Men’s ice hockey gold favourites, WE and Canada won’t even compete for medals in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics when they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Slovakia and Sweden, respectively. In the women’s tournament, the Finland defeated Switzerland and ended up with the bronze medal.
Wednesday in Beijing also saw the second Olympic championship in Choi Minjeong in the women’s 1500m, proof that she was successful in short track speed skating at these Games; the American men’s double slopestyle, with Alexander Room and Nicholas Goepper; and the gold of qi guangpu to the host People’s Republic of China in men’s freestyle aerials.
Check out these and many other events that took place today in the day’s recap:
Farewell to the United States and Canada in hockey
Men’s Hockey Quarter-Final Roundwhich was held all this Wednesday, caused the surprise of the defeat of WE to the Slovakia 3-2 in the shootout_._ The Americans led 2-1, but conceded a goal in the last minute, leading the game to the decisive penalty shootout. Cehlarik was the only one to score and secured his country in the semi-finals.
Slovakia is now facing the Finlandwho hit the Swiss by 5-1.
already the Canada fought, but fell before the Sweden 2-0, with a goal in the last moments, as the Canadians played without a goalkeeper to try to equalize.
The Swedes will face ROCKwho exceeded the Denmark by 3-1. The semi-finals are scheduled for Friday, February 18.
Finland are bronze medalists in women’s hockey
To women’s hockey bronze medal gamea Finland beat the Swiss by 4-0. It was the fourth bronze medal for the Finns in this modality.
The decision of the tournament, another meeting between rivals United States and Canadais scheduled for tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. local time in Beijing (01:10 GMT) at the Wukesong Sports Center. Learn more about this game.
Gold and second championship for Choi Minjeong in short track
The last short track speed skating event was the 1500m, marked by the conquest of the Olympic championship in Choi Minjeongof the Republic of Korea.
The money went to Italian Arianna Fontanaand bronze for the Dutch Suzanne Schulting.
American double in men’s slopestyle
The United States occupied the two first places on the podium in the men’s slopestyle competition in freestyle skiingwith Alexander Room win gold and Nicholas Goepper keep the money.
The Swede completes the podium Jesper Tjaderbronze medal.
the Frenchman wins the men’s slalom; The Brazilian does not finish and the Portuguese is 39th
Clement Noel ended a French fast in alpine skiing winning the men’s slalomwhile the money got Johannes Strolzfrom Austria, and the bronze went to the Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solevaag.
the brazilian Michael Macedo made a mistake in the second run and did not complete it, while the Portuguese Ricardo Brancal finished 39th.
Gold for hosts in men’s ski jumps
In an event marked by risky jumps and a lot of technique, qi guangpu won gold in men’s aerials in freestyle skiing.
The athlete from the host People’s Republic of China edged out the Ukrainian Alexander Abramenkowho was trying to win the second Olympic championship, and Ilia Burovof the ROC.
Sweden wins unprecedented gold medal in biathlon relay
run by the sisters Hanna Oeberg and Elvira Oebergthe team of Sweden wins the women’s 4x6km biathlon relay for the first timetaking the lead closer to the end of the race.
THE ROCK won the silver medal and the Germanywith bronze.
The Germans win the classic team sprint; brazilians withdraw
In a test decided in the last moments, the Germany won the women’s classic team sprint race in cross-country skiing. Catherine Hennig and carl of victoria represented the country in the competition.
The money got the Swedenhad Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling, It’s the ROCK ended up with the bronze by participating with Yulia Stupak and Natalia Neprayeva.
THE Brazil was represented for the first time at the event with Jaqueline Mourao and Eduarda Ribera, but they didn’t complete the semi-final course as they took a lap from the leaders – which forced the duo to retire. The Brazilians finished in 23rd place.
Norway double champion in the classic men’s cross team sprint
The team of Norway defended the gold medal he won in the men’s cross-country classic team sprint at PyeongChang 2018 on Wednesday, winning the event again.
Johannes Klaebo and Erik Valnes returned to the top spot on the podium in Beijing, beating the Finland in Iivo Niskanen and joni makithe money and the ROCK in Alexander Bolshunov and Alexander Terentevbronze.
After 12 years, Canada wins the 5000m short track relay
The team of Canada returned to win the men’s 5000m short track relay after 12 years, since the last time he was there was in Vancouver in 2010.
THE Italy got the silver, and the bronze went to Republic of Korea.
Highest ranked in curling
In men’s curling, the Canada confirmed his place in the semi-finals alongside Britain and Sweden, who were already classified, without even having to play this Wednesday. The Brits and Swedes have a campaign of seven wins and one loss, followed by the Canadians (5-3).
You WEcurrent champions, appear fourth (4-4) and face the Denmark, ranking lantern (1-7). How does it have an advantage over ROCK – and the ROC compared to the Canadians -, only one victory for the captain’s team John Shuster go to the semi-finals.
Feminine, Swiss and Sweden secured themselves in the semi-finals. The Swiss won Republic of Korea by 8-4, and the Swedes overcame the ROCK by 8-5.
The lead is Switzerland, now 7-1, and Sweden is 6-2. THE Japan won two UNITED STATES by 10-7 and is third (5-3). Fourth place is currently divided by Canada and Great Britain (4-4).
Tomorrow will be the last round of the qualifying phase for both colors. The top four from each tournament advance to the semi-finals.
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