Canada at a Glance - day 5

BIATHLON

Canada’s biathletes did not compete on Day 5 of the games.  The next competition for the biathletes is scheduled to take place Tuesday with the men competing in the 10K sprint event and the women competing in the 7.5K sprint event.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

Canada’s cross -country skiers did not compete on Day 5 of the games.  The next competition for the cross-country skiers is scheduled to take place Monday with the women competing in the 5K pursuit event and the women competing in the 7.5K pursuit event.

MENS CURLING

Skipped by Laurier’s Mike Anderson, Canada’s Men’s curling team dropped both their round robin competition games on Sunday – falling 9-4 to Switzerland in the morning draw and following it up with a 7-5 loss to Korea in the evening draw.  Canada’s record falls to 3-3 and the team sits sixth in the standings. The men play once on Monday when they take on China at 2:00pm.

WOMENS CURLING

Skipped by Laurier’s Hollie Nicol, Canada’s Women’s curling team won their only draw on Sunday, defeating Korea 8-6. 

Canada sits alone atop the standings boasting a record of 6-0, and will play twice on Monday - 9:00am against China and 7:00pm against Great Britain.

MENS HOCKEY

Canada’s Men’s hockey team did not compete on Day 5 of the games. Canada’s (1-0) next opponent will be Czech Republic (1-1) in a game schedule for Monday afternoon at 12:30pm.

WOMENS HOCKEY

Canada’s Women’s Hockey team defeated China 7-1 to run their record to 4-0. Canada will enjoy a day off from competition on Monday and will next take to the ice Tuesday afternoon at 3:30pm against Japan.

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING

Canada’s Long Track Speed Skaters competed in the men’s 1500-meter event.

Calgary’s Philippe Riopel posted the team’s best result, finishing with a time of 1:51:35 good for 9th place.

Regina’s Mykola Makowsky finished in 13th spot – posting a time of 1:52.21

Ste-Foy, Quebec’s Vincent Blouin finished 17th overall with a  time of 1:52:57, two spots better than Calgary’s Keith Sulzer and his time of with a time of 1:52:94

The Canadian men do not skate on Monday, and will next take to the ice on Tuesday competeing n the 1000-meter event 

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No Canadian skaters competed in the 100-meter event on Sunday.

The Canadian women will next skate on Monday as they participate in the 5000-meter event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING

Montreal’s Guillaume Bastille posted Canada’s best results of the 24th Winter Universiade, finishing fourth in the 3000-meter final.

Bastille advanced to the finals with the fourth fastest time in one of two semifinals, and missed out on a medal by three-hundredths of a second.

Montreal’s Alexander Boisvert-Lacroix also advanced to the semifinal round, but finished 7th and did not move on to the finals.

Canada’s mens 5000-meter relay team advanced to the finals by winning their semifinal qualifier.  The men skate for gold tomorrow.

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Canada failed to qualify a skater to the finals of the 3000-meter event on Sunday.

Montreal skaters Marie-Andrée Mendes-Campeau, Nita Avrith, Annik Plamondon, and Valerie Lambert all advanced from the preliminary heats.

Lambert and Plamondon were eliminated from medal contention in their semifinal when the overseeing official disqualified the entire eight skater field.

Mendes-Campeau and Avrith completed their race, but were not among the four fastest times.

Already qualified for the final of the 5000-meter relay event, Canada’s women also. skate for gold tomorrow.