Skiers Alex Bilodeau and Mikael Kingsbury take Canada to the top of the Olympic medal count
Canada narrowly missed a sweep of the podium today (February 10), placing first, second, and fourth in freestyle skiing men’s moguls.
Alex Bilodeau captured a gold medal while Mikael Kingsbury took silver and Marc-Antoine Gagnon placed fourth. All three men hail from Quebec, with Bilodeau from Montreal, Kingsbury from Deux-Montagnes, and Gagnon from Terrebonne.
Russia’s Alexandr Smyshlyaev took bronze.
Philippe Marquis, another athlete from Quebec, ranked second in the first round and ninth in the second, but didn’t qualify for the finals.
Bilodeau’s win makes him the first mogul skier to successfully defend a gold medal after he captured the top podium spot at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Bilodeau and Kingsbury’s medals boost Team Canada to the front of the trophy count for Sochi. On day four of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Canada is in first place with three gold, three silver, and one bronze.
Comments
5 Comments
Michele Baillie
Feb 10, 2014 at 1:45pm
Vive la Canada!!!!
boris moris
Feb 10, 2014 at 2:33pm
Vive La Belle Provence
Fred Willis
Feb 10, 2014 at 8:56pm
A close friend was like Alex's brother Fredrick. Ten years after being diagnosed with Cerebal Palsy it turned out he was Dopamine deficient
Today he is much better and will lead a normal life.
Team Canada
Feb 11, 2014 at 9:59am
Bilodeau is the King of moguls! Excellent performance by Team Canada!
We all play for Canada.
Feb 11, 2014 at 11:08am
No Americans on the podium from men's moguls, haha.