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BEIJING — Canada's 6-1 win over Russia in Olympic women's hockey Monday featured the strange visual of players on both teams wearing masks under their cages after a delayed puck drop.
ice hockey players wore medical face masks on Monday during their Beijing Winter Games match, which also started an hour late, in a bizarre chapter for the Games. Canada ran out 6-1 winners and their player Natalie Spooner said afterwards that the game had been delayed because their opponents had not got their results back from morning testing for Covid. The Russians were on the ice for the scheduled start time but their opponents at Wukesong Sports Centre were not initially there for their Group A showdown.
Downhill veteran Johan Clarey has dedicated his silver medal to his friend and former colleague David Poisson. Poisson, a French Alpine ski racer, passed away in 2017 after an accident in training. Ad/> And as 41-year-old Clarey became the oldest medal winner in Olympic Alpine skiing history, he paid tribute to Poisson.
Ireen Wust became the first Summer or Winter Olympian in history to win an individual gold medal at five separate Games with a stunning triumph in the women’s 1500m speed skating event. She clocked an Olympic record of 1:23.58 on her way to glory.
Players wore face masks during an ice hockey match at the Winter Olympics that was delayed for nearly an hour by confusion over Covid-19 tests.
Click on the video player above beginning on Saturday at 6:30 a.m. ET to watch live coverage of Olympic short track speed skating at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Three years ago Max Parrot was in hospital fighting cancer - on Monday he won men's snowboard slopestyle gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Switzerland's Beat Feuz won a thrilling men's downhill at the Winter Olympics, with 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey taking silver to become the oldest Olympic medallist in alpine skiing.