FEBRUARY 19

BIATHLON
Canada's biathletes did not compete on Day 2 of the games.  The first competition for the biathletes is scheduled to take place Saturday with the men competing in the 20K event and the women competing in the 15K event.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross-country skiers did not compete on Day 2 of the games.  The first competition for the cross-country skiers is scheduled to take place Friday with the men competing in the 10K event, and the women competing in the 5K event.

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Mike Anderson, Canada's Men's Curling team opened their round robin competition with an 8-5 loss to Sweden.  Canada's record after the first day of play is 0-1, and the team will play two draws on Friday – 9:00am against Japan and 7:00pm against Norway.

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Hollie Nicol, Canada's Women's Curling team played two games on the opening day of round robin competition.
The Canadian women defeated Russia 13-9 in an extra end to open the competition before sending the USA to an 0-2 start with a 13-3 win in the evening draw.

Canada sits atop the standings with a record of 2-0, tied with China and will face Japan in their only Saturday draw – beginning at 2:00pm

MENS HOCKEY
Canada's Men's Hockey team did not compete on Day 2 of the games.  The first competition for the men's hockey team is scheduled to take place Friday afternoon at 1:30pm against China.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada's Women's Hockey team remained unbeaten, defeating Finland 5-0. Canada scored all five goals in the third period, with Vanessa Davidson notching a pair. The Canadian women's record is now 2-0 as they head into an off-day at the games. Canada's next game is scheduled to take place Saturday afternoon at 4:00pm against Slovakia

 LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's Long Track Speed Skaters competed in the men's and women's 500-meter event.
Phillppe Riopel registered the top finish for Canada's men, placing 10th with a combined two-race time of 72.58 seconds. Regina's Mykola Makowsky finished 18th overall with a combined time of  74.46 seconds. Quebec City's Vincent Blouin finished 25th overall with a combined time of 76.67 seconds, while Calgary's Keith Sulzer posted a two-race time of 77.79 seconds and finished in 27th place.
The Canadian men will next skate on Friday as they participate in the 5000-meter event.

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Calgary's Anastasia Bucsis posted Canada's best result in the women's 500-meter event, finishing 18th overall with a combined time of 81.98 seconds.
Quebec City's Justine L'Heureux finished 20th overall with a combined time of  82.93 seconds, while Calgary's Shannon Sibold finished 24th overall with a combined time of  87.49 seconds.

Kirsti Lay of Medicine Hat has been nursing a sore shoulder since arriving in Harbin, and had to withdraw from the field.

The Canadian women will next skate on Friday as they participate in the 1500-meter event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Two Canadian men reached the final of the 1500-meter event in short track speed skating on day two of the 24th Winter Universiade in Harbin, China.

Winnipeg's Tyler Derraugh and Montreal's Guillaume Bastille both qualified for the finals final of the 1500-meter event finishing in 6th and 7th place respectively.

Canadian skater Liam McFarlane advanced to the semifinals by virtue of a second place finish in the 8th and final preliminary heat, but failed to advance to the final.

Calgary's Richard Shoebridge failed to advance to the semifinals after a 4th place finish in his preliminary heat.

The Canadian men will next skate on Friday as they participate in the 500-meter event.

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Canada failed to qualify a skater to the finals as China dominated the podium in the women's 1500-meter short track speed skating event.

Montreal skaters Nita Avrith, Annik Plamondon and Marie-Andrée Mendes-Campeau all qualified from their preliminary heats, but none were able to advance to the final round.

Gabrielle Waddell posted a 4th place finish in her preliminary heat, and failed to move to the semifinal rounds.

The Canadian women will also participate in the 500-meter individual event as well as the 3000-meter relay preliminaries on Friday.

FEBRUARY 22

BIATHLON
Canada's biathletes did not compete on Day 5 of the games.  The next competition for the biathletes is scheduled to take place Tuesday with the men competing in the 10K sprint event and the women competing in the 7.5K sprint event.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross -country skiers did not compete on Day 5 of the games.  The next competition for the cross-country skiers is scheduled to take place Monday with the women competing in the 5K pursuit event and the women competing in the 7.5K pursuit event.

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Mike Anderson, Canada's Men's curling team dropped both their round robin competition games on Sunday – falling 9-4 to Switzerland in the morning draw and following it up with a 7-5 loss to Korea in the evening draw.  Canada's record falls to 3-3 and the team sits sixth in the standings. The men play once on Monday when they take on China at 2:00pm.

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Hollie Nicol, Canada's Women's curling team won their only draw on Sunday, defeating Korea 8-6. 
Canada sits alone atop the standings boasting a record of 6-0, and will play twice on Monday - 9:00am against China and 7:00pm against Great Britain.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada's Men's hockey team did not compete on Day 5 of the games. Canada's (1-0) next opponent will be Czech Republic (1-1) in a game schedule for Monday afternoon at 12:30pm.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada's Women's Hockey team defeated China 7-1 to run their record to 4-0. Canada will enjoy a day off from competition on Monday and will next take to the ice Tuesday afternoon at 3:30pm against Japan.

 LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's Long Track Speed Skaters competed in the men's 1500-meter event.

Calgary's Philippe Riopel posted the team's bets result, finishing with a time of 1:51:35 good for 9th place.

Regina's Mykola Makowsky finished in 13th spot – posting a time of 1:52.21

Ste-Foy, Quebec's Vincent Blouin finished 17th overall with a  time of 1:52:57, two spots better than Calgary's Keith Sulzer and his time of with a time of 1:52:94.

The Canadian men do not skate on Monday, and will next take to the ice on Tuesday competeing n the 1000-meter event.

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No Canadian skaters competed in the 100-meter event on Sunday.

The Canadian women will next skate on Monday as they participate in the 5000-meter event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING

Monteral's Guillaume Bastille posted Canada's best results of the 24th Winter Universiade, finishing fourth in the 3000-meter final.

Bastille advanced to the finals with the fourth fastest time in one of two semifinals, and missed out on a medal by three-hundredths of a second.

Montreal's Alexander Boisvert-Lacroix also advanced to the semifinal round, but finished 7th and did not move on to the finals.

Canada's mens 5000-meter relay team advanced to the finals by winning their semifinal qualifier.  The men skate for gold tomorrow.

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Canada failed to qualify a skater to the finals of the 3000-meter event on Sunday.

Montreal skaters Marie-Andrée Mendes-Campeau, Nita Avrith, Annik Plamondon, and Valerie Lambert all advanced from the preliminary heats.

Lambert and Plamondon were eliminated from medal contention in their semifinal when the overseeing official disqualified the entire eight skater field.

Mendes-Campeau and Avrith completed their race, but were not among the four fastest times.

Already qualified for the final of the 5000-meter relay event, Canada's women also. skate for gold tomorrow.

FEBRUARY 23

BIATHLON
Canada's biathletes did not compete on Day 6 of the games.  The next competition for the biathletes is scheduled to take place Tuesday with the men competing in the 10K sprint event and the women competing in the 7.5K sprint event.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Finishing 34th, Mississauga, ON athlete Alana Thomas posted Canada's result as the female cross -country skiers competed in the 5K pursuit event.

Thomas finished the sprint event in a time of 34:09.9 – six spots better than St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, QC skier Alexia Pichard-Jolicoeur's time of 34:41.0

Anna Crawford of Lake George, NY finished in 43rd spot with a time of 35:18.0, while Peterborough, ON skier Mary Thompson finished one spot back in 44th, positng a race time of 35:50.7.

The men competed in the 7.5K pursuit event with Gavin Hamilton posting Canada's best result – finishing 29th in a time of 43:06.4. Ed McCarthy finished 47th in a time of 44:44.1 with Calgary's Carl Steudler completing the race in 46:08.8 – good for 60th spot.

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Mike Anderson, Canada's Men's curling team dropped their third game in a row on Monday afternoon – falling 7-4 to China in the afternoon draw.  Canada's record falls to 3-4 and the team sits sixth in the standings. The men play twice on Tuesday - 9:00am against the United States before wrapping up the round robin at 7:00pm against Finland.

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Hollie Nicol, Canada's Women's curling team won both of their draws on Monday, defeating China 7-6 in the morning draw and downing Great Britain 9-3 in the evening draw. 
Canada sits alone atop the standings boasting a record of 8-0. Having already clinched top spot in the round robin, Canada will play once on Tuesday - 2:00pm against Czech Republic.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada's Men's hockey team defeated Czech Republic 3-1 to run their record to 3-0 in the round robin.  Kyle Ross, Reid Jorgensen and Mike Hellyer scored for Canada while Aaron Sorochan stopped 21of 22 Czech shots in the Canadian net. Canada's (3-0) next opponent will be Kazakhstan (3-0) in a game schedule for Tuesday afternoon at 7:00pm.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada's Women's Hockey team enjoyed a day off from competition on Monday and will next take to the ice Tuesday afternoon at 3:30pm against Japan.

 LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
The Canadian men did not skate on Monday, and will next take to the ice on Tuesday competing n the 1000-meter event.

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The Canadian women did not skate on Monday, and will next take to the ice on Tuesday competing n the 5000-meter event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING

Monteral's Guillaume Bastille earned Canada's first medal at the 24th Winter Universiade, finishing second in the 1000-meter final.

Bastille also medalled for Canada in the men's 5000-meter relay. Bastille teamed up with Alexander Boisvert-Lacroix, Richard Shoebridge and Tyler Darraugh to finish second behind the Chinese in a time of 7:03.929.

