Beijing Winter Olympics: Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury wins silver in men's moguls

5 Feb 2022

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Beijing Winter Olympics Canadas Mikaël Kingsbury wins silver in mens moguls

Defending Olympic champion Mikaël Kingsbury wins silver in men’s moguls, while Canadian speed skater Isabelle Weidemann raced to bronze in the women’s 3,000 metres

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury competes in the men's moguls finals at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press

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Isabelle Weidemann, of Canada, smiles from the podium after winning the bronze medal in the women’s 3000m speed skating race at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Saturday, February 5, 2022. This is Weidemann's first Olympic medal in her second Olympic appearance.Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press

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Long track speed skater Isabelle Weidemann of Canada in action during the women’s 3000m event. Weidemann earned bronze with a time of three minutes 58.64 seconds.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters

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Isabelle Weidemann of Canada and Ragne Wiklund of Norway in action during the women's 3000m speed skating race at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Saturday.SUSANA VERA/Reuters

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Team Canada's Isabelle Weidemann reacts after crossing the finish line in the women’s 3000m speed skating event.ELOISA LOPEZ/Reuters

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Isabelle Weidemann of Team Canada and Ragne Wiklund of Team Norway congratulate each other after the women's 3000m race.Elsa/Getty Images

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(R-L) Rosie Brennan of Team United States, Ebba Andersson of Team Sweden and Therese Johaug of Team Norway compete during the women's cross country 15-kilometre cross-country skiathlon at The National Cross-Country Skiing Centre on February 05, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

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Therese Johaug of Norway crosses the finish line in the women’s 15km cross-country skiathlon winning gold at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.LINDSEY WASSON/Reuters

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Norway's Therese Johaug (front) celebrates becoming the first gold medallist at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

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Team Canada forward Jill Saulnier (11) scores the seventh goal on Team Finland goalkeeper Meeri Raisanen (18) as Team Finland's Jenni Hiirikoski (6) defends during second period women's ice hockey action on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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Finland's goaltender Anni Keisala concedes a goal during the women's preliminary match against Canada at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.BRYAN SNYDER/AFP/Getty Images

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Jamie Lee Rattray (47) of Team Canada celebrates her goal past Anni Keisala (36) of Team Finland during the women's preliminary match at Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing. Canada cruised to an 11-1 win over Finland.Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

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Spectators cheer from the stands during the women’s preliminary hockey round at Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on Saturday.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters

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Mikael Kingsbury, of Canada, centre, and other competitors inspect the course for the men's moguls at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Saturday, February 5, 2022.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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Nikita Andreev of Team ROC performs a trick during the men's freestyle skiing moguls final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Genting Snow Park on February 05, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

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Sacha Theocharis of Team France performs a trick during the men's freestyle skiing moguls finals at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China.Cameron Spencer

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Sugimoto Kosuke of Japan in action during the men's freestyle skiing moguls finals on Saturday.LISI NIESNER/Reuters

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Team Canada's Mikael Kingsbury performs a trick during the men's freestyle skiing moguls final at Genting Snow Park.Al Bello/Getty Images

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Mikael Kingsbury of Canada in action during the men’s moguls final.MIKE BLAKE/Reuters

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Mikael Kingsbury of Canada reacts after his run.LISI NIESNER/Reuters

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Team Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury (L) reacts after competing in the men's moguls finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Saturday. Kingsbury took home the silver medal just behind gold medal winner Sweden's Walter Wallberg (C) and Ikuma Horishima (R), of Japan, claimed the bronze.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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Canada's Mikael Kingsbury (R) and Sweden's Walter Wallberg greet each other after winning medals in the men's moguls finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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Mikael Kingsbury, of Canada, celebrates his silver medal winning run at men's moguls finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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Rachel Homan and John Morris of Team Canada compete against the United States during the mixed doubles curling match at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Saturday.EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/Reuters

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Rachel Homan of Canada in action.EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/Reuters

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Emma Lunder of Team Canada skis during mixed biathlon 4x6km relay at the National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, China.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

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Wearing #18, Sarah Beaudry of Team Canada competes in the mixed 4x6km relay, which features two men and two women per team, in the first biathlon event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters

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Sarah Beaudry of Team Canada competes in the mixed biathlon 4x6km relay at the National Biathlon Centre.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

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Alyson Charles of Canada, races in her heat of the women's 500m during the short track speed skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics.Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press

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Pascal Dion, of Canada, leads the pack in his heat during the men's 1000m short track speed skating competition.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press

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Fan Kexin of China and Martina Valcepina of Italy in action as Florence Brunelle of Canada and Petra Jaszapati of Hungary crash during the mixed team short track speed skating relay at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.TOBY MELVILLE/Reuters

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Team Canada including Jordan Pierre-Gilles (L) Steven Dubois (2L) Kim Boutin (2R) Florence Brunelle (R) react after finishing fourth in the mixed team relay speed skating final on Saturday.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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Team Canada head coach Jeremy Colliton directs a men's hockey team practice at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Saturday.Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press

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Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes of Team Canada jumps during men's normal hill individual qualification round at National Ski Jumping Centre.Maja Hitij/Getty Images

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Canada’s Abigail Strate makes her Olympic debut competing in women’s ski jumping at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, ChinaHANNAH MCKAY/Reuters

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Reid Watts, of Canada, slides during a luge men's run at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Watts sits in 17th place, 2.619 seconds behind the leader heading into runs three and four.Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press

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Coming up at the Beijing Olympics

All dates and times (ET)

What to watch later today, Feb. 5

Freestyle Skiing: Men’s moguls, final (medal opportunity), 6:30 a.m. ET
Ski jumping: Women’s individual, normal hill, final round (medal opportunity), 6:35 a.m. ET
Short track: Men’s 1000 m, heats, 6:38 a.m. ET
Curling: Mixed doubles, round robin, Canada vs. U.S., 7:05 a.m. ET
Short track: Mixed 2000 m relay, quarter-final, 7:23 a.m. ET
Luge: Men’s single, run 2, 7:50 a.m. ET
Short track: Mixed 2000 m relay, semi-final, 7:53 a.m. ET
Short track: Mixed 2000 m relay, finals (medal opportunity), 8:18 a.m. ET
Figure skating: Mixed team, qualification – women’s short program, 8:30 p.m. ET
Snowboard: Women’s slopestyle, final (medal opportunity), 8:30 p.m. ET
Alpine skiing: Men’s downhill (medal opportunity), 10 p.m. ET
Figure skating: Mixed team, final – men’s free program, 10:50 p.m. ET
Snowboard: Men’s slopestyle, qualification, 11:30 p.m. ET

What to watch tomorrow, Feb. 6

Curling: Mixed doubles, Round robin: Canada vs. Czech Republic, 1:05 a.m. ET
Freestyle Skiing: Women’s moguls, qualification 2, 5 a.m. ET
Curling: Mixed doubles, Round robin: Canada vs. Australia, 7:05 a.m. ET
Curling: Mixed doubles, Round robin: Canada vs. Italy, 8:05 p.m. ET
Hockey: Women, Canada vs. ROC, 11:10 p.m. ET

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FILE - Men's halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White bites his medal during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 14, 2018.Patrick Semansky/The Associated Press

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