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Olympic wake-up call: O'Dine makes good on her Olympic 2nd chance

Meryeta O'Dine won Canada's seventh medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Wednesday, picking up a bronze in the women's snowboard cross final at the Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium in Zhangjiakou, China.

The 24-year-old became the first Canadian to medal in the event since Dominique Maltais won silver in Sochi in 2014.

American Lindsey Jacobellis won her long-eluded gold medal in the event, after years of Olympic heartbreak beginning with her crash on the penultimate jump at the 2006 Games in Torino.

It was O'Dine's second time on the Olympic team, but only the first competitiuon she was able to take part in, following a concussion suffered just days before PyeongChang 2018.

To relive all the excitement, or anything else you missed overnight, you can watch full replays of all Olympic events here.

Tess Critchlow of Big White, B.C., placed sixth, Audrey McManiman of St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Que., and North Vancouver's Zoe Bergermann finished in third and fourth in their respective quarter-final races.

WATCH | Meryeta O'Dine claims snowboard cross bronze:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said an "emerging issue" with "legal consultation" delayed the award ceremony for the team figure skating competition.

The Russian Olympic Committee team won gold in the event, the United States won silver, and Japan won bronze. Canada placed fourth, and could be in line to be upgraded to a medal position if any of those teams are disqualified.

"We have athletes that have won medals involved," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said at a daily news briefing.

The IOC said it would provide an update on Wednesday, but has not as of publishing time.

If any athlete and team were disqualified or had their results nullified, an appeal

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