Canada at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | |
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IPC code | CAN |
NPC | Canadian Paralympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Vancouver | |
Competitors | 46 in 5 sports |
Flag bearers | Jean Labonte (opening) [1] Lauren Woolstencroft (closing) |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada was the host country of the 2010 Winter Paralympics , in Vancouver, the first time it had hosted the Winter Paralympics. [2]
The 2010 Winter Paralympics was the most successful Winter Paralympics for Canada, through 2010. It collected the most total medals and most gold medals of any Winter Paralympics up until then. Canada ended the Games with 19 total medals, 10 of them gold, ending at 3rd in total medals ranking, and 3rd in gold medal ranking. This met the performance level set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee, of ending third in total medal count. [3]
Canadian cross-country skier Brian McKeever, who would have competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, would have been the first athlete ever to compete both at both the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics. [4] However, his coach cut him two days before the competition so McKeever will in fact not set an Olympic record. McKeever will compete in cross-country and biathlon events at the Winter Paralympics, with his brother Robin as his guide. [5]
Viviane Forest became the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball. [6] [7]
Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics, [8] this was eventually upped to 5 golds. With her 4th gold medal, she helped Canada set a record for most gold medals at any Winter Paralympic Games by winning the 7th medal. The previous mark was six, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympics. [9] With her 5th gold medal, she set the record for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games, and she tied the record for gold medal haul of any Canadian Paralympian at a single Games, tying Chantal Petitclerc (who did the feat twice) and Stephanie Dixon, both Summer Paralympians. [10] Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian. [11]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever | Cross-country skiing | Men's 20 km free, visually impaired | March 15 |
Gold | Lauren Woolstencroft | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom, standing | March 15 |
Gold | Lauren Woolstencroft | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom, standing | March 17 |
Gold | Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 km classic, visually impaired | March 18 |
Gold | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill, visually impaired | March 18 |
Gold | Lauren Woolstencroft | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill, standing | March 18 |
Gold | Lauren Woolstencroft | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, standing | March 19 |
Gold | Lauren Woolstencroft | Alpine skiing | Women's Super combined, standing | March 20 |
Gold | Jim Armstrong, Darryl Neighbour, Ina Forrest, Sonja Gaudet, Bruno Yizek | Wheelchair curling | Wheelchair curling | March 20 |
Gold | Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever | Cross-country skiing | Men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired | March 21 |
Silver | Colette Bourgonje | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km free, sitting | March 14 |
Silver | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom, visually impaired | March 14 |
Silver | Josh Dueck | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom, sitting | March 14 |
Silver | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, visually impaired | March 19 |
Silver | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Alpine skiing | Women's Super combined, visually impaired | March 20 |
Bronze | Karolina Wisniewska | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom, standing | March 15 |
Bronze | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom, visually impaired | March 16 |
Bronze | Colette Bourgonje | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km classic, sitting | March 18 |
Bronze | Karolina Wisniewska | Alpine skiing | Women's Super combined, standing | March 20 |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 (SG) | Run 2 (Sl) | Final/Total | ||||||
