Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford ended a dry spell for Canada in pairs figure skating, capping their final Olympics with a bronze medal on Day 6 of competition at the Pyeongchang Games.

Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Radford of Balmertown, Ont., finished third Thursday to give Canada its first Olympic pairs medal since Jamie Sale and David Pelletier captured gold in 2002 in Salt Lake City.

Duhamel and Radford, two-time world champions competing in their final season, scored 153.33 points for their program to AdeleB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗ometown Glory,B次元官网网址� and 230.15 total points.

GermanyB次元官网网址檚 Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot won gold with 235.90 while reigning world champions Sui Wenging and Han Cong of China took silver with 235.47.

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B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 think thereB次元官网网址檝e been happier bronze medallists than we are,B次元官网网址� added Duhamel.

ItB次元官网网址檚 the second medal of the Games for Duhamel and Radford, who helped lead Canada to gold in the team event earlier in the week.

The winning continued Thursday as CanadaB次元官网网址檚 womenB次元官网网址檚 hockey team clinched top spot in pool play by beating the arch-rival Americans 2-1.

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Meghan Agosta of Ruthven, Ont., and HamiltonB次元官网网址檚 Sarah Nurse scored in the second period for the Canadians, who are aiming for a fifth straight Olympic title.

Genevieve Lacasse of Kingston, Ont., stopped 44 shots.

B次元官网网址淚t starts with defence first and I think our team was committed to that tonight,B次元官网网址� said Canadian coach Laura Schuler. B次元官网网址淭oday, it was about sticking with the process and I think our girls did a good job with that.B次元官网网址�

With her 16th goal in her fourth Olympics, Agosta moved into second all-time behind CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Hayley Wickenheiser (18).

Both the U.S. and Canada had already booked berths in MondayB次元官网网址檚 semifinals, having won their first two games in Pool A.

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Canada started the day on a sour note with OttawaB次元官网网址檚 Rachel Homan shouldering an 8-6 loss to South Korea in her first game of the womenB次元官网网址檚 curling tournament.

Down 5-4 in the ninth end, Homan attempted an aggressive shot, but the move backfired with South Korea stealing a big three points for an 8-4 lead.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e trying to learn the ice and see the tendencies, and we just had a few too many misses,B次元官网网址� said Canada second Joanne Courtney. B次元官网网址淭eam Korea played fantastic, and they made us pay for our errors.B次元官网网址�

Homan, a three-time Canadian champion and the defending world champion, is playing in her first Olympic Games. WinnipegB次元官网网址檚 Jennifer Jones skipped Canada to a gold medal in the Sochi Olympics four years ago.

Canada played Sweden later in the day.

Alpine skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Invermere, B.C., was the top Canadian in the menB次元官网网址檚 downhill, finishing 14th in one minute 41.89 seconds. Aksel Lund Svindal won the race, making the 35-year-old Norwegian the oldest Olympic gold medallist in alpine skiing.

Ben Thomsen, also from Invermere, B.C., was 28th in 1:43.19, Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., was 32nd in 1:43.80 and Broderick Thompson of Whistler, B.C., was 35th in 1:44.37.

The Canadian Press

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