Five things to watch Saturday at the Pyeongchang Winter Games

PYEONGCHANG — Veteran Canadian snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson will make history at the Olympics on Saturday. Here are five things to watch:

• GRUELLING TEST — Crosscountry skiing ace Alex Harvey gets one more chance at an Olympic medal when he competes in the 50-kilometre mass start. The 29-year-old from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., is the reigning world champion in the gruelling event.

• AGELESS WONDER — Some 20 years after making his Olympic debut, 42-year-old Canadian snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson will compete in a record sixth Winter Games. The 42-yearold from Mont-Tremblant, Que., is the only Canadian to compete at six Winter Games.

• MASS CHAOS — The longtrack speedskating mass start event makes its Olympic debut and a Canadian could end up on the podium. Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa is a former short-track speedskater and is comfortable in the head-to-head, elbows-up race, which sees several skaters jockey and jostle for position over 16 laps. Blondin has won world championship gold and silver and a World Cup title in the race. • AIRBORNE — The new event of snowboarding big air wraps up with the men’s final. Canadians Mark McMorris and Max Parrot will be looking to earn their second medals of the Games. Parrot, of Bromont, Que., and Regina’s McMorris finished second and third respectively in slopestyle. Sebastien Toutant of L’Assomption, Que., is also in the men’s final.