Viewing the 2022 Winter Olympics standings by gold medals, Canada is far down the list with 4 gold medals. Viewing the overall media standings from the games in Beijing, Canada finished 4th in the world with 26 medals.
Norway led the way with 37 medals, 16 gold. ROC only had 6 gold and 32 overall. Germany had 27 medals, 12 gold. Canada finished with 4 gold, 8 silver, and 14 bronze for a total of 26, 1 more than the United States.
The gold medal count was a sharp drop for Canada. The Canadians hadn't scored this low in gold since winning 3 gold medals in Lillehammer in 1994. Canada had been in double digits for the past 3 Winter Olympics.
Canada set a record total of 29 medals in Pyeongchang in 2018.
A complete Olympic collection for @MaxParrot 🥇🥈🥉 pic.twitter.com/NhF7lesnih
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 15, 2022
Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot had a golden story. Parrot beat cancer and fewer than 3 years later, won gold in the men's slopestyle event. Parrot won a second medal in Beijing with a bronze in the men's Big Air snowboarding even.
Parrot won silver in Pyeongchang in 2018.
Charles Hamelin finished his Winter Olympics career with a gold medal (along with Steven Dubois, Pascal Dion, Jordan Pierre-Gilles and reserve Maxime Laoun) in the men's short-track speedskating 5,000-metre relay. Hamelin finishes with 6 overall medals, 4 of them gold.
You can read more about all the medal winners for Canada. CBC Sports shone a spotlight on cool stories from the Beijing Games.
At this point, Canada will not win a figure skating medal for the first time since 1980. Canada finished 4th in the team event but could take the bronze medal if the Russians lose their gold medal over Kamila Valieva's positive doping test.
Kaillie Humphries, who was a bobsled star for Team Canada and now represents the United States, won gold in the debut of women's monobob in Beijing.
CANADA FOR THE CURLING WIN 🇨🇦 🥌
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) February 18, 2022
Brad Gushue and his team from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador defeat the United States 8-5 to win Olympic curling bronze.
It keeps the streak of Canada winning a medal in curling at every Olympics since it returned in 1998. #cbccurl
The Canadian women's curling team narrowly missed advancing to medal contention by losing the tiebreaker in the draw shot challenge system. Skipper Jennifer Jones, who won gold in 2014, was the skipper in 2022. The 2014 gold medal was the last medal Canada won in women's curling.
The men's team had much better fortune with a comeback win over the United States for the bronze medal.
Canada wins gold medal in women's hockey; 3-2 over the United States
We covered the adventures of the women's hockey gold medal run. Marie-Philip Poulin aka Captain Clutch scored the game-winning goal in 3 of the last 4 Olympics, dating back to 2010 in Vancouver.
The team scored 57 goals, easily the best mark in Canadian Olympics history. That would have been 58 but Natalie Spooner's 1st period goal was wiped out over an offsides call.
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Steve Armitage announced his retirement at the end of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Armitage has been a steady part of the CBC Olympics coverage. He also was known as a host for Hockey Night in Canada on West Coast games and a long career covering the CFL on CBC. Your humble narrator remembers well when Armitage called CFL games on CBC after the public broadcaster let Chris Cuthbert go in 2005.
First Nations in B.C. preparing bid for 2030 Olympics (The Current)
Calgary voters say no to 2026 Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics might come back to Canada. The Calgary push was perfect for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games until the Calgary voters had their non-binding plebiscite. The 56.4% "no" vote with a 40% turnout was a bit shocking given how the Olympics would have been a boost for a financially struggling region.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The 2030 Olympics don't have a home but could be back in Canada.
A group of First Nations in British Columbia want to put in a bid for the 2030 Olympics. The Olympics would be in Vancouver and Whistler, just like the 2010 Winter Olympics, but with an Indigenous leadership.
Matt Galloway talked with Squamish Nation councillor Wilson Williams and Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow about their bid on The Current on CBC Radio One.
You might recall that Calgary had outsourced Whistler for its 2026 bid.
Vancouver could always use more housing, first for the athletes and then for regular people.
If there are going to be a few places around the globe to host the Winter Olympics, Vancouver and Whistler should be high on that list.
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The 2022 Paralympics will be in Beijing from March 4-13. There are 49 Canadian athletes, including 19 first-time Paralympians. Brian McKeever, who we wrote about last Monday, will be in his 6th Paralympic Games. McKeever has 17 medals, including 13 gold.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will be in Paris.
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Twitter captures: @TeamCanada; @Devin_Heroux