Olympic viewing guide: Canadians skate for medals, Shaun White's last dance

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Canada added four more medals today, matching its highest single-day total of the Games. Speed skater Isabelle Weidemann's silver in the women's 5,000 metres made her the first Canadian to reach multiple podiums in Beijing. Twenty-year-old Éliot Grondin took silver in the men's snowboard cross after a photo finish, Canada picked up a bronze in freestyle skiing's new mixed team aerials event, and alpine skier Jack Crawford added a bronze in the men's combined to become the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in that discipline.

With 12 medals through six days of full competition, Canada is tied with Norway for second in total medals. Austria leads with 13. See the standings and a full medal breakdown here. 

Canada has some chances to grow its pile on Day 7. We'll start our daily viewing guide there, and look ahead to the start of the women's hockey playoffs. Plus, great starts for the Canadian men's hockey and four-person curling teams, a snowboard legend's last dance, and the latest on the strange figure skating situation that could result in Canada being awarded another medal.

Two events stand out, though it feels like there's a wide range of plausible outcomes for the three Canadian contenders involved in them. In chronological order:

Speed skating: Men's 10,000m at 3 a.m. ET

The two Canadians in this event both come with impressive resumés — and major question marks.

Ted-Jan Bloemen is the defending Olympic champion and the Olympic record-holder. He took silver in the 10,000m at the 2020 world championships and is currently ranked No. 2