Olympic wake-up call: McMorris, Toutant and Parrot soar into slopestyle final

Mark McMorris says he'll pull out all his toughest tricks in his bid for a second Olympic slopestyle medal.

The 28-year-old from Regina led a trio of Canadian snowboarders into the slopestyle final at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Sunday.

The 2018 Olympic bronze medallist posted the the second-highest score of the day, as Sébastien Toutant qualified in seventh, and Max Parrot in 10th after their two runs.

"To be given a berth into tomorrow's final and at least have a shot at a medal, that's most important," McMorris said.

"Yeah, just trying to put it all together from top to bottom isn't an easy task."

McMorris is coming off an X Games gold medal in slopestyle only two weeks ago, and will look to return to the podium in the slopestyle final, which you can watch live on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and CBC Gem on Sunday beginning at 11:10 p.m. ET.

WATCH | Mark McMorris leads trio of Canadians into Olympic snowboard slopestyle final:

I'll just let John Morris contextualize last night's match for you: "We grabbed a win from the depths of defeat in that one. That was a wild one."

No kidding.

Rachel Homan and Morris were pushed to the brink against the Czech Republic in mixed doubles curling.

But the Canadian duo made one clutch shot after another down the stretch, forcing an extra end, and stealing two points to come away with a thrilling 7-5 win at the National Aquatics Centre — a.k.a. The Ice Cube.

WATCH | Highlights: Homan, Morris win a thriller in mixed doubles

Down by one point going into the final stone of the eighth end, Homan delivered with a draw for two – with their play clock winding down – to send it to an extra end.

Although the Czechs had the hammer, Canada was unfazed stealing two in the extra