Loyal readers, sorry no full post tonight – I need to sleep. YT has something cooking for a belated post tomorrow in celebration of today’s / yesterday’s amazing performances.
Mixed doubles curling GOLD for Canadians Morris and Lawes; the two made history as the first to win medals in multiple curling events.
We still don’t know why Swiss didn’t play to the end – it’s for the Gold!! But what we do know is that the beer tastes just as good after playing mixed doubles, right Morris?
Canadian Bronze in women’s 500m short track — sad that Marianne St-Gelais was not in the final (she was disqualified in the semis), but she is a friend you can count on as she was trackside for Kim Boutin’s race and the first to give her a gigantic hug when South Korea was disqualified, moving Boutin into Bronze position.
LUGE! – Germany’s Geisenberger, the defending Olympic gold medallist, made history winning back to back Gold medals. She holds the record for most world cup victories in history. Her teammate Eitberger brought home the Silver and Canada’s Alex Gough won Canada’s first ever Luge medal with Bronze. When it was clinched, the mauling celebration by the Canadians was one for the history books.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Day 4 saw 2 games in action; Canada vs Finland and the United States vs OAR. Unfortunately due to the time difference, if you wanted to catch the Canadian game live, you would have had to get up at 2:40am ET. Sorry Team Canada! For us working during the day, sleep won! BUT we did record it and watch it later in the day. It was very hard not to let social media spoil the game for us but we did it!
Canada started their rookie line again and came out strong! How strong? So strong that the announcer couldn’t even finish telling us that Agosta was a Vancouver PD Constable when the next line scored within 35 seconds into the game! Poulin would score the second goal and Daoust the third to add to her strong performance at the Olympic games so far!
Biggest controversy of the game was Rebecca Johnston’s goal. Yes, that’s right, GOAL! After a goal review, it was ruled that there was not enough evidence of the puck crossing the line. I don’t know what the goal judges were looking at but based on the angles that we saw as viewers, that was definitely a goal! You can see the puck over the goal line at the corner of the net. Unfortunately, it was ruled against the Canadians and the action continued in the Finnish defensive end.
Saulnier would take advantage of a bad line change from the Finns and score on a breakaway making history as the first Nova Scotian woman to score in the Olympics. The 44-year old Finnish player, Valila, would ruin the shutout for Szabados and score the Finns’ only goal of the game for a final official score of 4-1.
The United States beat the OAR 5-0 and will meet the Canada tonight at 10pm. A much more doable time for us fans! Tune in to see the rivals take on each other!
BIATHLON
Men’s
The 10km sprint concluded with Germany’s Peiffer winning gold, Czech’s Krcmar with the silver, and Italy’s Windisch with the bronze. In the 12.5km pursuit France won gold, Sweden with the silver, and Germany with the bronze.
Women’s
In the 7.5km sprint, Germany’s Dahlmeier took the gold, Norway with the silver and Czech with the bronze. Adding to her hardware, Dahlmeier would win another gold in the 10km Pursuit for Germany again, Slovakia with the silver, and France with the bronze.
On a separate note, I think it is important for everyone, not just Canadians, to support Canadian Bronze medalist Kim Boutin right now. After winning the bronze in the 500m Short Track for speedskating, Boutin has been receiving death threats from South Korean fans due to a controversial call between Boutin and South Korean speedskater, Minjeong Choi. Boutin finished 4th but after a review by the officials, Choi was disqualified for bumping Boutin, thus, promoting Boutin to a bronze medal. This obviously did not sit well with the South Korean fans but the death threats are a little extreme. Currently, the police are investigating these threats but let’s all support our fellow Canadian, Boutin, and hope that she will be safe and move on from this to enjoy the rest of the games.
Other notable mentions
Lenny Valjas earns Canada’s best ever Olympic result in Men’s Cross Country Classic sprint!
Denny Morrison skated in the Men’s 1500m Long Track. Since winning a Bronze medal in Sochi in this event, Morrison had two separate brushes with death; first a motorcycle accident, then a stroke. He seized his new found life and made it back to the Olympics, unfortunately, no medal this time around.
Go Lenny and Denny! Go Canada!