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Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
Andrea Dziewior | Downhill, standing | 1:37.53 | +11.99 | 9 | ||||||
Slalom, standing | 1:13.77 | +17.59 | 18 | 1:07.72 | +11.93 | 14 | 2:21.49 | +29.52 | 15 | |
Giant slalom, standing | did not start | |||||||||
Super-G, standing | did not start | |||||||||
Arly Fogarty | Slalom, standing | disqualified | ||||||||
Giant slalom, standing | 1:28.90 | +13.28 | 12 | 1:26.68 | +8.27 | 9 | 2:55.58 | +21.55 | 11 | |
Super-G, standing | did not start | |||||||||
Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Downhill, visually impaired | 1:27.51 | 0.00 | |||||||
Slalom, visually impaired | 56.76 | +0.86 | 2 | 1:04.69 | +0.03 | 2 | 2:01.45 | +0.89 | ||
Giant slalom, visually impaired | 1:35.03 | +9.59 | 4 | 1:36.14 | +4.93 | 4 | 3:11.17 | +14.52 | ||
Super-G, visually impaired | 1:37.54 | +3.73 | ||||||||
Super combined, visually impaired | 1:35.97 | +0.71 | 2 | 59.97 | +0.62 | 2 | 2:35.94 | +1.33 | ||
Melanie Schwartz | Slalom, standing | 1:08.92 | +12.74 | 14 | 1:06.39 | +10.60 | 13 | 2:15.31 | +23.34 | 13 |
Giant slalom, standing | 1:30.42 | +14.80 | 13 | 1:29.05 | +10.64 | 12 | 2:59.47 | +25.44 | 12 | |
Super-G, standing | 2:11.23 | +44.77 | 14 | |||||||
Super combined, standing | 1:46.26 | +19.42 | 11 | 1:08.25 | +12.42 | 10 | 2:54.51 | +31.84 | 10 | |
Karolina Wisniewska | Downhill, standing | 1:30.82 | +5.28 | 5 | ||||||
Slalom, standing | 59.76 | +3.58 | 4 | 59.08 | +3.29 | 3 | 1:58.84 | +6.87 | ||
Giant slalom, standing | 1:21.95 | +6.33 | 4 | 1:22.08 | +3.67 | 4 | 2:44.03 | +10.00 | 4 | |
Super-G, standing | 1:36.22 | +9.76 | 7 | |||||||
Super combined, standing | 1:35.21 | +8.37 | 3 | 1:00.26 | +4.43 | 5 | 2:35.47 | +12.80 | ||
Lauren Woolstencroft | Downhill, standing | 1:25.54 | 0.00 | |||||||
Slalom, standing | 56.18 | 0.00 | 1 | 55.79 | 0.00 | 1 | 1:51.97 | 0.00 | ||
Giant slalom, standing | 1:15.62 | 0.00 | 1 | 1:18.41 | 0.00 | 1 | 2:34.03 | 0.00 | ||
Super-G, standing | 1:26.46 | 0.00 | ||||||||
Super combined, standing | 1:26.84 | 0.00 | 1 | 55.83 | 0.00 | 1 | 2:22.67 | 0.00 |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 (SG) | Run 2 (Sl) | Final/Total | ||||||
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Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
Sam Carter Danniels | Downhill, sitting | did not finish | ||||||||
Super-G, sitting | did not start | |||||||||
Jeff Dickson | Downhill, standing | did not finish | ||||||||
Slalom, standing | did not start | |||||||||
Giant slalom, standing | 1:18.73 | +6.93 | 19 | 1:19.45 | +7.33 | 20 | 2:38.18 | +14.26 | T-18 | |
Super-G, standing | 1:27.83 | +7.72 | 16 | |||||||
Josh Dueck | Downhill, sitting | 1:19.88 | +1.69 | 5 | ||||||
Slalom, sitting | 49.59 | +2.02 | 4 | 56.70 | +4.03 | 2 | 1:46.29 | +4.66 | ||
Super-G, sitting | 1:25.66 | +5.68 | 13 | |||||||
Super combined, sitting | 1:26.68 | +6.06 | 11 | disqualified | ||||||
Matt Hallat | Downhill, standing | 1:25.44 | +4.64 | 11 | ||||||
Slalom, standing | 57.19 | +6.24 | 17 | 1:07.01 | +14.41 | 34 | 2:04.20 | +18.80 | 31 | |
Giant slalom, standing | did not start | |||||||||
Super-G, standing | 1:28.16 | +8.05 | 18 | |||||||
Super combined, standing | did not finish | |||||||||
Morgan Perrin | Downhill, standing | 1:26.52 | +5.72 | T-15 | ||||||
Giant slalom, standing | 1:19.22 | +7.42 | 20 | 1:20.24 | +8.12 | 21 | 2:39.46 | +15.54 | 21 | |
Super-G, standing | 1:29.15 | +9.04 | 20 | |||||||
Kirk Schornstein | Slalom, standing | 58.40 | +7.45 | 23 | 59.61 | +7.01 | 27 | 1:58.01 | +12.61 | 25 |
Giant slalom, standing | 1:22.11 | +10.31 | 25 | 1:23.27 | +11.15 | 27 | 2:45.38 | +21.46 | T-25 | |
Super-G, standing | 1:31.65 | +11.54 | 26 | |||||||
Chris Williamson Guide: Nick Brush | Downhill, visually impaired | did not start | ||||||||
Slalom, visually impaired | 52.93 | +3.05 | 8 | 58.19 | +2.78 | 5 | 1:51.12 | +5.30 | 6 | |
Giant slalom, visually impaired | 1:21.81 | +2.44 | 5 | 1:22.84 | +0.41 | 4 | 2:44.65 | +2.66 | 4 | |
Super-G, visually impaired | 1:23.74 | +2.19 | 6 | |||||||
Super combined, visually impaired | 1:27.95 | +4.10 | 6 | 50.47 | 0.00 | 1 | 2:18.42 | +3.81 | 4 | |
Athlete | Events | Factor % | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
