Canada with 16 medals this weekend

 Oh boy what a weekend.  Start with speedskating.  Women's team pursuit picked up a gold AND a track record.  Men's team pursuit got a silver.  Ivanie Blondin got another silver in the mass start. Laurent Dubreuil got a silver and bronze in the 500m and a bronze in the 1000m.


At the X-Games, Megan Oldham got a silver in ski big air and a bronze in ski slopestyle.  Laurie Blouin got a bronze in snowboard slopestyle.  Cassie Sharpe got a silver and Rachel Karker got a bronze, both in ski cross superpipe. Evan McEachran got a bronze in ski slopestyle.


In bobsled, Melissa Lotholz won a bronze in monobob, while Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Ben Coakwell and Cam Stones won bronze in 4 man.


Elsewhere Marie-Michelle Gagnon won bronze in the super g in Germany, and Lewis Irving claimed bronze in freestyle aerials in Belarus.


Wow what a weekend. Perfect capper to end January.

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