Canada wins 26th Olympic medal as Beijing Games end with closing ceremony
Global News
Justin Kripps piloted his crew to a bronze medal in four-man bobsled on the final day at the Beijing Games - Canada's last medal of the Olympics.
Canada’s Justin Kripps already knew what it felt like to step onto an Olympic podium. But his teammates didn’t, and he wanted to share that experience with them.
That was a motivating factor for Kripps, who piloted his crew to a bronze medal in four-man bobsled on the final day at the Beijing Games – Canada’s last medal of the Olympics.
The 35-year-old Kripps, who won gold in the two-man bobsled at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, held onto third place by six-hundreths of a second.
The bronze was a first Olympic medal for Ryan Sommer of White Rock, B.C., Cam Stones of Whitby, Ont., and Ben Coakwell of Moose Jaw, Sask.
“It means the world to me to have these three guys in the sled with me, and now they’re Olympic medallists,” said Kripps, of Summerland, B.C.
“I came into these Games with an Olympic medal already, and this team that has just been grinding for four years, been together for four years, and for it to culminate in an Olympic medal is just amazing.”
Kripps piloted his crew to an overall time of three minutes 55.09 seconds at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre, well behind the gold and silver winners from Germany.
The Canadians were third after the first two heats on Saturday. They started the fourth heat with a slim edge over Germany’s Christoph Hafer and hung on for the podium appearance.
Two people were killed and 18 were injured, including three children, in the massive drone attack that spanned 10 Russian regions, officials said.
Doctors said the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days, as determined by blood tests and positive responses to drug treatments.
There are 300 million people with PolG worldwide. There is currently no treatment or cure.
A woman, who identified herself on camera as Frankie while being detained, said she was 'getting arrested today for protesting Elon Musk.'
Authorities are searching on land, by air and in the ocean for the student, who went down to the beach with her friends but never returned.
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency said several lifeboats and a coast guard rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene in the North Sea.
Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News he paused some U.S. tariffs because he 'wanted to help Mexico and Canada to a certain extent,' but added tariffs could also go up.
The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service said his condition was “unknown.” The Washington Metropolitan Police Department will investigate the law enforcement shooting.
The move comes as Hamas is believed to still have 24 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of 35 others.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his canola industry is under fire due to tariffs on Chinese EVs, "which nobody wants," to protect North American EVs, which few can afford.
Russian air strikes have killed at least 20 people, officials say, following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite images with Ukraine.
China announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties on certain Chinese-made products in October.
U.S. President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup hosted by North America at a time when his tariffs have ratcheted up tensions.