Canada slides to 3-0 success
The Canadian mixed curling team, coached by Laine Peters — who hails from Carrot River — defeated Czechia 10-5 in their opening match on Wednesday. The red and white stole five points early on with a single in the first end and four in the second. Canada added a double in the fourth end before securing another three points during their powerplay in the sixth, bringing the score to 10-4. Czechia picked up a single point in the seventh end, but then conceded the game to Canada.
This morning, Canada was victorious over Norway 6-3 after a close match, which saw the Canadians use the hammer to their advantage to secure two points in the third end and pull ahead 3-1. Canada followed that up by stealing a single in the fourth and then the two teams went back-and-forth scoring single points in the remaining ends.
Claiming their third straight win, Canada defeated host team Italy 7-2 after bringing the heat early by claiming five points in the first end. They then exchanged singles with the Italians in ends two through five and after the sixth end came up as a blank, Italy conceded.
Canada has a 3-0 round robin record and will look ahead to their next game against the United States on Friday.
McMorris out of big air competition
Regina’s Mark McMorris pulled out of the big air event at the Olympics after suffering a crash in training on Tuesday that saw him stretchered off the mountain and taken to a local hospital.
McMorris was released from the hospital on Wednesday, but chose to pull out of the big air competition as a precaution as he recovers. He is hopeful to be able to compete in the slopestyle event, for which he has previously won three Olympic bronze medals, later in the Games.
Women’s hockey game postponed
Saskatoon’s Emily Clark and the Canadian women’s hockey team will have to a bit longer to start the 2026 Olympic Winter Games after their game against Finland was postponed to February 12.
More than a dozen athletes from the Finnish team are sick and so they game was postponed to allow Finland a chance to recover.
Canada will now get their first action on Saturday against Switzerland.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
Friday, Feb. 6 is a day of celebration as the Olympics officially kick off with Opening Ceremonies and more action by Saskatchewan.
Following the order of Opening Ceremonies at recent Olympics, some preliminary action took place prior to the official kick off celebration, which is schedule for 12:30 p.m. SK time and can be viewed on CBC.
Hoping to keep up their winning streak, Canada’s mixed doubles curling team — coached by Carrot River’s Laine Peters — will play the United States early in the morning at 3:05 a.m. SK time.
Olympic Notes: A full recap of the Canadian action to this point is available at Olympic.ca