February 27, 2019

The women’s hockey team moved to a 3-0 record after skating to an easy win over Nova Scotia on Tuesday. 

Team BC is the only squad in Pool B of the preliminary round to go undefeated. In Pool A, Quebec is also undefeated. Team BC will next play on Thursday.

Cross country athletes added five more medals to Team BC’s tally to bring us up to 42 (11 gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze). 

Benita Peiffer (Whistler) won a silver medal in the women's cross country sprint final. Maya Jonas (North Vancouver) along with her guide Jamie Stirling (North Vancouver) won bronze in the para Nordic Stand event. Ethan Hess (Pemberton) won the gold medal; Leo Samarelli (Vancouver) won the silver and Paul Finkbeiner (Vancouver) bronze, as BC swept the podium in Para Nordic Sit Men event.

Maja Bonham (Vancouver), Jordyn Yendley (Kelowna), Gavin Dodd (Kamloops) and Declan McLean (Burnaby) won the bronze medal in the team event in trampoline.

Team BC Judo added two silver medals and two bronze medals in their first day of competition.

Korin Gardner (Nanaimo) defeated Katuso Leung (Alberta) to a bronze medal in the male 55 kilogram category. Team BC teammate Finn Shroeder (Whistler) then defeated Ethan Kean (NL) in seconds to earn himself a bronze medal in the 66 kg category.

Kimiko Kamstra (Prince George) lost in the gold medal final by submission to Evelyn Beaton (Alberta) in the 44 kg weight category. Kamstra takes home the silver medal at these 2019 Canada Winter Games after having to fight a full day of pool matches to secure her place in the final.

Klavdia Danilkov (Vancouver) was defeated by Emilia Tesanovic (Alberta) in the 48 kg weight category following her own day of competition. Danilkov earned the silver medal. Danilkov was defeated by submission.

Take a stand against bullying and wear a pink shirt today.

If you didn’t bring anything pink to wear to the Games, post something kind on your social media channels and include #PinkItForward. The Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying movement started in 2007 after a Grade 9 student in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. On Feb. 27 we encourage everyone to practice kindness and wear pink to symbolize that you do not tolerate bullying.

Coaches and athletes — please ensure you have your Team BC black quilted jacket, scarf, toque and mitts packed with you if you are going to be in the position to win a medal. These Team BC items should be worn on the podium.

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Team BC’s specific competition schedule will be updated daily and posted on TeamBC.org so you can come out and cheer!

Not in Red Deer? Make sure you are set to watch us on TSN or at CanadaGames.live and share your cheer squad by tagging @GoTeamBC.

Click here for Team BC's schedule - February 27, 2019