After a day filled with highs (Max Parrot's snowboarding win), lows (Rachel Homan and John Morris' mixed doubles curling elimination) and weirdness (COVID test delays and masks at a Canada-Russia women's hockey game), Canada will turn the page and gear up for Day 4 at the Beijing Olympics.
Here are five key storylines to watch.
Editor's note: All events are Tuesday unless otherwise noted.
Keegan's in the house! (@gregkolz / @SkateCanada) #Beijing2022 #FigureSkating #TeamCanada #KeeganMessing #WelcomeToBeijing pic.twitter.com/gVNY6L7C4D
— Greg Kolz (@gregkolz) February 7, 2022
Keegan Messing
Men's figure skating short program, 8:15 p.m. ET (Monday)
The Canadian champ just arrived in Beijing after finally delivering enough negative COVID-19 tests. Because of that, Messing missed out on the team event.
Two Canadian women are through to the freeski big air final at #Beijing2022!
Megan Oldham qualified first with 171.25 points
Olivia Asselin finished 11th of the 12 athletes that will move onto the final pic.twitter.com/0OeLplzdE6— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 7, 2022
Megan Oldham
Women's freestyle ski big air final, 9 p.m. ET (Monday)
The 20-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., won the qualifier on Monday. Oldham is joined in the final by fellow Canadian Olivia Asselin.
OH. SNAP. JACK. Bringing the heat, Jack Crawford punched into 4th today @Beijing2022 in the men’s DH. Just 0.07 off the podium, this team is ready to charge the SG tomorrow.
GEPA#CANskiteam pic.twitter.com/LzRUOUGBVw— Alpine Canada Alpin (@Alpine_Canada) February 7, 2022
Jack Crawford
Men's alpine ski Super G, 10 p.m. ET (Monday)
The Toronto native just missed the podium on Monday, finishing fourth in the downhill. Crawford finished sixth at a World Cup Super G in Wengen, Switzerland earlier this year. He is ranked ninth in the world in this discipline.
Canadian women's hockey team
vs. United States, 11:10 p.m. ET (Monday)
The top two countries in the sport square off in a much-anticipated showdown. Both teams are unbeaten at the Olympics. The Americans beat the Canadians in the 2018 Olympic final after Canada won gold at the previous four Winter Games.
Connor Howe
Men's long-track speedskating 1,500 metres, 5:30 a.m.
The native of Canmore, Alta., finished second at a World Cup stop last month in Calgary -- for his first individual medal at the top level of the sport.
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