Meet the Olympic medal-winning women from Canada at Beijing 2022 - from Bobsleigh to Speed Skating
The women of Team Canada contributed to more than half the team's medal total of 24 so far at Beijing 2022.
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The women of Team Canada contributed to more than half the team's medal total of 24 so far at Beijing 2022.
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Sandra Näslund won her first ever Winter Olympic gold medal on Thursday as she raced to victory in the women’s ski-cross final in Beijing.
At the top of the ski-cross run just seconds ahead of the first semi-final start two competitors turned to each other, smiled and fist-bumped before leaning forward to get into their starting position.
Canada is on top of the women's hockey world after a thrilling 3-2 win over the United States in the Olympic gold-medal match at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Thursday.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Sweden's Sandra Naeslund stormed to victory in a controversial women's ski cross final at the Beijing Games, bursting out of the gate in the final on Thursday and not looking back until her first Olympic medal was in the bag.
Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund claimed gold in a controversial women’s ski-cross final that saw Switzerland’s Fanny Smith relegated from third to fourth after a lengthy video review. World champion Naeslund, who came fifth in 2014 and fourth in 2018, finally won Olympic gold while Canada’s 2014 champion Marielle Thompson took silver. Ad/> Switzerland’s Fanny Smith, a bronze medallist in Pyeonchang and a 29-time World Cup winner, crossed the line in third.
The usual suspects made it to the final of the women's freestyle ski cross event at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou but the race was anything but usual.