Canada at the Beijing Olympics: What to watch Friday night, Saturday morning
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Competition is beginning to wind down at the Beijing Olympics, but Canada will still have chances for more medals on day 15 in multiple events.
Competition is beginning to wind down at the Beijing Olympics, but Canada will still have chances for more medals on day 15, including in halfpipe skiing, speed skating and bobsleigh.
For Canadian fans, events will begin Friday evening and continue overnight into Saturday morning.
Here’s when you can see Canada compete (all times Eastern).
Events with multiple matches are marked with the start time of the earliest match. Medal events are marked in bold.
This post will be continuously updated as more events are confirmed.
Three Canadian skiers will seek gold in the men’s freeski halfpipe final starting at 8:30 p.m. ET Friday, with the best score out of three runs determining the medal rankings.
Brendan Mackay finished fifth overall in the qualifiers on Thursday, followed by Noah Bowman in sixth place and Simon d’Artois in eighth — putting all three in strong contention for a spot on the podium.
The four-man bobsleigh competition gets underway with the first two of four runs starting at 8:30 p.m. ET Friday.