Canada at the Beijing Olympics: What to watch Tuesday night, Wednesday morning
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Team Canada will begin another quest for a curling medal as the men's round-robin kicks off, while potential medals await in snowboarding and luge.
Team Canada will begin another quest for a curling medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the men’s round-robin kicks off, while potential medals await in snowboarding and luge.
For Canadian fans, events will begin Tuesday evening and continue overnight into Wednesday 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.
Brooke Dhondt and Elizabeth Hosking will look to impress in the women’s halfpipe qualifier, with the first of two runs starting at 8:30 p.m. ET Tuesday.
The men will take over the halfpipe at 11:30 p.m. ET for two qualifying runs, with Liam Gill representing Canada.
At 10 p.m. ET, the women’s snowboard cross kicks off with two seeding runs, which will whittle the athletes down through three more rounds until the finals at 2:45 a.m. ET Wednesday. Zoe Bergermann, Tess Critchlow, Audrey McManiman and Meryeta Odine will race for Canada.
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