Olympic Memories:
A daybyday look back at Canada at the Games. »
DAY 1: FRIDAY, FEB. 7
Hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser carried the Canadian flag into the opening ceremony at Fisht Stadium. Canada sent a team of 220 athletes to Sochi: 121 men and 99 women.
DAY 2: SATURDAY, FEB. 8
The Dufour- Lapointe sisters — Justine and Chloe — won gold and silver and hearts across the world, holding hands as they received their women’s moguls medals. Earlier in the day, Mark McMorris overcame broken ribs to give Canada its first medal of the Games: bronze in men’s snowboard slopestyle.
Medal tally: 3 — 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
DAY 3: SUNDAY, FEB. 9
Led by Kevin Reynolds — who landed three quads, including one in combination, in his long program — the Canadian figure skating team won silver in the Olympic debut of the team event.
Overall medal tally: 4 — 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
DAY 4: MONDAY, FEB. 10
Canada vaulted to the top of the medals table, thanks to two moguls skiers and a short- tracker from Quebec. Charles Hamelin started the day off with a win in the men’s 1,500- metre race before Alex Bilodeau won gold in moguls, becoming the first Canadian man to successfully defend an Olympic title. Teammate Mikael Kingsbury stood next to him on the podium, winning silver.
Overall medal tally: 7 — 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
DAY 5: TUESDAY, FEB. 11
Dara Howell made history, becoming the first to win an Olympic gold medal in women’s ski slopestyle’s Games debut. Her teammate, Kim Lamarre, won bronze.
Overall medal tally: 9 — 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
DAY 6: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12
Veteran speedskater Denny Morrison wasn’t supposed to compete in the 1,000- metre race after falling in Canadian trials. But teammate Gilmore Junio gave up his spot, thinking Morrison had a better shot at the podium than he did. He wasn’t disappointed. Morrison won a silver medal, adding to his gold ( 2010) and silver ( 2006) in team pursuit.
Overall medal tally: 10 — 4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze
DAY 7: THURSDAY, FEB. 13
It was a tough day for Canada with no medals. The highly touted Canadian luge team, which had enjoyed excellent World Cup results all season, finished just off the podium in fourth place, while Charles Hamelin crashed out of the men’s 1,000 race and his brother Francois crashed during the 5,000- metre relay semifinals.
Overall medal tally: 10 — 4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze
DAY 8: FRIDAY, FEB. 14
It wasn’t the colour he wanted — nor was it close to his best performance — but Canada’s Patrick Chan still secured his second medal of the Olympics, silver in men’s figure skating.
Overall medal tally: 11 — 4 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze
DAY 9: SATURDAY, FEB. 15
Denny Morrison struggled at Canadian qualifying, but he had the meet of his life in Sochi, picking up his second medal of the Olympics: bronze in the men’s 1,500- metre race.
Overall medal tally: 12 — 4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze
DAY 10: SUNDAY, FEB. 16
Canadian athletes had won two medals by the time the sun rose back home. Jan Hudec gave Canada its first medal in alpine skiing in 20 years — winning bronze in the men’s super G — and a little less than an hour later, Dominique Maltais won silver in women’s snowboardcross.
Overall medal tally: 14 — 4 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze
DAY 11: MONDAY, FEB. 17
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win silver in ice dance, giving them their second silver medal of the Games. It wasn’t without controversy, given French sports magazine L’Equipe reported earlier in the Games that Russian and American judges had conspired to mark them down so the Russians would win the team event and Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White the gold, which they did. Both couples skated spectacularly in the free dance.
Overall medal tally: 15 — 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze
DAY 12: TUESDAY, FEB. 18
One medal came early and one came late, and they were both silver. Canada’s short track skaters ( Marianne St- Gelais, MarieEve Drolet, Valerie Maltais and Jessica Hewitt) won silver in the women’s 3,000- metre relay in an afternoon event, while Mike Riddle finished second under the lights in the debut of men’s ski halfpipe.
Overall medal tally: 17 — 4 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze
DAY 13: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19
Kaillie Humphries put an exclamation mark on one of the most dominant bobsled careers in history, winning a second straight gold medal with Heather Moyse. She came from behind to beat American Elana Meyers on the final run.
Overall medal tally: 18 — 5 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze
DAY 14: THURSDAY, FEB. 20
It was a day for Canada’s women to shine. Jennifer Jones won gold in women’s curling, while the Canada women’s hockey team struck gold a few hours later, coming from behind to beat the U. S. 3- 2 in overtime.
Overall medal tally: 20 — 7 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze
DAY 15: FRIDAY, FEB. 21
Marielle Thompson won gold and Kelsey Serwa silver in women’s skicross, making it the fourth time in Sochi that two Canadians landed on the podium in the same event. Later in the day, Brad Jacobs gave Canada its second gold medal of the Games in curling — the first time both Canadian teams finished atop the podium — and unheralded Charle Cournoyer won short track bronze in the men’s 500- metre race. The men’s hockey team, meanwhile, beat the U. S. 1- 0 to secure a spot in the gold- medal game.
Overall medal tally: 24 — 9 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze
DAY 16: SATURDAY, FEB. 22
For just the second time in Sochi, Canadian athletes finished the day without a medal. Speedskaters Denny Morrison, Lukas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux came the closest to the podium, finishing fourth in team pursuit.
Overall medal tally: 24 — 9 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze
DAY 17: SUNDAY, FEB. 23
It was the medal Canadians wanted most: gold in men’s hockey. Jonathan Toews, Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz scored, while Carey Price earned the shutout in a 3- 0 win over Sweden.
Overall medal tally: 25 — 10 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze Bev Wake, Postmedia News