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HALIFAX (CNB) – Charles Evans of Fredericton won New Brunswick’s third medal Wednesday as he captured bronze in the 1,000 m race at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax.

Evans managed to pass one skater during the race, but he was unable to catch the others.

“The race went exactly as my coaches and I figured it out,” said Evans following the race. “It is a relief to have won this because I was expecting to do better in the 500 m. That is my best distance, and when I did not win a medal, I figured I had to do better in the 1,000 m, which is my second most favoured distance. I consider that I am in the top five better skaters in Canada, and I was a bit disappointed with my performance the first two days.”

Evans, 18, now joins his brother Andrew with a medal at the games.

“I am happy that we both got one. I also expect we will win another one Thursday in the relay race,” said Evans. “We should finish second.”

Ashley Knockwood, of Dorchester, missed the bronze medal by 3/10 of a point in the women’s air rifle finals. Knockwood was in second place and had a bit of trouble in the 6th round to lose ground.

“I was a bit nervous at the beginning, but I was able to overcome that,” Knockwood said. “I did my best and I am happy. I am just a bit sorry I missed the medal by 3/10 of a point.”

In curling, New Brunswick finished third in its pool and will play for fifth position on Thursday.

Alex Peppard established a provincial record in the 100 m speed skating in a time of 10:80.

Following are Team New Brunswick's results for Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax.

Artistic gymnastics (Canada Games Centre)
All around men’s AA finals – Tyler Bryden 27th (66.4), Campbell Bryden 28th (66.250), Michael Thompson 33rd (51.950).

Biathlon (Martock Ski Centre)
Men’s 12.5 km pursuit – Kevin Heppell 9th (38:21.5), Laurent Levesque 15th (39:38.8), Bernard Wierzchoslawski 22th (42:38.8), Martin Boissonnault 29th (44:16.8).

Women’s 10 km pursuit – Miriam Wierzchoslawska 20th (45:56.8), Gina Heppell 25th (46:43.0), Gabrielle Landry 29th (52 :17.2), Hélène Levesque 31st (53:54.0).

Curling (women’s) (Mayflower)
N.B. 9  N.W.T. 3 (N.B. is 2-3)

N.B.       030 302 1x   9
N.W.T.    101 010 0x  3

Hockey men’s (Dartmouth Sportplex)
N.B. 2 Alberta 3 (N.B. is 2-3)

N.B. – Mackenzie Brown and Oliver Cooper.

Ringette (Cole Harbour Place)
N.B. 5 Ontario 12 (N.B. is 1-4)

N.B. – Martine Caissie 3, Karine Doucet and Karine Doiron.

Long track speed skating (Canada Games Oval)
100 m women – Kelly McCarthy 22th (12.550), Sophie Tremblay 26th (12.740), Danika Sorel 27th (12.990) and Julia Loparco 29th (13.630).

100 m men – Alex Peppard 15th (10.910), Nathan Pelletier 21st (11.140), Pierre Dumouchel 23rd (11.270), Klinton Doucette 28th (11.760).

Short track speed skating (St. Margaret’s Centre)
1,000 m – men’s – Charles Evans 3rd, Evan Brideau 6th, Andrew Evans 9th, Devin Patterson 26th and Jeff Retallick 31st.

1,000 m – women’s – Hilary Gamlin 18th, Catherine Tremblay 20th, Caroline Quinn 21st, Zoé LeBlanc 25th and Hannah Duguay 30th.

Target shooting (Sackville High School)
Women’s individual air rifle – Ashley Knockwood 4th (473.0), Samantha Turner 15th (351).

Men’s individual air rifle – Yves Boudreau 13th (548 points), David Knockwood 17th (521 points).

Wheelchair basketball (Citadel High School)
N.B. 28 P.E.I. 59 (N.B. is 0-5) (round robin placing)

N.B. – Shawn Morrison 10, Sean McCormick 4, John Busse 4, Jake Fudge 4.

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