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Montreal skaters Marie-Andrée Mendes-Campeau, Nita Avrith, Annik Plamondon, and Valerie Lambert combined to win Canada's third medal of the games – a bronze in the 3000-meter relay event. 

The Canadians completed the relay in a time of 4:32.728, behind teams from China and Korea.

Canada's combined medal count stands at three – two silver and a bronze.

FEBRUARY 24

BIATHLON
Canada’s biathletes competed in the sprint events on Day 7 of the games. The men took part in the 10K with Patrick Cote finishing 7th in a time of 26:57.6, one spot ahead of teammate Francois LeBoeuf and his time of 27:15.39.

Maxime LeBoeuf skied to a time of 28:37.6, good for 27th spot, with David Johns one spot back in 28th, clocking a time of 28:48.3.

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The women took part in the 7.5K sprint final with Canada's skiers clustered together at the finish line.

Kathryn Stone finished in 39th place - posting a time of 28:10.9, seconds ahead of teammate Alicia Hurley and her 40th place time of 28:28.5.

Tatiana Vukadinovic finished in 42nd place at 29:51.0 with Jytte Apel one place back in 43rd at 31:38.8.

The next competition for the biathletes is the pursuit event, with the men skiing 12.5km and the women 10km.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross-country skiers did not compete on day 7 of the games.

The next competition for the cross-country skiers is the mens 4x10km and womens 3x5km relay events

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier’s Mike Anderson, Canada’s Men’s curling team needed to win both and look for a little help along the way in order to advance to the medal round.

The men doubled up the US 8-4 in the morning draw, but fell 7-5 to Finland in the final draw of the round robin, ending their quest for a medal. The men finished the round-robin in sixth place at 4-5.

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier’s Hollie Nicol, Canada’s Women’s curling team closed out the round robin with an 8-1 win over the Czech Republic.

Canada secured top spot in the round robin by virtue of their 9-0 record, and will face a yet-to-be determined opponent in Thursday's semifinal. The Czech Republic and Great Britain finished in a tie for fourth and will play a tiebreaker to determine the final playoff participant.

Pre-tournament favourites Russia and China will meet in the other Thursday semifinal, with the gold medal match slated for Friday.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada’s Men’s hockey team defeated Kazakhstan 7-2 to run their record to 4-0 in the round robin. Canada’s (4-0) next opponent will be a to-be-determined semifinal opponent in a game schedule for Friday evening.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada’s Women’s Hockey wrapped up the round-robin portion of the competition with a 4-1 win over Japan. Canada sits atop the standings with a 5-0 record and will face Slovakia in one of two Thursday night semifinals.

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
The Canadian men competed in the 1000-meter event.

Philippe Riopel the best finish for Canada - finishing 5th in a time of 1:11.51. Regina's Mykola Makowsky was 14th in 1:12.31, while Vincent Blouin finished 22nd clocking a time of 1:14.02 - three placings higher than Calgarian Keith Sulzer's 25th place time of 1:14.38.

The Canadian men have finished their Universiade competition. We thank them for their efforts at the games, and wish them continued success in their athletic and academic careers.

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On the women's side, Justine L'Heureux was the top Canadian skater, clocking a time of 7:31.63 - good for 6th spot, one better than Shannon Sibold's 7th place time of 7:32.99.

Calgary's Kirsti Lay was 15th with a time of 7:48.50.

The Canadian women will next take to the ice on Wednesday, competing in the 1000-meter event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's short track speed skaters completed their competition Monday and departed the athlete’s village.

We thank them for their efforts at the games, and wish them continued success in their athletic and academic careers.

Canada’s combined medal count stands at three – two silver and a bronze.

FEBRUARY 25

BIATHLON
Canada's biathletes competed in the pursuit events on Day 8 of the games. The men took part in the 12.5K with Patrick Cote finishing four spots ahead of teammate Francois LeBoeuf's 13th place peformance.

David  Johns skied to a 27th place finish – one spot better than Maxime LeBoeuf  in 28th.

The women took part in the 10K pursuit final with Canada's skiers once again clustered together at the finish line.

Kathryn Stone finished in 38th place - ahead of teammate Alicia Hurley and her 40th place time of 12:58.7.

Cranbrook's Jytte Apel finished in 41st.

The next competition for the biathletes is Friday's mixed relay event

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross-country skiers competed in the relay events on day 8 of the games.

In the womens 3x5km relay events – Canada's trio of Alana Thomas, Alexia Pichard-Joilcouer and Anna Crawford finished in 12th apot – clocking a time of 48:56.5.

In the mens 4x10km relay, the Canadian skiers also finished in 12th spot with a time of 2:02:58.7.

The next competition for the cross-country skiers is Friday's Men's 30km event.

