What to watch this weekend in Olympic sports

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Canadian athletes got a head start on another packed weekend of Olympic sports by capturing several medals today. Here's a look at who won and the key events coming up:

Figure skating

Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps were among the top contenders for the pairs title at the prestigious Grand Prix Final after winning both of their regular-season starts. But they slid from second place after the short program to the bronze medal today. The new German team of Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin won gold to complete a perfect Grand Prix season. Italy's Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii took the silver. Canada's Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud finished sixth in the six-team event. 

Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will have to rally if they're to repeat as ice dance champs. The Canadians are in third place after today's opening round, trailing world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States and Italy's Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri. The Canadian duos of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen and Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha are fifth and sixth, respectively.

The dance, women's and men's events conclude Saturday. Women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan topped today's short program as she chases her first Grand Prix Final title. American teenager Ilya "the Quad God" Malinin is the men's leader after yesterday's brilliant short program that included, yes, his signature quad axel. No Canadians qualified for the singles competitions.

Freestyle skiing

Moguls star Mikaël Kingsbury bounced back from last week's