BEIJING 鈥� Here are some notable quotes from the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Feb. 12, 2022:
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"She popped it really hard and I didn't pop it that hard and she landed on me. It's a part of boardercross sometimes, there's just so much going on. We had four wide going into that jump and crazy things happen in this sport and that was just one of them."听
鈥擟anada's Meryeta O'Dine on colliding with Italy's Caterina Carpano during the mixed snowboard cross final. O'Dine and Eliot Grondin won bronze in the event.
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"Fought the puck pretty much all night. Gave up two weak ones. If I make those two saves, we're 2-2 going into overtime."
鈥擥oalie Edward Pasquale, who made 23 saves and blamed himself for Canada's 4-2 loss to the United States in men's hockey.
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"Canada vs USA, there's really no explanation needed. All of them stepped up and played like men out there tonight."
-- American hockey player Kenny Agostino on the performance of the team's young players in the 4-2 win over Canada.
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"I don't think we're going to be able to afford too many more losses. So we're going to have to figure out ways to win some games here."
鈥擲kip Jennifer Jones after the Canadian women's curling team lost 7-6 to Sweden.
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"I felt like I let the team down. I thought they played well enough for us to win or at least have a chance 鈥� which we did at the end 鈥� but I missed too many shots today."
鈥擲kip Brad Gushue, who threw 57 per cent overall in Canada's 7-4 defeat to Sweden's Niklas Edin.
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鈥淎 bad race is fourth in the world for me, that鈥檚 still pretty good. The races that I鈥檓 not happy with are still pretty good, but here (at the Olympic Games) it鈥檚 top-three or nothing.鈥�
鈥擟anadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil on finishing fourth in the men's 500 metres.
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"To be able to take this with someone I鈥檝e been on the team with for over a decade 鈥� close to two decades now with Baum 鈥� it's incredible to accomplish this together."
鈥擜merican snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis after winning gold with Nick Baumgartner in mixed snowboard cross.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2022.
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