Olympic Roundup: Duncan arrest sullies Canada’s ‘Be Olympic’ image
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — An alleged drunken joyride involving ski cross racer Dave Duncan put a black mark on another successful day for Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Sebastien Toutant added to Canada’s medal count Saturday with a gold in big air snowboarding, and the men’s Olympic hockey team rebounded from a tough semifinal loss to Germany a day ago to beat the Czech Republic 6-4 for bronze.
The hardware gave Canada, which had already set a national record for most medals at a Winter Olympics, a total of 29 going into the final day of competition. But the arrest of Duncan, his wife Maja and technical coach William Raine took some of the lustre off Canada’s success and was a black eye for a country with the slogan “Be Virtuous, Be Victorious, Be Olympic.”
The Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed in a statement Saturday that the Duncans and Raine had been detained by police in South Korea and were now released.