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PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — What Canada did on Thursday at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games (distances in metres unless specified):

ALPINE SKIING

Women’s Giant Slalom Final — Candace Crawford, Toronto, finished 25th (2:25.16). Valerie Grenier, Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished her first run in 33rd (1:15.74), but did not finish her second run.

Men’s Downhill — Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Invermere, B.C., finished 14th (1:41.89); Benjamin Thomsen, Invermere, B.C., finished 28th (1:43.19); Dustin Cook, Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., finished 32nd (1:43.80); Broderick Thompson, Whistler, B.C., finished 35th (1:44.37).

BIATHLON

Men’s 20km Individual — Scott Gow, Calgary, finished 14th (50:06.3); Brendan Green, Hay River, N.W.T, was 22nd (50:30.6); Christian Gow, Calgary, finished 26th 51:01.0); Nathan Smith, Calgary, finished 81st (56:17.7).

Women’s 15km Individual — Rosanna Crawford, Canmore, Alta., was 26th (44:55.9); , Prince George, B.C., finished 29th (45:05.6); Emma Lunder, Vernon, B.C., came 54th (46:56.6); Julia Ransom, Kelowna, B.C., finished 74th (49:38.9).

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

Women’s 10km Freestyle Final — Emily Nishikawa, Whitehorse, finished 32nd (27:41.5); Dahria Beatty, Whitehorse, finished 37th (27:48.9); Cendrine Browne, Saint-Jerome, Que., finished 43rd (28:12.4); Anne-Marie Comeau, Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished 62nd (29:11.3).

CURLING

Men — Kevin Koe, Edmonton, and his rink defeated Norway 7-4 to improve to 3-0 and .

Women — Rachel Homan, Ottawa, and her rink started their tournament with an 8-6 loss to South Korea. Then they lost to Sweden 7-6. Through two draws, Canada is 0-2 and is .

FIGURE SKATING

Pairs — Meagan Duhamel, Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford, Balmertown, Ont., after posting a score of 153.33 in the free skate and an overall score of 230.15. Julianne Seguin, Longueuil, Que., and Charlie Bilodeau, Trois-Pistoles, Que., finished eighth in the free skate (136.50) and ninth overall (204.02). Kirsten Moore-Towers, St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro, Montreal, finished ninth in the free skate (132.43.) and 11th overall (198.11.).

FREESTYLE SKIING

Women’s Aerials — Catrine Lavallee, Montreal, finished the qualification runs in 13th with a best score of 73.08. She will not advance to the final.

HOCKEY

Women — Canada beat the United States 2-1 in its final preliminary round game and clinched first place in Pool A. Meghan Agosta and Sarah Nurse scored for Canada, and Genevieve Lacasse made 44 saves. on Monday, Feb. 19.

Men — Canada opened up the preliminary round with a . Defenceman Wojtek Wolski and forward Rene Bourque each scored two goals in the win.

LUGE

Team Relay — Canada (Alex Gough, Calgary, Sam Edney, Calgary, Tristan Walker, Cochrane, Alta., and Justin Snith, Calgary) (2:24.872). It was Canada’s best-ever Olympic result.

SKELETON

Men — Kevin Boyer, Sherwood Park, Alta., finished 17th (1:42.700); Dave Greszczyszyn, Brampton, Ont., finished 21st (1:43.39); Barrett Martineau, Calgary, finished 25th (1:43.699) after two runs.

SNOWBOARDING

Men’s Snowboard Cross — Chris Robanske, Calgary, finished third in his quarter-final heat and advanced to the semifinal heats. However, he did not complete his semifinal heat and was eliminated. He finished in 11th overall. Kevin Hill, Vernon, B.C., did not advance from his quarter-final heat and finished in 14th overall. Eliot Grondin, Ste-Marie, Que., did not finish his 1/8 heat and was eliminated. He finished 36th overall.

SPEED SKATING

Long Track

Men’s 10,000 — Ted-Jan Bloemen, Calgary, set an Olympic record and (12:39.77). It was Canada’s best-ever result in the distance. Jordan Belchos, Toronto, was fifth (12:59.51).