Canada is wrapping up Day 3 of the Olympics atop the podium as the figure skating team event guarantees Canada its fifth gold medal of the 2018 Winter Games.
We just won the Olympics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” Meagan Duhamel (@mhjd_85)
Although had yet to skate, DalemanB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s performance guaranteed Canada the top spot.
DalemanB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 137.14-point performance added eight points to CanadaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s cumulative score, bringing it up to 63 and clinching gold because neither Russia or the U.S. could catch the Canadians once Virtue and Moir stepped on the ice.
: WomenB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s free program results / : Résultats, programme libre B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ femmes
B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” Skate Canada / Patinage Canada (@SkateCanada)
1. Alina Zagitova (OAR) 158.08
2. Mirai Nagasu 137.53
3. Gabrielle Daleman () 137.14
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Although the Canadian ice dancers could have taken it easy with gold a sure thing, Virtue and Moir put in a beautiful performance, taking the top spot in the free dance with 118.10 points. That brought the Canadians final score up to 73, well ahead of the competition.
CanadaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s gold medal was set up by three-time world champion Patrick Chan earlier in the day. He placed first with a score of 179.75 in the menB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s free program, keeping the veteran Canadian team in first place and setting the stage for Daleman.