BEIJING 鈥� Here are some notable quotes from Olympians at the 2022 Beijing Games on Feb. 8, 2022:
"I love it, but not really. I enjoy it personally, but from a team perspective, that's not the kind of game you want to have too often. It just showed that we can improve on things, get better during the medal round. Selfishly, it's fun, but I'd rather not."
鈥擟anadian women's hockey goalie Ann-Ren茅e Desbiens after making 51 saves to lead her side to a 4-2 win over the United States in the preliminary round finale.
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"I'd always rather be on this side of it, but history says it doesn't necessarily mean a lot. We are happy that we continue to gain confidence. We also like the fact that we didn't play our best but still found a way to win."
鈥擶omen's hockey coach Troy Ryan after Canada advanced to the quarterfinal as the group's top seed with a perfect 4-0 record in the preliminary round.聽
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"It's definitely a little bit disappointing, but I'm still young and I actually haven't had a World Cup podium or anything like that. I haven't quite reached that level yet. I was hoping that might happen here but just isn't time yet, I guess."
鈥擜lpine skier Jack Crawford of Toronto, who finished sixth in the men's super-G, 0.43 seconds off the podium.
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"Almost a perfect race. Nineteen out of 20 (shots) is really awesome. I'm happy with how I managed the range and the wind conditions."
鈥擝iathlete Scott Gow after setting a Canadian record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 20-kilometre individual biathlon.聽
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"We went the wrong way around. To be sitting in Vancouver on the Pacific Ocean, and then to go the other direction over the Atlantic Ocean definitely made things a little more adventurous. We're going to be going around the world in what's going to feel like 80 days on this trip, because we're going over the Pacific going home. It's a journey."
鈥擟anadian figure skater Keegan Messing, who travelled to Beijing from Vancouver (via Montreal and Milan) after a week in quarantine for a positive COVID-19 test. Messing finished ninth in the men's short program barely 24 hours after he touched down in Beijing.
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鈥淚 want all the girls to break their boundaries. I want them to think if Eileen can do it, I can do it.鈥�
鈥擣reestyle skiing prodigy Eileen Gu, 18, after winning gold for China in the Olympic debut of women's freeski big air.
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鈥淚 think your chance of picking up COVID in the closed loop is less than anywhere else in the world."
鈥擝rian McCloskey, chairman of the expert medical panel for the Beijing Games, on the strict testing and vaccine requirements inside the Olympic bubble.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 8, 2022.
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