Canada's Mikael Kingsbury competes in the men's moguls finals at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press
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Beijing Olympics: Latest updates
Olympic events for Feb. 5, 2022
- Freestyle skiing: Mikaël Kingsbury won silver in men’s moguls Saturday. Sweden’s Walter Wallberg nabbed gold and Japan’s Ikuma Horishima won bronze.
- Speed skating: Speed skater Isabelle Weidemann raced to bronze in the women’s 3,000 metres on Saturday, wining Canada’s first medal of the Games. Meanwhile, Canada finished fourth in the mixed short-track speed skating relay final after a penalty for pushing. Canada looked to have finished third, ahead of Hungary, in the four-team final, but was later penalized following a review of a collision between skaters from the two countries.
- Hockey: Canada’s women’s hockey team blasted Finland in an 11-1 win. Canada plays Russia on Monday and then caps the preliminary round Tuesday against the United States.
- Figure skating: Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing is finally en route to Beijing for the Olympics after being in COVID-19 limbo.
- Short track speed skating: Canada didn’t make the podium after being disqualified in the final mixed-team relay round for pushing from the behind and causing contact with Hungary. China took home gold.
- Snowboarding: Quebec City’s Laurie Blouin narrowly missed out on a second Olympic medal with a fourth-place finish in women’s snowboard slopestyle.
Off the field
- The International Olympic Committee will proceed with a meeting with former world number one doubles tennis player Peng Shuai during the Beijing Winter Olympics, but details of the meeting will not be shared in advance. The well-being of Peng, a three-time Olympian, became a matter of concern in November when she appeared to disappear from the public eye after alleging on social media that a former Chinese vice premier, Zhang Gaoli, had sexually assaulted her in the past.
- North Korea isn’t sending any athletes and officials to the Winter Olympics – ignoring the International Olympic Committee’s suggestion that individual athletes could potentially compete despite a ban on the country.
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Coming up at the Beijing Olympics
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What to watch later today, Feb. 5
- Freestyle Skiing: Men’s moguls, final (medal opportunity), 6:30 a.m. ET
- Ski jumping: Women’s individual, normal hill, final round (medal opportunity), 6:35 a.m. ET
- Short track: Men’s 1000 m, heats, 6:38 a.m. ET
- Curling: Mixed doubles, round robin, Canada vs. U.S., 7:05 a.m. ET
- Short track: Mixed 2000 m relay, quarter-final, 7:23 a.m. ET
- Luge: Men’s single, run 2, 7:50 a.m. ET
- Short track: Mixed 2000 m relay, semi-final, 7:53 a.m. ET
- Short track: Mixed 2000 m relay, finals (medal opportunity), 8:18 a.m. ET
- Figure skating: Mixed team, qualification – women’s short program, 8:30 p.m. ET
- Snowboard: Women’s slopestyle, final (medal opportunity), 8:30 p.m. ET
- Alpine skiing: Men’s downhill (medal opportunity), 10 p.m. ET
- Figure skating: Mixed team, final – men’s free program, 10:50 p.m. ET
- Snowboard: Men’s slopestyle, qualification, 11:30 p.m. ET
What to watch tomorrow, Feb. 6
- Curling: Mixed doubles, Round robin: Canada vs. Czech Republic, 1:05 a.m. ET
- Freestyle Skiing: Women’s moguls, qualification 2, 5 a.m. ET
- Curling: Mixed doubles, Round robin: Canada vs. Australia, 7:05 a.m. ET
- Curling: Mixed doubles, Round robin: Canada vs. Italy, 8:05 p.m. ET
- Hockey: Women, Canada vs. ROC, 11:10 p.m. ET
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Olympic highlights and medal count for Feb. 5
Latest Olympic medal count
Snowboarder Sadowski Synnott gets New Zealand’s first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal
Zoi Sadowski Synnott captured New Zealand’s first gold medal in Winter Olympic history, stomping down a pressure-packed run on her last trip down the mountain Sunday to win the title in women’s slopestyle. The 20-year-old was one of the very few to put down a clean run on a supersized course, where hard-packed snow and bone-cold wind chills made things difficult on all 12 finalists, including two-time defending champion Jamie Anderson, who finished ninth.
Gold medalist Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand reacts during the flower ceremony at the Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, China on Feb. 6, 2022.LISI NIESNER/Reuters
Japanese Olympic skater Yuzuru Hanyu out to ‘complete’ himself with quadruple Axel jump
The weight on the shoulders of Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu must be immense. With figure skating fans holding their breath to see if Hanyu will deliver a performance at the Beijing Olympics that could earn him a third consecutive gold – a first for the sport in almost a century – the stakes are higher than ever. But perhaps the biggest pressure for the two-time world champion comes from within. Over a long-spanning career, the 27-year-old has amassed a trove of medals but it is the childhood dream of landing the quadruple Axel that has kept him pushing ahead.
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020 Men's Short Program at the Wakiki Mokdong Ice Rink, in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 7, 2020.KIM HONG-JI/Reuters
U.S. snowboarder Shaun White plans to retire after Beijing
Three-time snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White made it clear Saturday that the Beijing Games won’t just be his final Olympics, the 35-year-old American plans to retire from the sport he put on the international map after the halfpipe medal round next week. “In my mind, I’ve decided this will be my last competition,” he said. White has been a transcendent force for snowboarding, and its most recognizable face for nearly two decades.
FILE - Men's halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White bites his medal during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 14, 2018.Patrick Semansky/The Associated Press
Tempers flare in U.S. vs. Russia women’s hockey game
A relentless United States crushed the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 5-0 on Saturday in a hard-hitting clash that lent a little geopolitical tension to the Beijing Olympics women’s ice hockey tournament. The victory kept the unbeaten U.S. headed towards a gold medal showdown with North American rivals Canada, who earlier at the Wukesong Sports Centre produced another ruthless performance to pound third-ranked Finland 11-1.
USA's Caroline Harvey and Russian Olympic Committee's Ekaterina Dobrodeeva struggle during the women's preliminary round of the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 5, 2022.BRIAN SNYDER/AFP/Getty Images
The mix of Canada’s men’s hockey team
This is not the Olympic men’s hockey tournament that Canadians anticipated. The NHL opted out of the Winter Games six weeks ago and that caused a number of teams from 12 countries to engage in last-minute searches for athletes. Now, without NHL stars, Canada’s men’s hockey team is an inscrutable mix of youngsters and veterans.
Canada's Jake Neighbours (12) and Mason McTavish (23) celebrate a goal against Russia during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship exhibition action in Edmonton on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. McTavish is among the players named to Canada's men's Olympic hockey team.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press
Essential reads on the Beijing Olympics
Illustration by Timothy Moore/The Globe and Mail
Explainers
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Sports columnist Cathal Kelly
Mikaël Kingsbury settles for silver as mogul skiing sees ‘a shift on the throne’
A midnight hustle: What it was like arriving in Beijing ahead of the Olympics
On Team Canada
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