Despite some surprising misses, Canada assured of highest Winter Olympic medal count
Canada is assured of its highest medal count at a Winter Olympics with two days of competition to go, and that’s without expected contributions in sports it normally dominates.
A three-medal day, led by Kelsey Serwa’s gold and Brittany Phelan’s silver in women’s skicross and Kaetlyn Osmond’s figure-skating bronze, gave Canada 27 overall medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, eclipsing its previous high of 26 from the 2010 Vancouver Games.
But an expected medal in men’s curling will not be added to the coffers after Kevin Koe lost 7-5 to Switzerland in the bronze-medal game. Coupled with Rachel Homan’s disappointing showing in the women’s tournament, Canada will be without a medal in both team events since the sport was re-introduced to the Winter Games in 1998.
And it remains to be seen whether the men’s hockey team will be able to up the medal count after a shocking 4-3 semifinal loss to Germany. Canada will now face the Czech Republic for bronze on Saturday, while the upstart Germans face the Olympic Athletes from Russia in Sunday’s final.