranked sixth and seventh overall.