John Morris, Kaitlyn Lawes and Alex Gough earn Olympic firsts for Canada
John Morris, Kaitlyn Lawes and Alex Gough made Canadian Winter Games history Tuesday.
Morris and Lawes downed defending world champions Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-3 in six ends to capture the first-ever mixed curling gold medal. Gough secured Canada’s first Olympic medal in luge, finishing third in the women’s singles final.
Short-track speedskater Kim Boutin claimed Canada’s other medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, a bronze in the women’s 500-metre race. Boutin actually finished fourth but was bumped up to third after South Korea’s Minjeong Choi was disqualified.
That boosted Canada’s medal haul to 10 so far _ three gold, four silver, three bronze.