Olympic wake-up call: Canada earns 1st medals of Beijing 2022
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Speed skater Isabelle Weidemann won Canada's first medal on Day 1 of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, claiming bronze in the women's 3,000 metres on Saturday in Beijing.
The 26-year-old from Ottawa put up a time of three minutes, 58.64 seconds, en route to her first Olympic podium result.
"I was a little bit shaky at the start. I was really nervous going to the line," an ecstatic Weidemann said after the race.
"I knew that I had to just get through the first few laps before I could start to fight and really show the work that I've done. I think I had about four laps to go, and I could see my pair was starting to slow down a little bit, and I knew I had a little bit more. So I think at that point I was like, 'I can fight this.'"
WATCH | Weidemann captures bronze for Canada's 1st medal of Beijing 2022:
The win was Canada's fourth Olympic bronze medal all-time in the event. Weidemann's race was also the fastest any Canadian has performed in the event at the Olympics.
Her bronze medal also marked Canada's 200th all-time medal at the Winter Olympics.
WATCH | Isabelle Weidemann 'emotional' after winning Olympic bronze medal:
Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury has won an Olympic medal, but was unable to defend his men's Olympic moguls title, winning silver on Saturday.
Kingsbury finished with 82.18 points in the six-man super final at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, behind Walter Wallberg of Sweden, who scored 83.23.
The 29-year-old Kingsbury was attempting to become the second men's moguls skier to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals after fellow Canadian Alex Bilodeau achieved the feat in 2010 and 2014.
OK, maybe not hat tricks for literally everybody, but there was no shortage of goals in another dominant win by the Canadian women's hockey team.
The Canadians trounced Finland 11-1 to improve to 2-0 on the tournament.
WATCH | Canada sends a message with big win over Finland:
