Canada鈥檚 Brady Leman has earned his Olympic redemption.
Leman, from Calgary, won gold in the men鈥檚 skicross at the Pyeongchang Games on Wednesday, making up for a disappointing fourth-place finish at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Toronto鈥檚 Kevin Drury was last in the four-man big final after crashing with Sergey Ridzik, an Olympic Athlete from Russia. Ridzik recovered enough to finish behind Leman and Switzerland鈥檚 Marc Bischofberger.
Drury was seemingly O.K. after the crash, shouting encouragement to Leman before the podium ceremony.
David Duncan of London, Ont., was fourth in the small final, putting him eighth overall.
Montreal鈥檚 Chris Del Bosco crashed in an earlier heat and was taken to hospital where he was conscious and stable. A spokesperson for Freestyle Canada told The Canadian Press that Del Bosco has a suspected pelvic injury.
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Canadian curler Rachel Homan is leaving the Olympics earlier than she鈥檇 hoped. Her rink鈥檚 fifth loss of the women鈥檚 round robin eliminated them from medal contention, the first time Canada has ever missed out on a medal in either men鈥檚 or women鈥檚 curling since the sports made its return to the Winter Olympics in 1998.
Homan鈥檚 team fell 6-5 to Britain鈥檚 Eve Muirhead in the morning draw. The Canadians needed to win it and their round-robin finale against Olympic Athletes from Russia to avoid elimination.
鈥淚鈥檓 a little bit disappointed,鈥� Homan said. 鈥淲e wanted to try and qualify and make playoffs for Canada, but we gave it all we had. We never gave up. It鈥檚 the way it goes sometimes. It鈥檚 sport.鈥�
The top four teams in the round robin advance to the semifinals.
South Korea鈥檚 EunJung Kim (7-1) and Sweden鈥檚 Anna Hasselborg (6-2) were already playoff-bound prior to the final draw. Japan鈥檚 Satsuki Fujisawa was 5-3 ahead of Muirhead at 5-4.
Canada鈥檚 Kevin Koe was 5-3 with one game remaining in the men鈥檚 round robin against Denmark.
Snowboarders Mark McMorris and Max Parrot could earn more medals after qualifying for the men鈥檚 big air final.
McMorris, from Regina, was third in the second heat, scoring a 95.75 on his second run to qualify for Saturday鈥檚 final.
Parrot, from Bromont, Que., was the top qualifier in the first heat with a 92.50 run. Sebastien Toutant of L鈥橝ssomption, Que., also advanced with his 91.00-point performance.
McMorris is less than a year removed from a catastrophic backcountry snowboarding accident. He has already earned a bronze in men鈥檚 slopestyle at these Games behind Parrot, who took silver.
The top six performers from each 18-man heat advanced.
In figure skating, Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L., was in third place following the women鈥檚 short program. Osmond scored 78.87 points, 4.05 behind leader Alina Zagitova.
The Canadian Press
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