Olympic viewing guide: Beefing Canadian snowboarders fight for gold tonight

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Another day, another bronze. For the third day in a row, Canada's medal output consisted of just a single third-place finish. This one was historic, at least: Christine de Bruin's bronze came in the first-ever Olympic monobob competition. Kaillie Humphries, a three-time bobsleigh medallist for Canada, won gold in her first Olympic event since switching to the U.S. team. 

Ten of Canada's 15 medals at these Games are bronze, and the country has been stuck on one gold for a week now. But that could change on Day 11 as Canada has some (literal) golden opportunities among its handful of medal chances. Also, the Canadian men's hockey team plays its first playoff game, and another Canada-U.S. showdown for women's hockey gold is officially booked. We'll cover all that in our daily viewing guide, then explain the controversial decision to allow Russian figure skating star Kamila Valieva to compete in the women's event after she failed a doping test.

Here's what to watch on Monday night and Tuesday morning:

The country has a chance to match its highest single-day medal total of these Games, which is four, and multiple gold medals are even in play. Here are the key events, in chronological order:

Snowboarding: Women's and men's big air finals

Canada has three strong medal contenders spread across the two events. Up first is the women's final at 8:30 p.m. ET, with Laurie Blouin in the hunt for gold. The 25-year-old is the reigning world champion in big air, and she won an Olympic silver in slopestyle in 2018. 

Blouin's toughest opponent is Zoi