Team Manitoba collected two more gold medals at the Canada Winter Games.
Winnipeg’s Tyson Langelaar finished in first-place in the mass start event in long track speed skating and Krista Hildebrand of Winkler took home the top prize in individual pistol in target shooting.
Manitoba has four medals in total — all of them being gold — and our province is guaranteed to add to that total as Week 1 comes to a close.
Manitoba’s male curling team won their semifinal over B.C. 6-5 and will go for gold and our province’s ringette team knocked off New Brunswick 7-4 in their semifinal to advance to the final.
Manitoba’s female hockey team edged Nova Scotia 2-1 in a shootout in the relegation round.
Carly Foster of Brandon was 28th in the 1,000m in short track speed skating, while Jan Verbruggen of Rivers was 39th in that event.
Jessica McBride of Virden was 26th in the ski cross event, while Jodie Davis of Minnedosa was 38th in alpine skiing.
