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NORTH VANCOUVER 鈥� North Vancouver native Manuel Osborne-Paradis charged hard for the Canadian alpine ski team but couldn鈥檛 come up with a much-coveted medal during his fourth trip to the Olympic Games.

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Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., was the top Canadian in the men鈥檚 alpine super-G on Friday with a ninth-place time of one minute 25.23 seconds. Matthias Mayer of Austria won the race. Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Invermere, sa国际传媒

In women鈥檚 skeleton on Friday, Calgary鈥檚 Elisabeth Vathje was fastest in the second run at 52.01 seconds. That brought her up to eighth place after she finished a disappointing 12th in the first run.

Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin was in a bronze medal position with one pair left to go in the women鈥檚 5,000 metres, but was ultimately bumped down to fifth.

A curling controversy took centre stage at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Friday. Rachel Homan and her Ottawa rink dropped to 0-3 in the women鈥檚 curling tournament with a 9-8 extra-end loss to Denmark on Friday.

The Canadian men鈥檚 hockey team suffered its first loss of the tournament on Saturday, with a shootout loss to the Czech Republic. Goalie Pavel Francouz was the star as the Czech Republic edged the Canadians 3-2.

Freestyle skier Dara Howell, a gold medallist in women鈥檚 slopestyle four years ago in Sochi, finished a disappointing 21st. The 23-year-old from Huntsville, Ont., who admitted she tore a knee ligament in November, is already looking ahead to 2022.

Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan said he went into the final competition of his career with 鈥渘o fear.鈥� Skating to Jeff Buckley鈥檚 haunting 鈥淗allelujah鈥� at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Saturday, the three-time world champion from Toronto scored 173.