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Winter Universiade Team Canada roundup & results
ERZURUM, Turkey (CIS) – The women’s hockey team collected Canada’s first gold medal of the 25th Winter Universiade on Saturday, while the men’s hockey team fell in the semifinals and Canadian athletes resumed competition in alpine skiing, biathlon and cross country skiing.
Team Canada website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/winter
2011 Winter Universiade website: http://www.erzurum2011.gov.tr/english
In women’s hockey, Canada (7-0) successfully defended its
FISU title thanks to a 4-1 victory over Finland (5-1-1). Canada had
also claimed gold in 2009 when the sport made its World University
Games debut in Harbin, China. See separate game recap for
women’s hockey.
In men’s hockey, the Canadians (3-1-1) dropped a
heart-breaking 4-2 decision to defending champion Russia (5-0) in
the semifinal round. Canada will battle for bronze against
Kazakhstan (3-1-1) Sunday at 4:30 a.m. ET, while Russia will face
Belarus (5-0) in the final at 8 a.m. ET. See separate game recap
for men’s hockey.
In biathlon, Kathryn Stone of Grand Praire, Alta., was the lone
Canadian participant in the women’s 12.5 km mass start. Stone
finished 16th overall with a time of 46:35.4, which was just over
four minutes back of the leader.
On the men’s side, Jon Skinstad of Camrose, Alta., was 25th
in the 15km mass start event. He finished the race in 48:00.4.
In alpine skiing, two Canadians had top-20 finishes in the
women’s slalom. Kendall Brown of Toronto led the
red-and-white with a time of 1:50.08 that put her 18th overall,
while Rebecca Nadler of Ottawa was 21st in 1:50.30.
The final alpine event, the downhill slalom, will take place on
Sunday.
In the cross country skiing mass start events, the Canadian women
were led by Laurentian University’s Mary Thompson of
Woodstock, Ont., who finished the 15 km race in 24th position with
a time of 51:03.6. University of Calgary student Anthony Killick of
Fort McMurray, Alta., led the men’s contingent on 30 km with
a 28th place finish (1:27:47).
TEAM CANADA RESULTS: Saturday, February 5
ALPINE SKIING
Women’s Slalom
1. Sterling Grant, USA, 1:44.28; 2. Aleksandra Klus-Zamiedzowy,
Poland, 1:44.42; 3. Jana Gantnerova, Slovakia, 1:44.66; 18. Kendall
Brown, Toronto, Ont., 1:50.08; 21. Rebecca Nadler, Ottawa, Ont.,
1:50.30; Marie-France Tessier, Montreal, Que., did not finish;
Maëlle Bergeron, Quebec City, Que, did not finish first race;
Nicole Poleschuk Winnipeg, Man., did not finish first race.
BIATHLON
Women’s 12.5km Mass Start
1. Maria Sadilova, Russia, 42:00.7; 2. Anna Kunaeva, Russia,
42:47.3; 3. Stefanie Hildebrand, Germany, 43:10.5; 16. Kathryn
Stone, Grande Praire, Alta., 46:35.4.
Men’s 15km Mass Start
1. Artem Pryma, Ukraine, 41:22.2; 2; 2. Krasimir Anev, Bulgaria,
41:31.2; 3. Alexey Trusov, Russia, 41:31.4; 25. Jon Skinstad,
Camrose Alta., 48:00.4.
CROSS-COUNTRY
SKIING
Women’s 15km Mass Start
1. Alena Prochazkova, Slovakia, 43:33.2; 2. Alia Iksanova, Russia,
43:34.1; 3. Kateryna Grygorenko, Ukraine, 32:42.0; 24. Mary
Thompson, Woodstock, Ont., 51:03.6; 25. Alexia Pichard-Jolicoeur,
St-Férréol-les-Neiges, Que., 52:12.8; 26. Adele Lay,
Eden Mills, Ont., 52:38.7.
Men’s 30km Mass Start
1. Vladislav Skobelev, Russia, 1:17.19.5; 2. Ilshat Nigmatullin,
Russia, 1:17:19.8; 3. Andrey Kal’sin, Russia, 1:17:24.0; 28.
Anthony Killick, Fort McMurray, Alta., 1:27:47.4; 32. Vincent Ruel,
Charny, Que., 1:30:20.1; 36. Jesse Heckrodt, Enderby, B.C.,
1:33:26.3; Benjamin Hébert, Montreal, Que., did not start;
Colin Abbott, Whitehorse, Yukon, did not start.
WOMEN’S
HOCKEY
Final
Canada (7-0) defeats Finland (5-1-1) 4-1 to claim second
consecutive Universiade gold medal.
MEN’S
HOCKEY
Semifinals
Canada (3-1-1) loses 4-2 to Russia (5-0); plays for bronze medal
against Kazakhstan (3-1-1) on Sunday at 4:30 a.m. ET.
-CIS-
