Photo: Bobsleigh athletes Justin Kripps and Alex Kopacz receive their gold medals at the PyeongChang Medal Plaza in PyeongChang, South Korea on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. (Photo: David Jackson/COC)
PyeongChang 2018 Team Canada End of Day 10
PYEONGCHANG (February 19, 2018) – Here is what you need to know about Team Canada at the end of Day 10 at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018:
GOLD: 6 |
SILVER: 5 |
BRONZE: 6 |
TOTAL: 17 |
RESULTS: Team Canada’s competition results
COMPETITION SCHEDULE: Team Canada Day-By-Day at PyeongChang 2018
QUICK FACTS:
- Cassie Sharpe advances to the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final with a top score of 93.40;
- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir break their own short program world record with a score of 83.67 points;
- Canada wins its third Olympic medal and second ever gold medal in the men’s two-man bobsleigh event;
- Its also the second time Canada has tied for bobsleigh gold in the two-man event (Lueders at Nagano 1998);
- The Canadian women’s team have won 24 consecutive games, the longest in Olympic ice hockey history – they also reach their sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal game
Justin KRIPPS
On Pierre LUEDERS who won gold in a tie in two-man bobsleigh in 1998 and now coaches Rep. Korea:
“He actually taught me to drive a bobsled. It’s pretty insane that 20 years after he tied for a gold medal I did, about eight years after he taught me. I saw him briefly today in the Korean changing room. He taught me the fundamentals, pretty much everything I know about bobsleigh. It’s incredible.”
On sharing gold with the German pair:
“It’s great, it’s two more people as happy as we are. They are amazing competitors, we have been friends and rivals for years. “(Francesco) FRIEDRICH laid down such an amazing run and Thorsten (MARGIS) has been pushing really well. I tried to keep my mind clear and do my thing and we laid down the best run I have ever had. And we managed to take a couple of hundredths off the push too and we definitely needed it.”