The 2018 Peyongchang Olympics open a year from Thursday. CP predicts 28 medals for Canada's athletes in South Korea:

ALPINE SKIING

1 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Between Dustin Cook in super-G, Marie-Michele Gagnon in the combined and the new mixed gender team event, there's strong potential for an alpine medal.

BOBSLED/SKELETON

1 gold, 1 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Kaillie Humphries will pilot Canada to her third gold in women's bobsled in as many Winter Games. Mirela Rahneva and Elizabeth Vathje lead a resurgence in women's skeleton.

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

1 silver 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� The first medal for Canadian men could be a group effort in the team sprint or men's relay with Alex Harvey driving that effort.

CURLING

2 gold 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� The country's depth and the stringent trials process will produce men's and women's teams capable of defending Olympic titles. The new mixed doubles event? Not looking so good.

FIGURE SKATING

1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Ice dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are back on their game after taking two seasons off. Pairs duo Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford are double world champions. Canada will repeat as medallists in the team event that was new in 2014. Patrick Chan needs to up his quad quotient in men's singles to get a gold.

FREESTYLE SKIING

2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Canada is ocean deep in slopestyle, skicross and moguls. There will be gold and mutiple medals.

HOCKEY

1 silver 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� There is no point in a men's hockey prediction until the NHL declares itself in or out. After coughing up the gold medal to Canada in Sochi, the American women will finish the job this time.

LUGE

1 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Fourth three times in Sochi, this is the Winter Games where Canada finally wins a luge medal. Alex Gough or Kim McRae on the podium in women's singles or the relay team can squeak in for one too.

SHORT-TRACK SPEEDSKATING

1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Charles Hamelin, owner of three Olympic gold, and Marianne St-Gelais lead a stacked short track squad that will win individual and relay medals.

SNOWBOARDING

1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� With Max Parrot and Mark McMorris the headliners, the men's snowboard team will crowd the slopestyle and big air podiums.

SPEEDSKATING

1 silver, 2 bronze 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Transplanted Dutchman Ted-Jan Bloemen is a medal threat in men's distance and a powerful addition to the men's pursuit. Ivanie Blondin is a consistent podium finisher in the new mass start.

TOTAL: 28 (8 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze)

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Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version reported that big air was a new sport for 2018.