What Canada’s Olympians got up to when they weren’t competing
It was a banner year for Canada at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, where our athletes took home a record 29 medals. (Well, it’s a record for Canada, at any rate. Norway is another story entirely.) There were plenty of newsworthy moments, but there was also a lot happening behind the scenes. Here’s how the games looked on the Instagram feeds of some of Canada’s best athletes.
Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury poses with his gold medal for men’s moguls, fancifully dubbing it “his precious”:
Taking a nibble on one’s medal is de rigeur at the Olympics. Here’s freestyle skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe chomping on the one she won for her performance on the moguls:
Here’s another of her, this time giving her skis the Slash treatment and playing a mean air guitar:
Natalie Spooner, a member of the silver-medal-winning women’s ice hockey team, trades stereotypical Canadian politeness for stereotypical Canadian hockey fanaticism, interrupting Arkells singer Max Kerman’s performance to announce that the Canadian men’s team just scored:
Ice dancer Tessa Virtue also took in the Arkells:
Here’s speed skater Frank Hamelin having a stretch next to a Canada moose:
And here’s Patrick Chan, the figure skater, with a more acrobatic goodbye to Korea.
Craig McMorris, older brother of slopestyle bronze medallist Mark McMorris, is a snowboarder himself and a host of CBC’s Olympics coverage. Here he is checking some medals for chocolate with Olympian and co-host Kelly VanderBeek:
Freeskier Roz Groenewoud could have a career in travel blogging if she ever decides she’s over skiing. Here she is in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul:
And here’s Norwegian snowboarder Ståle Sandbech going for a ride using Canadian snowboarder Tyler Nicholson as a board:
Finally, here it is. The most Canadian thing ever. It’s a bunch of Team Canada members singing Céline Dion:
Hey @celinedion this is @TeamCanada ?? #Oneteam pic.twitter.com/M6iovnumGq
— Mikael Kingsbury (@MikaelKingsbury) February 23, 2018
 There were plenty of newsworthy moments, but there was also a lot happening behind the scenes. Here's how the games looked on the Instagram feeds of some of Canada's best athletes.
Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury poses with his gold medal for men’s moguls, fancifully dubbing it “his precious”:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfeOOHVD4Fs/?taken-by=mikaelkingsbury
Taking a nibble on one’s medal is de rigeur at the Olympics. Here's freestyle skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe chomping on the one she won for her performance on the moguls:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfmVINNg4Zn/?taken-by=justinedufourlapointe
Here’s another of her, this time giving her skis the Slash treatment and playing a mean air guitar:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfbwFQIArvg/?taken-by=justinedufourlapointe
Natalie Spooner, a member of the silver-medal-winning women’s ice hockey team, trades stereotypical Canadian politeness for stereotypical Canadian hockey fanaticism, interrupting Arkells singer Max Kerman’s performance to announce that the Canadian men’s team just scored:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfnDiuEHZIV/?taken-by=natspooner5
Ice dancer Tessa Virtue also took in the Arkells:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfor-2QlwLv/?taken-by=tessavirtue17
Here's speed skater Frank Hamelin having a stretch next to a Canada moose:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfLSI4UAxBh/?taken-by=frankhamelin
And here's Patrick Chan, the figure skater, with a more acrobatic goodbye to Korea.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfpH-hEn7WV/?taken-by=pchan31
Craig McMorris, older brother of slopestyle bronze medallist Mark McMorris, is a snowboarder himself and a host of CBC’s Olympics coverage. Here he is checking some medals for chocolate with Olympian and co-host Kelly VanderBeek:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfOCzCuFwsE/?taken-by=craigmcmorris
Freeskier Roz Groenewoud could have a career in travel blogging if she ever decides she’s over skiing. Here she is in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfHw1qfgNJv/?taken-by=rozgroenewoud
And here’s Norwegian snowboarder Ståle Sandbech going for a ride using Canadian snowboarder Tyler Nicholson as a board:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfgLKqAgrWF/?taken-by=tyler_nicholson
Finally, here it is. The most Canadian thing ever. It's a bunch of Team Canada members singing Céline Dion:
https://twitter.com/MikaelKingsbury/status/967060011313606661
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