Canada at the Beijing Olympics: What to watch Monday night, Tuesday morning
Global News
Team Canada is looking to score medals in snowboarding, luge and speedskating, while a top hope for a figure skating medal will finally make his first appearance.
Figure skater Keegan Messing will finally hit the ice Tuesday after COVID-19 kept him away from the opening days of the Beijing Winter Olympics, while Canada looks for medals in snowboarding, luge and speedskating.
For Canadian fans, events will begin Monday evening and continue overnight into Tuesday 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.
Roman Sadovsky and Keegan Messing will skate in the men’s singles short program, which begins at 8:15 p.m. ET Monday.
Messing — the ranking Canadian champion and a favourite for a medal — was forced to miss the team event due to a positive COVID-19 test, which prevented him from travelling to China with his fellow skaters. He finally arrived on Monday after getting the required four negative tests.
The women’s and men’s parallel giant slalom event kick off, with Canada fielding three athletes each.
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