Here are some notable quotes from the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Feb. 6, 2022.
"(The Olympics) have been a real goal of mine, especially this past season, knowing that … I could quite possibly qualify. And so just getting out there, it made me so happy and so excited to represent my country and I was really happy I represented them well."
— Canadian national figure skating champion Madeline Schizas after her Olympic debut performance that put Canada into the final round of team figure skating.
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"It says a lot. I mean, like we're all friends, you know? Like, yes, we're competing against each other but that's what I like about snowboarding, we're all friends and we're all cheering for each other."
— Canadian snowboarder Laurie Blouin on celebrating the historic gold-medal slopestyle run by New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott. Blouin narrowly missed the podium on Sunday, ending up in fourth place.
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"To win New Zealand's first Winter Olympic gold, honestly, means so much. I can't believe that I managed to do it. I'm just super proud to be a Kiwi and I hope I made everyone proud at home."
— New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott on winning the gold in the women's snowboard slopestyle.
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“We are thrilled for Tahli (Gill) and Dean (Hewitt) and I am delighted that our headquarters team continued pressing her case after earlier advice that the pair could no longer compete."
— Australian chef de mission Geoff Lipshut after the country's mixed doubles curling team was given the green light to compete. The Australians had planned to withdraw from the event earlier in the day due to a positive COVID-19 test result.
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"It’s been very difficult times … I had to deal with training with masks, closing facilities, training camps being cancelled. We had a lot of changes to the plan and consistency in training. I don't want to use that as an excuse right now. I think I've done everything I could to deal with it over the last two years. I felt pretty well prepared today, but I didn't make it happen."
--- Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen on training during the pandemic. Bloemen finished 10th in the men's 5,000 metres. He won silver in the event in 2018.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 6, 2022.
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