FOG BLOG BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS LOG: MEDAL COUNT AND HOW CANADA DID IN THE LAST 24!

THE MEDAL COUNT STANDS AT 13 NOW WITH 1 GOLD, 4 SILVER AND 8 BRONZE GOOD ENOUGH FOR 14TH PLACE OVERALL.........Canada’s dynamic duo of snowboard cross teamed up for bronze in an Olympic event debut, a star sprinter came oh so close to the podium in speed skating, and the country’s first top five finish in Olympic skeleton since 2010........Medallists in their individual events at Beijing 2022, Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine joined forces to win bronze in the inaugural Olympic mixed team snowboard cross event. In the final, O’Dine was knocked down by an Italian competitor who landed on her back, but the Canadian quickly got back to her feet and finished the race to get the medal. Liam Moffatt and Tess Critchlow were eliminated in the quarterfinals..........Reigning world champion Laurent Dubreuil got his second Olympic Games underway in the men’s 500m, finishing in fourth place with a time of 34.522, just 0.03 off the podium. Teammates Gilmore Junio and Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu finished 21st and 29th overall, respectively, in the shortest event on the big oval.

“I came here to win a medal and to be only 300ths off the podium is a tough day for me at the office but I still did my best and it’s just a few details here and there,” Dubreuil told CBC’s Anastasia Bucsis following the race. “Right now it’s is disappointment but for fourth place in the world, it’s still good, I did my best and it just wasn’t enough today.”.....Skeleton

Mirela Rahneva set the women’s track record in her first run at the Yanqing Sliding Centre, but she went into the third run in ninth place after a tough second run. She climbed back up the standings with the second-fastest time in the third run, leaving her 0.42 of a second out of a podium position. But she couldn’t move any further up than fifth overall after the final run. That is still Canada’s best Olympic skeleton result since Vancouver 2010. Jane Channell finished in 17th place.

Biathlon

Christian Gow was the top Canadian in the men’s 10km sprint, finishing 12th. That is a personal best for him in solo events at the Olympic Games. Jules Burnotte placed 29th while Scott Gow and Adam Runnalls finished 34th and 35th, respectively.

Figure Skating

It was rhythm dance day as the individual ice dance event began. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier improved upon their score from the team event, earning 83.52 points from the judges. Their technical mark took a little hit when they only received a level two for their midline step sequence. They are currently in sixth place, 3.61 points out of a podium position. Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen are in eighth place with 78.54 points while Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha are 13th with 72.59 points.