Canada at a Glance - day 6

What Canada Did on Monday, February 23 at the 2009 Winter Universiade

BIATHLON

Canada’s biathletes did not compete on Day 6 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

Finishing 34^th, Mississauga, ON athlete Alana Thomas posted Canada’s result as the female cross -country skiers competed in the 5K pursuit event.

Thomas finished the sprint event in a time of 34:09.9 – six spots better than St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, QC skier Alexia Pichard-Jolicoeur’s time of 34:41.0

Anna Crawford of Lake George, NY finished in 43^rd spot with a time of 35:18.0, while Peterborough, ON skier Mary Thompson finished one spot back in 44^th, positng a race time of 35:50.7.

The men competed in the 7.5K pursuit event with Gavin Hamilton posting Canada’s best result – finishing 29^th in a time of 43:06.4. Ed McCarthy finished 47^th in a time of 44:44.1 with Calgary’s Carl Steudler completing the race in 46:08.8 – good for 60^th spot.

MENS CURLING

Skipped by Laurier’s Mike Anderson, Canada’s Men’s curling team dropped their third game in a row on Monday afternoon – falling 7-4 to China in the afternoon draw.  Canada’s record falls to 3-4 and the team sits sixth in the standings. The men play twice on Tuesday - 9:00am against the United States before wrapping up the round robin at 7:00pm against Finland.

WOMENS CURLING

Skipped by Laurier’s Hollie Nicol, Canada’s Women’s curling team won both of their draws on Monday, defeating China 7-6 in the morning draw and downing Great Britain 9-3 in the evening draw. 

Canada sits alone atop the standings boasting a record of 8-0. Having already clinched top spot in the round robin, Canada will play once on Tuesday - 2:00pm against Czech Republic.

MENS HOCKEY

Canada’s Men’s hockey team defeated Czech Republic 3-1 to run their record to 3-0 in the round robin.  Kyle Ross, Reid Jorgensen and Mike Hellyer scored for Canada while Aaron Sorochan stopped 21of 22 Czech shots in the Canadian net. Canada’s (3-0) next opponent will be Kazakhstan (3-0) in a game schedule for Tuesday afternoon at 7:00pm.

WOMENS HOCKEY

Canada’s Women’s Hockey team enjoyed 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

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

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The Canadian women did not skate on Monday, and will next take to the ice on Tuesday competing n the 5000-meter event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING

Monteral’s Guillaume Bastille earned Canada’s first medal at the 24th Winter Universiade, finishing second in the 1000-meter final.

Bastille also medalled for Canada in the men’s 5000-meter relay. Bastille teamed up with Alexander Boisvert-Lacroix, Richard Shoebridge and Tyler Darraugh to finish second behind the Chinese in a time of 7:03.929.

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Montreal skaters Marie-Andrée Mendes-Campeau, Nita Avrith, Annik Plamondon, and Valerie Lambert combined to win Canada’s third medal of the games – a bronze in the 3000-meter relay event. 

The Canadians completed the relay in a time of 4:32.728, behind teams from China and Korea.

Canada’s combined medal count stands at three – two silver and a bronze.