Kelowna's Kelsey Serwa gets her chance to shine in the Olympic spotlight Tuesday when she competes in ski cross at the 2010 Winter Games.

Serwa is Canada's top hope for a medal in the event. She is the number one ranked Canadian heading into the event.

Prior to the start of the games, Serwa talked to Castanet's Kelly Hayes about the course and her main competition.

"Cypress is going to be a bigger course and that type of course tends to suit me so hopefully it plays in my favour," says Serwa.

"My own teammates! Right now we're ranked 2,3,4 in the World, so I think they are probably the biggest competition, not only for myself, but for everyone."

Qualifications begin at 10:30 a.m. with the knockout rounds starting shortly after 1 p.m.

The final is set for 2 p.m.

Tuesday will be a very emotional day for Canadian women's figure skating champion Joannie Rochette.

Rochette begins the women's competition Tuesday just days after her mother passed away from a heart attack.

She issued a statement earlier in the day thanking Canadians for all their support over the past couple of days.

The women's short program goes Tuesday night with the long program set for Thursday.

Our men's hockey team will be competing in a classification game Tuesday against Germany. Canada must win to advance to Wednesday's quarter-finals against Russia.

Roberto Luongo replaces Martin Brodeur in goal.

Several medals will be handed out Tuesday in the men's 10,000 speedskating event, women's biathlon relay, men's giant slalom and the Nordic combined team relay.

Back on the ice the round robin portion of the curling event concludes Tuesday.

Cheryl Bernard winds up round robin play with games against Great Britain and the Russian Federation while Kevin Martin looks to finish up unbeaten when he tackles China.

The semi-finals are Thursday.

The first two runs in women's bobsled also goes Tuesday.