[GT] Day 15 (PM of February 18 - AM of February 19)

[CofR]

I'm away from the tv right now so I'm not sure what channels things will be on, but I'll try and add that in this afternoon.

Run 1 in 4-Man Bobsleigh starts at 18:30. Justin Kripps pilots a team with Ryan Sommer, Cameron Stones, and Ben Coakwell. Chris Spring is piloting Cody Sorenson, Samuel Giguere and Mike Evelyn. Taylor Austin pilots a sled with Daniel Sunderland, Chris Patrician, and Jay Dearborn. Run 2 is at 20:05.

At 18:30 the Men’s Halfpipe Finals in Freestyle Skiing begins. Simon d’Artois, Noah Bowman, and Brendan Mackay are the Canadians in this event.

The 1/8 Final in the Mixed Parallel Team in Alpine Skiing starts 19:00, Canada is in the first race against Slovenia. The Quarterfinals start at 19:40, Semifinals at 20:09, the Finals should start at 20:28.

At 23:00 the Men’s 50km Freestyle Cross Country Skiing race begins. Remi Drolet and Olivier Leveille are the Canadians competing.

The Gold Medal game in Men’s Curling between Sweden and Great Britain starts at 23:50.

At 00:00 the Semifinals in the Men’s Mass Start Speed Skating begins. Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu is in the first race, Jordan Belchos will be in the second race. The Final begins at 01:30.

The Semifinals in the Women’s Mass Start begins at 00:45. Ivanie Blondin is in the first race, Valerie Maltais is in the second race. The Final begins at 02:00.

At 04:00 the Pairs Free Program starts. Vanessa James and Eric Radford are currently in twelfth, Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro are in thirteenth.

Run 3 in the 2-Woman Bobsleigh starts at 05:00. Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski are currently in fourth, Cynthia Appiah and Dawn Richardson Wilson are currently in eighth, Melissa Lotholz and Sara Villani are in sixteenth. Run 4 begins at 06:30.

The Women’s Curling Bronze Medal Game between Sweden and Switzerland starts at 05:05.

At 06:10 the Bronze Medal Game in Men’s Hockey begins. Slovakia and Sweden compete for a medal.

[CofR]

This might deserve its own thread but the Speed Skating tonight will be our last chance to hear Steve Armitage call an event

https://twitter.com/user/status/1494719933644783620

[icarus]

I haven't been following these Olympics too closely but this story on Valieva really was a downer:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ters-treatment

[CofR]

I love the video feeds from watch parties here at home that CBC has been showing. ThT crowd in Whistler for d’Artois was great to see

[calgarygeologist]

I feel really bad for all the guys that got beat up in the half pipe today. That was a tough day of competition and it did not look fun at all.

[CofR]

Looked so windy there, so many more crashes compared to the women’s event yesterday

[CofR]

The Alpine Team Event tonight has been cancelled

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by CofR

The Alpine Team Event tonight has been cancelled

That is shame because those parallel races are fun to watch. If they could add a jump small jumps into the course it would rival ski/snowboard cross.

[CofR]

After two runs in the 4-Man bobsleigh the Canadian team piloted by Justin Kripps is in the Bronze position

[CofR]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

That is shame because those parallel races are fun to watch. If they could add a jump small jumps into the course it would rival ski/snowboard cross.

I agree they are super fun to watch, apparently there will be a meeting later to see if it can even be rescheduled for tomorrow

[getbak]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1494894637701599234

[CofR]

Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu has qualified for the final in the Men’s Mass Start

[CofR]

Jordan Belchos also qualifies for the Final, two Canadians will skate for gold!

[CofR]

Maltais and Blondin both move on to the Women’s Final in the Mass Start!

[AustinL_NHL]

Ivanie Blondin wins Silver in Women's Mass Start Long Track Speed Skating!

For those that don't remember, she was also a medal favorite in this event in 2018, but fell mid-race in her Semifinal run.

REDEMPTION!!

[CofR]

Silver for Blondin! Armitage’s last call ends with a Canadian medal!

[AustinL_NHL]

At this point, I'm pretty confident in going ahead and proclaiming the 2022 Winter Olympics as Canada's worst Gold-medal haul since 1994, when they won only 4 Gold medals.

However, they have tied their total medal haul from 2014 (25) and are just one medal below their total haul from Vancouver 2010 (26)

[Kidder]

Great race from Blondin. She was just a couple strides away from a gold. Fantastic effort.

[AustinL_NHL]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

Christine de Bruin & Kristen Bujnowski are in 4th in Two-Woman Bobsled after 2 runs!

However, they are 0.42 back of Bronze medal position, which is a lifetime in Bobsled.

Very likely to finish 4th or 5th.

de Bruin & Bujnowski very likely to finish just off the podium in 4th or 5th after 3 runs pending some sort of disaster despite 3 very clean runs.

Starts & bobsled technology just not there for Canada.

0.72 below 3rd

[GirlySports]

The men's curling final last night was amazing. Both teams curled over 90% and were the best all week. Gushue wasn't beating those guys no matter how many times they played.