Canada at a Glance - Day 8

What Canada Did on Wednesday, February 25 at the 24th Winter Universiade


BIATHLON
Canada’s biathletes competed in the pursuit events on Day 8 of the games. The men took part in the 12.5K with Patrick Cote finishing four spots ahead of teammate Francois LeBoeuf’s 13th place peformance.

David Johns skied to a 27th place finish – one spot better than Maxime LeBoeuf in 28th.

The women took part in the 10K pursuit final with Canada's skiers once again clustered together at the finish line.

Kathryn Stone finished in 38th place - ahead of teammate Alicia Hurley and her 40th place time of 12:58.7.

Cranbrook’s Jytte Apel finished in 41st.

The next competition for the biathletes is Friday’s mixed relay event

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross-country skiers competed in the relay events on day 8 of the games.

In the womens 3x5km relay events – Canada’s trio of Alana Thomas, Alexia Pichard-Joilcouer and Anna Crawford finished in 12th apot – clocking a time of 48:56.5.

In the mens 4x10km relay, the Canadian skiers also finished in 12th spot with a time of 2:02:58.7.

The next competition for the cross-country skiers is Friday’s Men’s 30km event.

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier’s Mike Anderson, Canada’s Men’s curling finished the round-robin in sixth place at 4-5 – they did not advance to the medal round

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier’s Hollie Nicol, After closing out the round robin with a 9-0 record, Canada’s Women’s enjoyed a day off and watched as Great Britain defeated the Czech Republic in a tiebreaker to determine the final playoff participant. Canada will face Great Britain in one of two Thursday semifinals, while China and Russia meet in the other.
The bronze medal matchup will take place Thursday afternoon, with the gold medal match slated for Friday.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada’s Men’s hockey team enjoyed a day off following a 7-2 win over Kazakhstan on Tuesday night.

Canada will face Slovakia in one of two Friday semifinals, Russia and Kazakhstan will meet in the other.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada’s Women’s Hockey enjoyed a day off after wrapping up the round-robin portion of the competition with a 5-0 record. Canada will face Slovakia in one of two Thursday night semifinals. Filand and China will meet in the other semifinal.

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
The Canadian men have finished their Universiade competition

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On the women's side, The Canadians competed in the 1000-meter event.

Ste-Foy, Quebec's Justine L'Heureux posted another impressive finish at the games, skating the 2 1/2 lap circuit in a time of 1:19.59 - good enough for 9th place.

Despite dealing with a sore shoulder all week, Calgary's Kirsti Lay toughed out another good skate, finishing in a 16th place time of 1:21.38, one spot ahead of teammate Anastacia Bucsis and her clocking of 1:21.53.

Now skating out of Quebec City, Calgary's Shannon Sibold also turned in a solid performance, hitting the line in 1:23.68 - good for 24th spot.

The Canadian women will next take to the ice on Thursday, competing in the 5000-meter team pursuit event.


SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's short track speed skaters completed their competition Monday and departed the athlete’s village.

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