<P> The 2014 Games marked the first time a Canadian Olympic team competed in Russia, as Canada and 64 western countries did not take part at the American - led boycott in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet war in Afghanistan . </P> <P> The youngest athlete in Canada's delegation was figure skater Gabrielle Daleman, who turned 16 in January, while curler Jennifer Jones was the oldest athlete at 39 . </P> <P> Canada originally finished these Olympics with 10 gold medals and 25 overall (ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively). This is the second most successful Canadian performance ever, exceeded only by the achievements at the home Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 . With the belated luge medal awarded in 2017 after a Russian doping disqualification, Canada briefly tied its Vancouver performance in total medal count . However, the IOC decision was overturned on appeal, bumping the Canadian team back to fourth and the total medal count back to 2nd and 3rd . </P> <P> On Day 1 of the Games, three athletes won the nation's first medals . Canada's first medalist was Mark McMorris, who won a bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding event . Justine Dufour - Lapointe won the first gold medal in freestyle skiing (women's moguls) and her sister, Chloé Dufour - Lapointe, finished in second place in the same event, earning the country's first silver medal . </P>

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