Canada added two more medals on day six at the Beijing Olympics, bringing home a silver and a bronze.
Here are some 2022 Winter Olympics events that you might have missed overnight on the 6th in Beijing.
Snowboarding
Eliot Grondin of Canada celebrates with a silver medal in the men’s snowboarding final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. CANADIAN PRESS / Sean Kilpatrick
Eliot Grondin won silver in the snowboard cross after completing a photo shoot on Thursday. Grondin won the silver medal after finishing the photo with Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria, who won the gold while Omar Visintin of Italy won the bronze.
The Quebec native is just the second Canadian male to win an Olympic medal in snowboarding. Mike Robertson won home silver at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Grondin stepped onto the podium a day after fellow Canadian Meryeta O’Dine won bronze in the women’s event. The BC natives won bronze while Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States won gold and Chloé Trespeuch of France won silver.
Alpine combination
Jack Crawford of Canada celebrates after finishing the men’s slalom run at the 2022 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo / Luca Bruno)
Toronto’s Jack Crawford won bronze in the men’s Alpine combined, giving Canada its first medal in the event.
Crawford entered the slalom section of the event in second place after going downhill but was bumped into third and was able to hold Canada’s first ever medal in the combined Alpine.
He was 68 seconds away from first place.
Two other Canadians made the top 10.
Skating
Canada’s Keegan Messing reacts at the end of his freestyle program in the men’s figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. CANADIAN PRESS / Paul Chiasson
Keegan Messing finished 11th in the men’s singles figure skating event just three days after he arrived in China. The 30-year-old arrived in Beijing a week late after a positive COVID-19 test left him stranded in Vancouver.
The Canadian champion skated to Phillip Phillips’ “Home” and wore black pants and a red and black flannel shirt for his show to the delight of his Canucks colleagues at home.
Curly
Canada skipper Brad Gushue calls the sweep during the preliminary round match against Denmark at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. CANADIAN PRESS / Ryan Remiorz
Brad Gushue defeated Steffen Walstad of Norway 6-5 in the men’s round-robin match on Thursday afternoon.
Gushue had an open draw for a single match in the 10th minute to win.
–with a file from the Canadian Press
