BEIJING (February 6, 2022) Day 2 at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has come to a close. Here is what you need to know.
MEDAL COUNT AFTER DAY 2:
GOLD: 0
SILVER: 1
BRONZE: 1
TOTAL: 2
DAY 2 RESULTS AND DAY 3 SCHEDULE:
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TEAM CANADA INSIGHTS:
SNOWBOARDING
Mark McMorris, Sbastien Toutant and Max Parrot have advanced to the mens slopestyle final. McMorris is looking to win a third straight Olympic medal in the event.
A Canadian has yet to be crowned Olympic champion in the mens slopestyle event. Parrot and McMorris shared the podium at PyeongChang 2018 with a silver and bronze, respectively. McMorris also won bronze at Sochi 2014, the first time snowboard slopestyle was part of the Olympic program.
SKI JUMPING
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes finished 16th place in mens normal hill which is his best-ever result at an Olympic Winter Games. Team Canadas best-ever result in the event is 13th which was achieved by Steve Collins at Calgary 1988.
ALPINE SKIING
The mens downhill event was postponed to Day 3 because of high winds. Jack Crawford, Brodie Seger and Broderick Thompson will compete in hopes of becoming the third Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the event. Canada has a pair of medals in the event bronze from both Steve Podborski (1980) and Ed Podivinsky (1984).
FIGURE SKATING
Team Canada will look to secure their third-straight medal in the team event.
COVID-19 UPDATE:
Currently none of the 492 members of the Team Canada delegation in Beijing are in COVID-19 isolation.
GENERAL RESOURCES:
TEAM CANADA FLASH QUOTES
TEAM CANADA ATHLETE BIOS
BEIJING 2022 TEAM CANADA MEDIA CONTACTS
TEAM CANADA OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES STATS GUIDE
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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Josh Su
Beijing 2022 Press Operations Lead
Team Canada
C: +852-6726-3967
E: jsu@olympic.ca
Thomas Hall
Communications Lead & Press Secretary
Team Canada
C: +852-6726-3962
E: thall@olympic.ca