Canada at the Beijing Olympics: What to watch Friday night, Saturday morning
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Canada will look to make history when mixed snowboard cross makes its Olympic debut, while the next round of figure skating competition kicks off.
Canada will look to make history on day eight at the Beijing Winter Games when mixed snowboard cross makes its Olympic debut, while the next round of figure skating competition kicks off.
For Canadian fans, events will begin Friday evening and continue overnight into Saturday morning.
Here’s when you can see Canada compete (all times Eastern).
Events with multiple matches are marked with the start time of the earliest match. Medal events are marked in bold.
This post will be continuously updated as more events are confirmed.
Both the women’s and men’s teams will take on Sweden as they continue their way through the round-robin sessions.
The women’s match-up will start at 8:05 p.m. ET Friday, followed by the men’s teams facing off at 1:05 a.m. ET Saturday.
The mixed team snowboard cross makes its Olympic debut in Beijing, starting with the quarterfinals at 9 p.m. ET Friday and leading into the finals at 9:50 p.m. ET.
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