February 12
Today is a quiet day for Olympic events and Canada specifically. Here's your schedule of Canadians (MST). Premiere events, or events where we have competitors who have medal shots (or outside shots) will be bolded.
[12:00 AM] Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill - Larisa Yurkiw will represent Canada in the fast and exciting Alpine race. She has two Top 10 finishes this year but is unlikely to medal.
[3:00 AM] Snowboarding: Ladies' Half-Pipe Qualifications - Alexandra Duckworth, Katie Tsuyuki, and Mercedes Nicoll will attempt to qualify for the finals. With no top 5 finishes on the year, it is highly unlikely that Canada will medal, but hopefully we can get one or two competitors into the final.
[3:00 AM] Curling: Women's - Canada's (2-0) 3rd round draw versus Great Britain (1-1).
[5:30 AM] Women's Hockey - The final round-robin game of our tournament is the big one, versus the United States in a likely match-up of the finals.
[7:00 AM] Speed Skating: Men's 1000m - Denny Morrison leads a group of four Canadians in this event. Morrison has fallen back in this event in recent years and has dealt with injuries, so him winning a medal would be a surprise, but not impossible.
[7:15 AM] Luge: Men's Doubles - Canada's duo of Tristan Walker and Justin Snith are both young and improving each year, with one podium finish this year and up to 7th in the World. However, the teams ahead of them are so strong including two German teams that it will be very hard to medal.
[8:00 AM] Curling: Men's - Brad Jacobs' struggling rink (1-2) will look to rebound versus the home team Russians (0-3).
[8:45 AM] Figure Skating: Pairs' Free Skate - Duhamel/Radford and Moscovitch/Moore-Towers sit 5th and 6th respectively going into the free skate. They will have to move past some tough teams to fight for Bronze.
Other:
Ladies' Half-Pipe Semi-finals (8 AM), Finals (10:30 AM).
Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Rounds at 2:30 AM and 5:30 AM.
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