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Canada wins gold in menB次元官网网址檚 ski cross

Leman earns redemption with ski cross gold; Homan out early
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Brady Leman of Canada celebrates his gold medal win in the menB次元官网网址檚 ski cross final at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Brady Leman has earned his Olympic redemption.

Leman, from Calgary, won gold in the menB次元官网网址檚 skicross at the Pyeongchang Games on Wednesday, making up for a disappointing fourth-place finish at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Kevin Drury was last in the four-man big final after crashing with Sergey Ridzik, an Olympic Athlete from Russia. Ridzik recovered enough to finish behind Leman and SwitzerlandB次元官网网址檚 Marc Bischofberger.

Drury was seemingly O.K. after the crash, shouting encouragement to Leman before the podium ceremony.

David Duncan of London, Ont., was fourth in the small final, putting him eighth overall.

MontrealB次元官网网址檚 Chris Del Bosco crashed in an earlier heat and was taken to hospital where he was conscious and stable. A spokesperson for Freestyle Canada told The Canadian Press that Del Bosco has a suspected pelvic injury.

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Canadian curler Rachel Homan is leaving the Olympics earlier than sheB次元官网网址檇 hoped. Her rinkB次元官网网址檚 fifth loss of the womenB次元官网网址檚 round robin eliminated them from medal contention, the first time Canada has ever missed out on a medal in either menB次元官网网址檚 or womenB次元官网网址檚 curling since the sports made its return to the Winter Olympics in 1998.

HomanB次元官网网址檚 team fell 6-5 to BritainB次元官网网址檚 Eve Muirhead in the morning draw. The Canadians needed to win it and their round-robin finale against Olympic Athletes from Russia to avoid elimination.

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The top four teams in the round robin advance to the semifinals.

South KoreaB次元官网网址檚 EunJung Kim (7-1) and SwedenB次元官网网址檚 Anna Hasselborg (6-2) were already playoff-bound prior to the final draw. JapanB次元官网网址檚 Satsuki Fujisawa was 5-3 ahead of Muirhead at 5-4.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Kevin Koe was 5-3 with one game remaining in the menB次元官网网址檚 round robin against Denmark.

Snowboarders Mark McMorris and Max Parrot could earn more medals after qualifying for the menB次元官网网址檚 big air final.

McMorris, from Regina, was third in the second heat, scoring a 95.75 on his second run to qualify for SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 final.

Parrot, from Bromont, Que., was the top qualifier in the first heat with a 92.50 run. Sebastien Toutant of LB次元官网网址橝ssomption, Que., also advanced with his 91.00-point performance.

McMorris is less than a year removed from a catastrophic backcountry snowboarding accident. He has already earned a bronze in menB次元官网网址檚 slopestyle at these Games behind Parrot, who took silver.

The top six performers from each 18-man heat advanced.

In figure skating, Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L., was in third place following the womenB次元官网网址檚 short program. Osmond scored 78.87 points, 4.05 behind leader Alina Zagitova.

The Canadian Press

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