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Here's a look at how Canadian athletes fared on the international stage over the last few days.
Hockey: Canada suffered its first loss at the men's world championship
After crushing its first five opponents by a combined score of 28-2, Canada fell 2-1 in a shootout against Finland yesterday in Sweden. Canadian stars Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon were both stopped by Finland goalie Juuse Saros in the tiebreaker.
At our publish time, Canada (16 points) was playing unbeaten Group A leader Sweden (18) in their preliminary-round finale. Finland finished with 16 points, so a regulation win would give the Canadians first place in the group, but they could end up as low as third with a regulation loss. Austria (10 points) secured fourth place and its first playoff berth in 31 years by defeating Latvia 6-1 this morning.
Three of the four quarterfinal entries from Group B have been decided. Surprising Switzerland (19 points), the United States (17) and the Czech Republic (17) will be joined by either Denmark or Germany (nine points each), who were playing for the last playoff spot at our publish time. The quarterfinals all take place on Thursday.
Golf: Taylor Pendrith earned his best finish ever at a major
The 33-year-old Canadian tied for fifth in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., firing a 3-under 68 in the final round on Sunday to finish at 5 under. That was six shots behind world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who pulled it together after a shaky front nine to win by five over fellow Americans Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley. It's
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