This year Canadian athletes from around the world represented their nation at the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics. This year’s Olympics were composed of many ups and downs but in the end, the game’s united a nation and gave us many reasons to cheer for our country. Here are some of the highlights that went down over the course of February in Pyeongchang…
In Bobsled, Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz led Canada to gold with their fantastic runs in two-man bobsled. In the two-woman event, Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George won bronze.
In Mixed doubles curling, Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris brought home Olympic gold.
In Ice dance, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir also brought home Olympic gold after their amazing performance in ice dance at the Gangneung area. Kaetlyn Osmond brought home bronze in Ladies Single Skating, and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford also won bronze in pair skating.
On the ski hill, Mikael Kingsbury won gold in Men’s Moguls, Brady Leman won gold in Men’s Ski Cross and Kelsey Serwa won gold in the ladies ski cross. Also on the podium finished Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Brittany Phelan with their silver medals in Ladies’ moguls and Ladies ski cross respectively. In the halfpipe, Cassie Sharpe won gold in ladies ski halfpipe, and last but not least Alex Beaulieu-Marchand won bronze in the Men’s ski slopestyle.
Over on the ice, the Canadian women’s hockey team suffered a devastating defeat against the United States of America to give them a silver medal in Ice Hockey, and the men’s team managed to claim a bronze medal after missing out on a spot in the finals.
In Luge, Canada claimed a silver in the team relay, and Alex Gough won bronze in the Women’s singles.
Back on the Ice, Canada won a plethora of speed skating awards with Samuel Girard winning gold in Men’s 1000m, Kim Boutin winning silver in Ladies’ 1,000 m and bronze in both Ladies’ 1,500 m and 500m. Canada also won gold in the Men’s 5000m Relay. Ted-Jan Bloemen also won gold in the individual 10,000 m and silver in the Men’s 5,000m.
On the ski hills, Sebastien Toutant won gold in Men’s big air, and Max Parrot won silver in the men’s slopestyle. Laurie Blouin won silver in the Ladies slopestyle and Mark McMorris won bronze in the men’s slopestyle.
Overall the Olympics were a great success for Canadian athletes from around the country. The hard work they put in training for the Olympics paid off, and it makes Canada proud!
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