Olympic wake-up: Canada to play for women's hockey gold, Gushue cruises again
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Canada's women's hockey team will once again play for an Olympic gold medal.
Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice and Sarah Nurse had a four-point game in Canada's 10-3 rout of Switzerland in Monday's Olympic women's hockey semifinal in Beijing.
"I know going into the championship, we will have to tighten some things up defensively," said Nurse who leads the tournament in scoring with 16 points.
Canada will play the winner of the semifinal between United States and Finland, which is scheduled for Monday at 8:10 a.m. ET. You can catch it on the CBC Sports app, CBC Gem or at CBCSports.ca.
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After dropping two matches in a row, the Canadian men's curling team is now on a winning streak after beating Italy 7-3 on Monday.
Brad Gushue's rink is now in third place in the Olympic standings with a 4-2 record. The top four teams qualify for the semifinals.
Canada's next game is against China (2-4) on Monday at 8:05 p.m. ET, with its remaining games against the Russian Olympic Committee (3-3) and Great Britain (5-1).
"All of our [remaining] games are going to be big. We don't want to get into that three loss situation," Gushue said.
"We want to control our own fate, we know that if we win the rest of our games we're going to get to the playoffs."
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Already with one gold medal in his pocket, Max Parrot is looking to add another in the men's snowboard big air.
The 27-year-old from Bromont, Que., posted the best combined score in qualifying, with his biggest trick being a frontside triple cork 1620 on his second run.
Mark McMorris placed eighth in qualifying, also moving him into the final, and Darcy Sharpe of Comox, B.C., grabbed the the last qualifying spot in 12th place.
