CANADIANS IN ACTION
BIATHLON Mixed 2x6 + 2x7.5 km Relay — Canada ( Rosanna Crawford, Canmore, Alta., Julia Ransom, Kelowna, B.C., Brendan Green, Haw River, N.W.T., Christian Gow, Calgary) 12th ( 1: 11: 11.0). BOBSLEIGH Women’s two- seater — Kaillie Humphries, Calgary, and Phylicia George, Markham, Ont., fifth after two runs ( 1: 41.60); Alysia Rissling, Edmonton, and Heather Moyse, Summerside, P. E. I., seventh ( 1: 41.76); Christine de Bruin, Stony Plain, Alta., and Melissa Lotholz, Barrhead, Alta., eighth ( 1: 41.85). All three teams compete for a medal on Feb. 21. CURLING Women — Rachel Homan, Ottawa, lost 7- 5 to China, dropping to seventh place at 3- 4.
Men — Kevin Koe, Edmonton, defeated Japan 8- 4, improve to 5-3, tied with Great Britain for second place. FIGURE SKATING Ice dancing — Tessa Virtue, London Ont., and Scott Moir, Ilderton, Ont., won gold with overall score of 206.07. Kaitlyn Weaver, Toronto, and Andrew Poje, Waterloo, Ont., seventh in the free skate ( 107.65) seventh overall ( 181.98). Piper Gilles, Toronto, and Paul Poirier, Unionville, Ont., eighth in the free skate ( 107.31) eighth overall ( 176.91). FREESTYLE SKIING Women’s halfpipe final — Cassie Sharpe, Comox, B.C., won the gold medal with a top run of 95.8 points; Rosalind Groenewoud, Calgary, 10th with 70.6.
Men’s halfpipe — Mike Riddle, Sherwood Park, Alta., seventh with a top run of 82.2 points; Noah Bowman, Calgary ninth ( 77.2). Both qualified for final. Simon d’Artois, Whistler, B.C., 13th ( 66.6). Did not qualify. SPEED SKATING
Short Track Men’s 500 — Samuel Girard, Ferland- etBoilleau, Que., won second heat (40.493), advanced to quarter- finals; Charles Hamelin, Sainte-Julie, Que., penalized. Did not advance.
Women’s 1,000 — Kim Boutin, Sherbrooke, Que., won heat ( 1: 32.420), advanced to quarter- finals; Marianne St- Gelais, Saint- Felicien, Que., second in her heat ( 1: 30.512), advanced to the quarter- finals; Valerie Maltais, Saguenay, Que., second in her heat ( 1: 30.773), advanced to the quarter- finals. All three compete on Feb. 22.
Women’s 3,000 Relay — Canada ( Boutin, St- Gelais, Maltais, Kasandra Bradette, SaintFelicien, Que.) penalized in A final and ranked eighth. The Canadian Press