Olympic wake-up call: Canada has 3 new Olympic champions
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Canada's women's team pursuit trio of Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais won Canada's second gold medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Tuesday, in Olympic-record fashion.
The team went head-to-head with Japan in the 'A' final, and trailed the defending Olympic champions throughout the race. By the bell lap, the Canadians had narrowed the gap to to 39-hundredths of a second, and further to 0.32 in the final 200 metres, before disaster struck the Japanese team, as Canada crossed the line for the gold.
You can check out the full story here for a full recap of what happened.
To relive Canada's golden moment on the track, or anything you missed overnight, you can watch full replays of all Olympic events here.
It's Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medal in the women's team pursuit, and second medal ever in the women's event after winning silver at the 2006 Games in Torino.
On the men's side, Jordan Belchos, Ted-Jan Bloemen and Tyson Langelaar beat the South Korean team in the 'C' final by 13.38 seconds, to finish in fifth place.
WATCH | Canadian women claim 1st ever Olympic gold in team pursuit:
Max Parrot won his second medal of these Olympics, earning bronze in the big air snowboard final.
Parrot said the win "means a lot," particularly after his gold medal-winning run in the slopestyle competition last week came under scrutiny over a controversial judging decision.
Fellow Canadian Mark McMorris finished in 10th place, after failing to land his second and third jumps. He was in eighth place after the first run, scoring the lowest among the riders who landed their first trick.
Darcy Sharpe of Comox, B.C., finished in 12th place, after only being able to land his second trick.
On the women's side Jasmine Baird was the top Canadian, finishing in seventh place. Laurie Blouin finished in eighth.
WATCH | Parrot flies to a bronze medal in big air:
Scott Gow anchored Canada in the men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay, and went a perfect 10-for-10 shooting to lift Canada into a sixth-place finish.
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