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In Focus: Canadian speed skaters at the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremonies

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| National Team: Long Track, National Team: Short Track, Olympics

In Focus: Canadian speed skaters at the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremonies

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In Focus: Canadian speed skaters at the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremonies

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BEIJING, CHINA – On Friday, the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games officially kicked-off with the Opening Ceremony. A handful of Speed Skating Canada athletes were lucky enough to attend the once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, including long track skater and budding photographer Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu, who captured some incredible behind-the-scenes photos.

Prior to leaving the Olympic Village, the athletes marching in the Opening Ceremony – including Valerie Maltais, Heather McLean, Maddison Pearmann Tyson Langelaar and Gilmore Junio – gathered for a formal send-off from Chef de Mission Catriona Le May Doan and the rest of Canada’s Mission Team.
The roughly 90 athletes – including Jordan Belchos, Tyson Langelaar and Gilmore Junio – then made their way to the famous Bird’s Nest stadium, constructed for the 2008 Olympic Summer Games, for a ceremony that brought them late into the night.
Long track skaters Brooklyn McDougall, Connor Howe and Tyson Langelaar were all smiles under their masks after witnessing the incredible theatrics and countless fireworks.
Speed Skating Canada’s photographer Greg Kolz was in the perfect position to capture some iconic shots of Canada’s flag bearers Charles Hamelin and Marie-Philip Poulin leading the team into the Parade of Nations.

The Canadian Olympic Committee’s Andrew Lahodynskyj also snapped some incredible photos over the course of the Opening Ceremony, including the unveiling of the Olympic Rings and the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron.

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