Team Canada at Beijing 2022: Day 16

February 19, 2022

By Paula Nichols

This is it. The final day of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Here’s what you might have missed on Day 16.

Beijing 2022 Competition Schedule and Results

Bobsleigh

Justin Kripps and his crew of Ryan Sommer, Cam Stones and Ben Coakwell won the bronze medal in the four-man event. They needed a clean final run down the track to secure their spot on the podium and did just that. Their four-heat total time of 3:55.09 put them 0.06 ahead of the fourth-place sled. It is Canada’s third Olympic medal all time in time four-man event.

Team Kripps put their arms in the air in celebration as they cross the finish line — Team Canada’s Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Cam Stones and Benjamin Coakwell celebrate after winning the bronze medal in the men’s 4-man bobsleigh finals during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on Sunday, February 02, 2022. Photo by COC/Handout Dave Holland

READ: Kripps crew hangs on for four-man bobsleigh bronze medal

Christopher Spring and his crew of Cody Sorensen, Sam Giguere and Mike Evelyn ended up in ninth place. Taylor Austin and his crew of Daniel Sunderland , Chris Patrician and Jay Dearborn finished 23rd.

Cross-Country Skiing

The start time of the women’s 30km mass start was moved up because of the bad weather in the forecast. Cendrine Browne battled through the elements for a 16th place finish, Canada’s best ever Olympic result in the freestyle version of the event. Katherine Stewart-Jones also broke into the top-30, while Dahria Beatty placed 39th and Laura Leclair finished 51st.

Cendrine Browne skis in a cross-country race — Canada’s Cendrine Browne (42) competes in the cross-country skiing women’s 30km mass start free during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

“It feels amazing to finish the Olympics on such a high note,” said Browne. “What an amazing an epic race. It was so tough out here today. But I’m really happy with how I managed my energy and kept a lot of energy for the last lap. And when there was an attack I was able to follow. So yeah, it was really fun.”

Alpine Skiing

The mixed team parallel event was postponed a day due to extremely high winds. Canada faced Slovenia in a head-to-head matchup in the 1/8 finals. Erin Mielzynski and Trevor Philp won their races, while Erik Read and Cassidy Gray came up just short in theirs. Tied 2-2, Slovenia advanced to the quarterfinals based on time.