PYEONGCHANG, South Korea

Kelsey Serwa turned to best friend and Olympic roommate Brittany Phelan in the starting gate before the women’s skicross final and went through the ritual one more time. The Canadian teammates bumped fists then began chanting “Here we go!” in an over exaggerated accent that would sound right at home back in The Great White North.

“That’s what we need to get fired up,” Serwa said with a laugh. “It says everything in three words.”

They let their skiing do the rest.

Serwa sprinted to gold and Phelan made a daring pass midway down the course in the final to earn silver to cap a dominant performance by the Canadians in a discipline where they have set the standard. Two days after Brady Leman claimed the top of the podium in the men’s event, Serwa and Phelan gave the Canadian women their second straight 1-2 Olympic finish.

Four years ago in Sochi it was Serwa taking silver while Marielle Thompson won gold. This time it was Serwa and Phelan, who bonded quickly when Phelan made the switch from Alpine skiing to ski cross after an injury-marred 2015. The try to room together when they can on the road. They train together during the summer. On Friday morning, they practically bounded out of bed at 5 a.m. and spent time before the elimination rounds began giving each other notes on the course, one that had slowed overnight thanks to a fresh coat of snow.

Serwa was never really threatened in the final, going to the front early and then pulling away. Phelan’s start was more sluggish. She found herself behind Fanny Smith of Switzerland and Sandra Naeslund of Sweden when Smith and Naeslund made contact, briefly blunting their momentum. Phelan took full advantage, sliding past and chasing Serwa all the way to the finish.

Maybe a little too hairy. Naeslund blamed Smith for getting overly aggressive, though Smith didn’t exactly apologize after recovering to beat Naeslund for bronze.