Summary of Consultation to Support the Côté Gold Project Closure Plan Côté Gold Project Appendix G Notices TC180501 | October 2018 SATurDAY, FeBruArY 10, 2018 THe STAr a5 Lively’s Duhamel leads the way Accent: She and partner He got off the ice andwa s met by a wall of Canadian smiling faces, eric radford vault the beauty of the team event on Canada into top spot full display. “Yes, normally if it was just me at the Olympic by myself I would start analyzing it and being disappointed in the team skaing event skate. But they were all so sup- portive. No need to apologize to Dan Barnes them or anything. I think that’s Postmedia Network the greatness of the team event. We always have to remember this GANGNeuNG — Meagan isn’t about me, this is about all of Duhamel loves it when a plan us. each discipline can support comes together. each other, even if some of us have The plucky Canadian teamed mistakes or bad days.” with partner eric radford for a Duhamel and radford talked solid, second-place finish in the about that team togetherness as pairs short program on Friday well. In fact, they told one another afternoon, but picked up enough not to look at their rather effusive placement points to vault Canada teammate Scott Moir during the into top spot after the first day of performance. Olympic team event action. “We told each other, ignore “Yaaaaayy, that was the plan,” Scott in that kiss and cry while she said. we’re skating because I imagined Duhamel and radford were good that he was going to be crazy,” said for nine placement points, Patrick Duhamel. Chan chipped in eight for a third- aFP PHOTO / mladeN aNtoNoVmladeN aNtoNoV/aFP/Getty imaGes They would be right. This team place finish in the men’s short pro- Canada's Meagan Duhamel (centre) and Canada's Eric Radford (second right) react after competing in the figure is crazy for one another, having gram earlier on Friday and Canada skating team event pair skating short program during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the spent so much time together. leads the 10-nation race with 17 Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 9, 2018. “We’re a strongly connected points. team,” said radford. “There is just The uSA is in second with 14, I think were very good; our twist, and took top spot with 103.25 had to abandon the triple toe on a great energy building around the followed by Japan and a squad of our throw, our death spiral, the lift, points. Israel’s Alexei Bychenko the back half of the combination. entire team. I think it’s because Olympic Athletes from russia with all the pair stuff, and we’ll look for- was a surprising second after skat- It got worse. He landed a triple we just come through our careers 13 each. ward to a cleaner jump.” ing clean. Nathan Chen of the u.S. Lutz but popped a double toe in together. I lived with Scott over a Women and dance teams skate Chan needs to clean up his act, was fourth, again after an imper- combination, then fell on a triple summer when he was just a little their short programs Sunday, the too. He took two falls and man- fect skate. He landed a quad-tri- Axel as he lurched toward the end annoying 10-year-old boy. He was field is then cut to five teams, and aged just 81.66 points, but those ple toe combo but popped another of the program. like the annoying little brother. medals are awarded after the four hard landings were softened by a quad, fell on a triple Axel and fin- “I just used the upper body We’ve known each other so long and long program performances. spotty overall performance from ished with 80.61 points. way too much in all the jumps,” it’s this incredible story that we’ve “That was a good skate,” the men, who flipped and flopped And Olympic Athlete from he said. “I felt pretty good actu- been through and it’s sort of com- Duhamel said of the program that all over the ice. russia Mikhail Kolyada was the ally today cardiovascularly. I felt ing to its conclusion and we want fetched 76.57 points, second only “You would think at the Olympics worst of the top flight though, fall- really trained, in shape. All the to make it the best possible.” to evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir everybody is firing and ready and ing on both quad attempts and spins were still good quality, fast, That would involve a gold medal, Morozov, Olympic Athletes from calm and confident. Sometimes you popping a triple Axel into a bru- footwork was clean. I think that’s and Canada’s best bet for top spot russia, who rode a brilliant, flaw- just can’t plan these sort of days,” tal single. He managed just 74.36 where the training shows, being on the podium is most certainly in less program to 80.92. said Chan, who figured the morn- points and fell in behind Korean able to pick yourself up, regain- this event. They were second to “Anything between 75 and 80 is ing start time of the competition and Chinese skaters from the first ing the momentum and still man- the russians in Sochi four years a really high score for us, so we’re affected everybody negatively. flight. aging to keep the quality on the ago with many of these same skat- happy with that,” said Duhamel. Japan’s Shoma uno fell once but Chan fell on an attempted quad other elements, other than the ers on the squad. “In particular, all the pair elements landed a quad-triple toe combo toe off the top of the program and jumps.” [email protected] Wants to be part of team that wins Olympic medal accent from a1 “So in that way, I think our gener- my big goal. In our sport, if you’re But there’s a caveat. Somebody, ation paved the trail for Alex.” top 10, chances are you’re within anybody on the Canadian men’s With hard work, discipline and striking distance of the podium, cross-country ski team has to win a unmatched talent, Harvey took it and at that point it’s all positioning medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics. to another level. He happily cred- and where you are in the last 500 Because Kershaw won’t see another its his forerunners. metres.” Games, and he walks away happily “I think it was more mental, just Nobody knows that better than with 15 World Cup medals and a having the confidence, knowing it Kershaw. He was on the wrong side 2011 World Championship team was possible even as a Canadian of the coin flip in the closest 50-kil- sprint title, but there’s a hole in the to medal on the World Cup. That ometre classic race in history at the Canadian men’s trophy case. breaks the mental barrier. That’s Vancouver Olympics. The top five “I’ve been saying this for years; everything in high performance men were separated by 1.6 sec- this is why I’m still skiing. I want to sport. A lot of it comes down to con- onds, after more than two hours of be a part of a team on which a man fidence and training with a purpose. skiing. could get a medal at the Olympic It was kind of like a glass ceiling that “One hundred per cent that Games in cross-country skiing, was broken early in my career. That haunts me. I was like 99.9999 per because we accomplished all those was really helpful for sure. cent good enough. I got beat by four other goals. Yes I want it to be me, of “And it was really good for me as men that were better on that day, course. But maybe my best chances a young skier to get to train with but just barely, and that breaks my were in 2010 and 2014. You never Devon and see how professional heart. know. and how strong he was and he still “But no one said sport was going “If it’s Alex who gets that medal is. He’s able to beat me in training to be ice cream cones, rainbows and or Len or someone else, I will be a lot still.” puppies. It is one, two, three and in tears. Because it has meant a lot But on race day, Harvey shines who cares in some ways, right.” to me and I have always believed, brightest, while Kershaw has had a His next and last chance at a 50-km through my entire senior career tough World Cup campaign. In fact, classic comes in Pyeongchang. that Canada could be good and the entire quadrennial was a grind. “Since Vancouver, this has been could accomplish it. So I really hope Small injuries, major illnesses, circled in my mind, that the 2018 that’s the way my Olympic career the odd top-10 and just one relay Olympics was going to be my next ends, with a Canadian standing on podium. But he hung in because he chance to race a 50-km classic. the podium.” needed to get to Pyeongchang. There will be a lot of emotions for POsTmeDia File PHOTO Alex Harvey and Len Valjas would “I still believe on a good day, if I’m me in that competition.” Devon Kershaw speeds to first place in Open Men 15-km medium interval like nothing better.