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Max Parrot Finally Fired Back At Olympic Teammate Mark McMorris After Medal Diss

Max Parrot made Quebec proud when he took home the gold medal, but it didn't come without a little drama. Following the men's slopestyle event, fellow Canadian snowboarder and teammate Mark McMorris criticized Parrot's performance — going as far as to claim that he himself deserved the top spot on the podium.

After McMorris issued an apology days later on Twitter, Max Parrot is finally firing back with his thoughts on McMorris' diss.

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Drama Over Canada Olympic Medals — A Quebec Snowboarder Got An Apology After An On-Air Diss

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are well underway, and it seems as if Team Canada has sparked up some drama. After Mark McMorris made a dig toward teammate Max Parrot following the men's slopestyle finals, McMorris has issued an apology.

On February 7, Parrot became Team Canada's first Olympic athlete to win a gold medal at this year's Olympics during the men's snowboard slopestyle event, where fellow Canadian McMorris placed third. However, McMorris expressed later that perhaps he should have been the one representing Canada atop the podium.

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Here's How Much Team Canada Olympic Medal Winners Make Compared To Other Countries

So here's something we didn't know until today — winning a gold, silver or bronze medal doesn't automatically come with a financial payout. The International Olympic Committee is apparently only responsible for shelling out the medals and the glory. It's up to winners' countries or Olympic committees to provide financial compensation. And, compared to some countries around the world, Canada keeps a tight budget.

Canada's certainly not the tightest of tightwads out there — according to Forbes, it doesn't pay at all to win a spot on the podium if you play for Great Britain or New Zealand, for starters. It also doesn't pay to be a Paralympian in Canada, regardless of where you place in the games.

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See A Beijing 2022 Dorm & Cafeteria In All Their Drab Glory Via Quebec Skier Miha Fontaine

First-time Olympian and bronze medalist Miha Fontaine took to Instagram this week to give us a look at life behind the competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. He shared two videos: one in the Olympic cafeteria, the other in his dorm room.

The athletes' cafeteria is about as austere as you would expect a COVID-era dining hall to be: workers wearing visors and plastic barriers between seats dominate the space. Red Chinese paper decorations hang from the ceiling, providing a much-needed pop of colour amid the white, plastic-covered surfaces.

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