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Real Time | Calculated Time | Missed Shots | Result | Rank | Real Time | Calculated Time | Missed Shots | Result | Rank | |||
Jody Barber | 3km pursuit, standing | 97 | 11:54.59 | 11:33.15 | 0+2 | 12:13.15 | 9 | 1+0 | 14:41.2 | 10 | ||
12.5km individual, standing | 50:37.6 | 49:06.5 | 2+0+0+0 | 51:06.5 | 7 | |||||||
Margarita Gorbounova Guide: Robert d'Arras | 3km pursuit, visually impaired | 100 | 14:51.15 | 14:51.15 | 1+3 | 16:11.15 | 11 | did not qualify | 11 | |||
Courtney Knight Guide: Andrea Bundon | 3km pursuit, visually impaired | 100 | 14:14.97 | 14:14.97 | 1+1 | 14:54.97 | 9 | did not qualify | 9 | |||
Robbi Weldon Guide: Brian Berry | 3km pursuit, visually impaired | 98 | 12:34.74 | 12:19.65 | 3+3 | 14:19.65 | 6 | 4+5 | 20:34.7 | 6 | ||
12.5km individual, visually impaired | 50:59.2 | 49:58.0 | 2+2+3+3 | 59:58.0 | 9 |
Athlete | Events | Factor % | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
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Real Time | Calculated Time | Missed Shots | Result | Rank | Real Time | Calculated Time | Missed Shots | Result | Rank | |||
Mark Arendz | 3km pursuit, standing | 96 | 9:22.36 | 8:59.87 | 2+0 | 9:39.87 | 7 | 1+3 | 11:32.0 | 7 | ||
12.5km individual, standing | 42:34.8 | 40:52.6 | 2+1+3+3 | 49:52.6 | 16 | |||||||
Lou Gibson | 2.4km pursuit, sitting | 100 | 10:00.26 | 10:00.26 | 2+3 | 11:40.26 | 23 | did not qualify | 23 | |||
12.5km individual, sitting | 48:38.8 | 48:38.8 | 1+1+2+1 | 53:38.8 | 18 | |||||||
Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever | 3km pursuit, visually impaired | 100 | 9:54.30 | 9:54.30 | 0+1 | 10:14.30 | 6 | 0+3 | 12:02.7 | 6 | ||
12.5km individual, visually impaired | did not start | |||||||||||
Alexei Novikov Guide: Jamie Stirling | 3km pursuit, visually impaired | 100 | 12:11.20 | 12:11.20 | 1+3 | 13:31.20 | 13 | did not qualify | 13 | |||
12.5km individual, visually impaired | 51:30.2 | 51:30.2 | 1+1+2+1 | 56:30.2 | 10 |
The Canadian sledge hockey team qualified for the 2010 Paralympics by winning the bronze medal at the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. [12]
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Hometown | 2008–09 team |
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22 | G | Benoit St-Amand | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 19 April 1978 | St-Hubert, QC | Team Canada |
57 | G | Paul Rosen | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 26 April 1960 | Thornhill, ON | Team Canada |
11 | D | Adam Dixon | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | 168 lb (76 kg) | 13 September 1989 | Midland, ON | Team Canada |
17 | D | Jean Labonté | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 20 March 1969 | Hull, QC | Team Canada |
21 | D | Raymond Grassi | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | 260 lb (120 kg) | 11 February 1983 | Windsor, ON | Team Canada |
29 | D | Graeme Murray | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 14 December 1984 | Gravenhurst, ON | Team Canada |
3 | F | Hervé Lord | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | 150 lb (68 kg) | 3 March 1958 | St-Pamphile, QC | Team Canada |
4 | F | Derek Whitson | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 21 June 1989 | Chatham, ON | Team Canada |
7 | F | Marc Dorion | 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) | 137 lb (62 kg) | 22 June 1987 | Bourget, ON | Team Canada |
8 | F | Jeremy Booker | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | 125 lb (57 kg) | 8 November 1986 | Ajax, ON | Team Canada |
10 | F | Shawn Matheson | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | 130 lb (59 kg) | 6 May 1972 | Chatham, NB | Team Canada |
12 | F | Greg Westlake | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | 170 lb (77 kg) | 12 June 1986 | Oakville, ON | Team Canada |
18 | F | Billy Bridges | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 22 March 1984 | Summerside, PE | Team Canada |
19 | F | Todd Nicholson | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 28 January 1969 | Kinburn, ON | Team Canada |
27 | F | Bradley Bowden | 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) | 154 lb (70 kg) | 26 May 1983 | Orton, ON | Team Canada |