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Mike Anderson, Canada's Men's curling finished the round-robin in sixth place at 4-5 – they did not advance to the medal round

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Hollie Nicol, After closing out the round robin with a 9-0 record, Canada's Women's enjoyed a day off and watched as Great Britain defeated the Czech Republic in a tiebreaker to determine the final playoff participant.  Canada will face Great Britain in one of two Thursday semifinals, while China and Russia meet in the other.
The bronze medal matchup will take place Thursday afternoon, with the gold medal match slated for Friday.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada's Men's hockey team enjoyed a day off following a 7-2 win over Kazakhstan on Tuesday night.

Canada will face Slovakia in one of two Friday semifinals, Russia and Kazakhstan will meet in the other.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada's Women's Hockey enjoyed a day off after wrapping up the round-robin portion of the competition with a 5-0 record. Canada will face Slovakia in one of two Thursday night semifinals.  Filand and China will meet in the other semifinal.

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
The Canadian men have finished their Universiade competition

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On the women's side, The Canadians competed in the 1000-meter event.

Ste-Foy, Quebec's Justine L'Heureux posted another impressive finish at the games, skating the 2 1/2 lap circuit in a time of 1:19.59 - good enough for 9th place.

Despite dealing with a sore shoulder all week, Calgary's Kirsti Lay toughed out another good skate, finishing in a 16th place time of 1:21.38, one spot ahead of teammate Anastacia Bucsis and her clocking of 1:21.53. 

Now skating out of Quebec City, Calgary's Shannon Sibold also turned in a solid performance, hitting the line in 1:23.68 - good for 24th spot.

The Canadian women will next take to the ice on Thursday, competing in the 5000-meter team pursuit event.

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's short track speed skaters completed their competition Monday and departed the athlete's village.

Canada's combined medal count stands at three – two silver and a bronze.

FEBRUARY 26

BIATHLON
Canada's biathletes did not compete on day 9 of the games.

The next competition for the biathletes is Friday's mixed relay event

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross-country skiers did not compete on day 9 of the games.

The next competition for the cross-country skiers is Friday's Men's 30km event.

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Mike Anderson, Canada's Men's curling finished the round-robin in sixth place at 4-5 – they did not advance to the medal round

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier's Hollie Nicol, Canada defeated Great Britain 7-5 in the semifinal to advance to Friday's gold medal match.

Canada will meet world silver medalist Bingyu Wang of China for gold.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada's Men's hockey team enjoyed a day off on day 9 of the games.

Canada will face Slovakia in one of two Friday semifinals, Russia and Kazakhstan will meet in the other.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada's Women's Hockey team advance to the gold medal final with a 10-1 win over Slovakia in one of two Thursday night semifinals. Canada will face either Finland and China in Friday's final

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
The Canadian men have finished their Universiade competition

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On the women's side, The Canadians competed in the team pursuit event.

Ste-Foy, Quebec's Justine L'Heureux combined with Calgary skaters Kirsti Lay and Shannon Sibold for a 6th place performance - posting a time of 3:12.64.

The Canadians failed to advance to the medal skate - but posted a time of 3:13.45 in a consolation side skate

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's short track speed skaters have completed their Universiade competition.

Canada's combined medal count stands at three – two silver and a bronze.    

FEBRUARY 27

BIATHLON
Canada’s biathletes wrapped up their competition with the mixed relay event. Canada finished the race in 8th place.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Canada's cross-country skiers wrapped up their competition with the Women's 15 km and Men’s 30km events.

Anna Crawford was the fastest skier for Canada, posting a 31st place finishing time of 53:59.6,

Alexia Pichard-Jolicoeur skied the course in a time of 55:17.5 - good for 37th spot, with Alana Thomas arriving at the finish line in 42nd place clocking in at 56:32.0.

In the men's 30km event, Ed McCarthy placed 35th, in a time of 1:35:20 with Gavin Hamilton finishing with a 42nd place time of 1:38:39.5 - one spot better than Carl Steudler's time of 1:38:43.5

MENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier’s Mike Anderson, Canada’s Men’s curling team finished the round-robin in sixth place at 4-5 – they did not advance to the medal round

WOMENS CURLING
Skipped by Laurier’s Hollie Nicol, Canada won a silver medal, losing to China's Bingyu Wang 6-5 in the gold medal final.

MENS HOCKEY
Canada defeated Slovakia 8-1 in one of two Friday semifinals. Canada will meet Russia for gold in the final competition event of the Universiade games.

WOMENS HOCKEY
Canada’s Women’s Hockey won gold, defeating China 3-1 in the final.

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING
The Canadian athletes have finished their Universiade competition

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Canada's short track speed skaters have completed their Universiade competition.

Canada’s combined medal count stands at five – one gold, three silver and a bronze.