Speed skater Isabelle Weidemann won Canada’s first medal on Day 1 of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, claiming bronze in the women’s 3,000 metres on Saturday in Beijing.
The 26-year-old from Ottawa put up a time of three minutes, 58.64 seconds, en route to her first Olympic podium result.
“I was a little bit shaky at the start. I was really nervous going to the line,” an ecstatic Weidemann said after the race.
“I knew that I had to just get through the first few laps before I could start to fight and really show the work that I’ve done. I think I had about four laps to go, and I could see my pair was starting to slow down a little bit, and I knew I had a little bit more. So I think at that point I was like, ‘I can fight this.'”
WATCH | Weidemann captures bronze for Canada’s 1st medal of Beijing 2022:
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Ottawa speed skater Isabelle Weidemann wins the bronze medal in the women’s 3000m event at Beijing 2022 with a time of 3:58.64. 5:30
The win was Canada’s fourth Olympic bronze medal all-time in the event. Weidemann’s race was also the fastest any Canadian has performed in the event at the Olympics.
Her bronze medal also marked Canada’s 200th all-time medal at the Winter Olympics.
WATCH | Isabelle Weidemann ’emotional’ after winning Olympic bronze medal:
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Ottawa speed skater Isabelle Weidemann reflects after her bronze medal performance in in the women’s 3,000m. 1:16
ON THE PODIUM ????????????<br><br>Canada has their FIRST appearance on a <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beijing2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Beijing2022</a> podium courtesy of Isabelle Weidemann with bronze in the 3000m ???? <a href=”https://t.co/J2Hl3ekMUJ”>pic.twitter.com/J2Hl3ekMUJ</a>
—@CBCOlympics
Hat tricks for everyone!
OK, maybe not hat tricks for literally everybody, but there was no shortage of goals in another dominant win by the Canadian women’s hockey team.
The Canadians trounced Finland 11-1 to improve to 2-0 on the tournament.
WATCH | Canada sends a message with big win over Finland:
Watch highlights from Canada’s 11-1 win over Finland in the preliminary round at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. 5:03
Brianne Jenner and Sarah Nurse each recorded hat tricks and Natalie Spooner had a four-point game as the Canadians outshot the defending bronze medallists 48-29.
Much like the team’s rout against Switzerland in the tournament opener, 16 different players registered points for Canada, with captain Marie-Philip Poulin continuing to showcase her elite playmaking with three assists against Finland.
Hockey Canada also provided an update on Mélodie Daoust, who was injured in the second period against Switzerland and missed the game against Finland. The two-time Olympic medallist is listed as day-to-day and is expected to return to the lineup at some point in the tournament.
The team will have a rest day today, before facing off against the Russian Olympic Committee, which you can watch on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and CBC Gem on Sunday at 11:10 p.m. ET.
WATCH | Nurse and Jenner both score hat tricks in Canada’s rout of Finland:
Watch Sarah Nurse and Brianne Jenner score hat tricks in Canada’s 11-1 preliminary round win over Finland at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. 3:09
Homan, Morris, overmatched by near-perfect Swedes
Canada’s mixed doubles curling duo of Rachel Homan and John Morris dropped their second match of the Olympics, falling 6-2 to the Swedish team of Almisa De Val and Oskar Eriksson.
The Swedes played near-perfect, with De Val curling 95 per cent in the match.
Homan and Morris struggled to find their groove from early on, as the Swedes capitalized on Canada’s misses with back-to-back steals in the first two ends.
Morris and Homan are set to hit the ice again at 7:05 a.m., ET, against the United States.
WATCH | Canada’s Homan, Morris, fall to Sweden in mixed doubles curling
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Canada’s Rachel Homan and John Morris suffer a 6-2 loss to Sweden’s Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson. The Canadian duo are tied with the United States for fourth place with 3-2 records. 10:07
Medal-hopeful Blouin advances to slopestyle finals
Laurie Blouin is into the finals in women’s slopestyle snowboarding.
The defending Olympic silver medallist from Quebec City finished seventh in qualifying, scoring a 71.55 on her second run.
“I’m happy for sure. I had some mistakes,” Blouin said after her second run. “I’m not satisfied, but I’m happy. I’m just happy I landed two runs. I just had to put at least one down.”
Fellow Canadians Jasmine Baird and Brooke Voight each missed out on the finals, posting scores of 49.50 and 47.11, respectively.
WATCH | Laurie Blouin advances to snowboard slopestyle finals:
2018 Olympic silver medallist and 2017 world champion Laurie Blouin of Stoneham, Que., finished the women’s snowboard slopestyle qualification round in seventh place. 2:31
Soukup, Boyd-Clowes make ski jumping final
Both of Canada’s athletes competing in the men’s normal hill ski jumping competition are through to the finals.
Calgary’s Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, competing in his third Olympics, qualified in 17th place with a score of 94.5.
The 30-year-old’s best finish in the event is 25th at the Sochi Games in 2014.
Soukup, a 24-year-old Olympic rookie, qualified 47th, scoring 75 points.
Canada has never won a medal in Olympic ski jumping.
Keegan Messing update
Canada’s top men’s figure skater is expected to arrive in Beijing in time for the men’s short program.
JUST IN<br><br>Canadian Olympic Committee tells me Keegan Messing is currently flying to Montreal where he will have his final PCR test. <br><br>From Montreal, he will fly on to Games and is expected to arrive early on Feb. 7th, in time to compete in the Men’s Program.<a href=”https://twitter.com/CBCOlympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@CBCOlympics</a>
—@Devin_Heroux
Keegan Messing has received two negative COVID-19 tests, and travelled to Montreal on Friday where he will have his final PCR test.
If all goes well, he’s expected to land in Bejing on Monday. The men’s individual competition begins the next day.
“By the time he gets here, it’ll be just adrenaline,” said Mike Slipchuk, Skate Canada’s high performance director, in our full story.
Norway claims 1st medal of Beijing 2022
Therese Johaug of Norway captured the first medal of these Olympics in the women’s skiathlon.
The Norweigans continued their dominance in cross-country skiing, adding to their all-time medal lead at Winter Olympics with the country’s 133rd gold medal.
There was concern among the country’s cross-country team, as several of its top contenders had tested positive for COVID-19, putting some of their medal hopes in jeopardy.
Canada’s Cendrine Brown and Katherine Stewart-Jones finished 20th and 23rd, respectively.
Dahria Beatty, the only Yukon-born Canadian at the Games, finished just behind in 24th. And Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt finished 44th.
A league of her own ????<br><br>The first gold ???? medal of <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beijing2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Beijing2022</a> goes to Therese Johaug of Norway ???????? who crossed the finish line with a dominating lead in the 15-kilometre skiathlon ???? <a href=”https://t.co/1ZepbBmEJl”>pic.twitter.com/1ZepbBmEJl</a>
—@CBCOlympics
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