13 March 2010 10:00 | Canada | 4 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0) | Italy | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver |
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Paul Rosen | Goalies | Santino Stillitano | ||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
16 | Shots | 4 |
14 March 2010 13:30 | Canada | 10 – 1 (4–1, 4–0, 2–0) | Sweden | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver |
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Benoit St-Armand | Goalies | Ulf Nilsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 3 |
16 March 2010 20:30 | Norway | 0 – 5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0) | Canada | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver |
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Roger Johansen (out 26:05) Kissinger Deng (in 26:05) | Goalies | Paul Rosen | |||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 8 |
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 |
Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 |
Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
18 March 2010 12:00 | Canada | 1 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2) | Japan | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver |
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Paul Rosen | Goalies | Mitsuru Nagase | ||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 11 |
19 March 2010 19:00 | Canada | 1 – 2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2) | Norway | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver |
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Paul Rosen | Goalies | Roger Johansen | |||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
18 | Shots | 12 |
Position | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Birthplace |
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First | Sonja Gaudet | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 66 kg (146 lb) | 22 July 1966 | North Vancouver, BC |
Second | Ina Forrest | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | 61 kg (134 lb) | 25 May 1962 | Fort St. John, BC |
Third | Darryl Neighbour | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 21 July 1948 | Beaverlodge, AB |
Fourth | Jim Armstrong (skip) | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 125 kg (276 lb) | 30 June 1950 | Victoria, BC |
Alternate | Bruno Yizek | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 10 December 1948 | Cardston, AB |
Draw 1 - Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Great Britain (McCreadie) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 2 |
Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | x | 9 |
Draw 2 - Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | x | 10 |
United States (Perez) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | x | 5 |
Draw 3 - Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Draw 5 - Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 2 |
Canada (Armstrong) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | x | 13 |
Draw 6 - Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Sweden (Jungnell) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | x | 8 |
Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 |
Draw 7 - Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | x | x | 15 |
Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 1 |
Draw 9 - Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Germany (Jaeger) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Draw 10 - Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Draw 12 - Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Country | Skip | W | L |
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Canada | Jim Armstrong | 7 | 2 |
United States | Augusto Perez | 7 | 2 |
South Korea | Haksung Kim | 6 | 3 |
Sweden | Jalle Jungnell | 5 | 4 |
Italy | Andrea Tabanelli | 5 | 4 |
Japan | Yoji Nakajima | 3 | 6 |
Germany | Jens Jaeger | 3 | 6 |
Norway | Rune Lorentzen | 3 | 6 |
Switzerland | Manfred Bolliger | 3 | 6 |
Great Britain | Michael McCreadie | 3 | 6 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | x | 5 |
Canada (Armstrong) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Canada (Armstrong) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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