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BEIJING, China – Canada’s women’s hockey team will be chasing a ticket to the grand final at the Beijing Olympics. In addition, Canada will be able to improve its total of medals in freestyle skiing while figure skating will crown its gold medalists in dance.

Here are five events to watch at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday night into Monday.

A seventh appearance in the final for the Canadians? (Sunday, 11:10 p.m.)

Canada’s women’s hockey team can qualify for a seventh straight Olympics final if they defeat Switzerland in the semifinals.

Since the advent of the sport at the Nagano Olympics in 1998, Canada has never missed a final and has won four gold medals.

In the other semi-final, the United States will face Finland. The Americans have appeared in five finals.

Oldham is aiming for a podium in slope style freestyle skiing (Sunday, 9 p.m.)

After missing the podium at the big jump by just over four points on the fourth day of competition, Megan Oldham will try to set foot there after the acrobatic downhill event.

The 20-year-old athlete won a bronze medal in slope style at the Winter X Games in Aspen earlier this year. She also won a bronze medal in this event at the 2021 Freestyle Skiing World Championships.

A medal hope in the women’s aerials event (Monday, 6 a.m.)

Sherbrooke’s Marion Thénault, who contributed to Canada’s bronze medal alongside Miha Fontaine and Lewis Irving in the mixed team aerials event, could get her hands on a second medal in the individual aerials final .

Only 21 years old, Thériault is a former gymnast who, only four years ago, did not even practice skiing.

Continuation and end of the figure skating dance competition (Sunday, 8:15 p.m.)

The figure skating dance event ends Monday with the free dance. Ranked fourth in the world, the Canadian tandem formed by Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier should fight for a place on the podium.

Canada has won medals in dance at the last three Olympic Games. Now retired, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won two gold medals and one silver between 2010 and 2018.

The first medals awarded in monobob (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.)

The very first Olympic medals in monobob, a new event reserved for women, will be distributed on Monday.

With Cynthia Appiah and Christine de Bruin, ranked third and fourth this season, will be in action.

Appiah is 10^and while de Bruin is in an excellent position, at 2^and rank.

The men’s 2-man will have its first race at 7:05 a.m.

Meanwhile, in curling, the Canadians will continue their round robin run at 8:05 p.m. Sunday against the ROC and at 7:05 a.m. Monday against Great Britain, while the men will play against Italy at 1:05 a.m. .