Pletz and Team Canada finish 17th
This morning, Regina biathlete Logan Pletz helped represent Canada in the men’s 4×7.5-kilometre relay race event, where they finished in 17th with a time of one hour, twenty-six minutes and 26.6 seconds.
Team Canada was six minutes and 31.7 seconds behind first-place finisher France.
The relay marks the final event for Pletz in his Olympic debut.
A successful day on the sheet for Canada
The Canadian men’s curling team, which includes Regina lead Ben Hebert, added another win to their collection after defeating Great Britain 9-5.
In the opening end, Canada used the hammer to secure two points, before the teams exchanged singles.
Great Britain evened the score 3-3 in the fourth after adding a double to the scoreboard.
Canada added another single in the fifth, to which the British answered by claiming two points in the sixth end.
Everything was red and white from there.
The Canadians added a triple in the seventh before two singles brought the score 9-5 in the ninth, which led Great Britain to concede in the final end.
With their 6-1 record, Canada has clinched a spot in the semifinals.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
Three Saskatchewan athletes will be in competition on Day 12 of the Olympics, with one competing in finals.
Regina’s Mark McMorris will go for his fourth-straight Olympic medal in the men’s snowboard slopestyle finals which will begin at 4:20 a.m. SK time.
Meanwhile, Regina’s Ben Hebert and the Canadian men’s curling team will face host country Italy at 7:05 a.m. SK time and the Canadian men’s hockey team, which features Saskatoon’s Brandon Hagel and Darcy Kuemper, will face Czechia in quarterfinal action at 9:40 a.m. SK time.
Olympic Notes: Day Eleven saw the Canadian women’s long track speeding skating team finish with golden results in the pursuit event and add another gold to the country’s collection. Canada’s medal count:12 (3 Gold, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze).
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