While you were sleeping: How Canada performed at the Beijing Olympics Wednesday, Thursday
Global News
Canada added more medals to its tally while experiencing disappointment in figure skating as the first week of the 2022 Games nears its end.
Canadian athletes earned two more medals at the Beijing Olympics on day six of competition, with more action still to come including the debut of the men’s hockey team.
Here’s what you may have missed.
Canada’s Eliot Grondin won the silver medal in a thrilling photo finish in men’s snowboard cross.
Grondin crossed the finish line just 0.02 seconds behind Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle, throwing himself across in the hopes of claiming the gold and prompting a delay in the final results as the judges reviewed the tape.
The 20-year-old native of Saint-Marie, Que., led the pack in every elimination round, setting himself up in a strong position for a medal.
He was once again leading the final four during the difficult first half of the course, only for Haemmerle to overtake him, forcing Grondin to play catch-up to the very end.
Italy’s Omar Visintin took the bronze.
Liam Moffatt and Kevin Hill, also of Canada, finished third and fourth respectively in their 1/8 final heats and failed to move on to further rounds.