Canada’s Meryeta Odine wins bronze in snowboard cross at Beijing Olympics

The 24-year-old, who made her Olympic debut in Beijing, won Canada's first women's snowboard cross medal since the 2014 Games in Sochi.

Canada’s Meryeta Odine won the bronze medal in her Olympic debut at the Beijing Winter Games in women’s snowboard cross Wednesday.

The 24-year-old made her way through a gruelling five rounds of racing to make it to the medal podium.

It marks Canada’s first women’s snowboard cross medal since the 2014 Games in Sochi.

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