the mad sports man

 .... Matt Dunstone of Manitoba. Him, Colton Lott, EJ Harnden, Ryan Harnden and alternate Jacob Horgn defeated Kevin Koe and his team 6-3 to win his first Brier. Dunstone will represent Canada at the men's worlds later in the month in Ogden City, Utah.  Congratulations.

 Three more medals. First the bronze. Tyler Turner wins it in the para snowboard cross. Next the gold. Natalie Wilkie wins it in the women's para biathlon individual. Now the silver. Mark Arendz wins it in the men's para biathlon individual. That is now 1g, 3s, 2b for 6 total.

 A silver and a bronze. The silver is from Natalie Wilkie in para biathlon and the bronze is from Kurt Oatway in para sit skiing. Yippee!! That is 2s, 1b for 3 total.

 .......a silver in men's downhill visually impaired. Kalle Ericsson and guide Sierra Smith have it. Great start. More to come.

 The flame has been lit, speeches made, formalities are done. 55 nations at the ceremony. A pretty good opening ceremony today. 9 days of competition to begin. Canada with 50 athletes here. Let's go.

 They are Tyler McGregor and Natalie Wilkie . McGregors 4th games and Wilkies 3rd. Opening ceremony is next Friday.

 The flame is out. Closing speeches made. Last medals handed out. Handover made. The winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina D'ampezzo are officially done. Next up the 2028 summer games followed by the 2030 winter Games in the French Alps.

 The US wins gold in men's hockey, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime. That finishes competition with  5g, 7s, 9b for 21 total. Coming up are the closing ceremony.

 ... Valerie Maltais and Steven Dubois. Both have won medals here. Congratulations to both.

 The team of Brad Jacobs, Mark Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert and alternate Tyler Tardi has won men's curling gold, beating Great Britain 9-6. Yippee. That is now 5g, 6s, and 9b for 20 total. Yes!!

 This in the women's mass start. It's Ivanie Blondin who gets the silver. That is now 4g, 6s and 9b for 19 total. We're finishing with over 20. 

 The team of Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes and alternate Rachelle Brown have a bronze medal after beating the United States 10-7 in the bronze medal game. That is now 4g 5s and 9b for 18 total.