It’s Day 2 of competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics, where Canada will hope to grow its medal tally after a first speed-skating bronze on Saturday.
Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern.
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4:45 p.m.
The United States has topped the podium in the figure skating team event.
The result comes after Ilia Malinin placed first in the event’s men’s free program, giving the U.S. a total of 69 points.
Japan followed closely with 68 points, followed by Italy with 60.
Canada came in fifth place with 54 points after Toronto’s Stephen Gogolev placed fourth in the free program.
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3:50 p.m.
Canadians Laurie Blouin and Juliette Pelchat have missed out on the final round of the women’s big air snowboarding event.
The top 12 in the qualifying round advance, and Blouin finished 14th with a score of 150.25, and Pelchat placed 16th with 148.00.
New Zealand, Japan and Great Britain currently hold the top three spots.
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3:30 p.m.
Canada remains in fifth place overall in the figure skating team event with 47 points.
This comes after Madeline Schizas of Oakville, Ont., scored 125.00 in her free program, coming fifth.
Medals in the team event will be handed out after the men’s free program, where Toronto’s Stephen Gogolev will compete.
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2:40 p.m.
Canada’s mixed doubles curling team has missed out on the playoffs after dropping its fifth game in a row.
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman of Chestermere, Alta., lost in a 9-5 decision to South Korea’s Seonyeong Kim and Yeongseok Jeong.
Canada will take a 3-5 record into its round-robin finale Monday against Switzerland.
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2:30 p.m.
Canada sits in fifth place overall in the figure skating team event with 41 points.
This comes after pairs skaters Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud scored 134.42 in their free program, coming in fifth.
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The United States leads the standings with 51 points, followed by Japan, Italy and Georgia.
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2:15 p.m.
The women’s snowboarding big air qualifying round is underway in Livigno, with Canadian Juliette Pelchat, of Whistler, B.C., sitting in 13th place after her first run.
The top 12 will move on to Monday’s final.
New Zealand, Japan and Australia are in the top three after the first run.
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2:00 p.m.
Canada’s mixed doubles curling team is down 4-3 at the halfway mark in its match against South Korea.
It’s a must-win game for Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant of Chestermere, Alta., who are looking to bounce back after four consecutive losses.
The Canadians are at 3-4 overall after dropping their game against Sweden earlier in the day.
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1:50 p.m.
Canadian figure skaters Trennt Michaud, of Trenton, Ont., and Lia Pereira of Milton, Ont., are taking the ice in the pairs’ free program in the mixed team event.
They’ll be looking to improve on Canada’s fourth-place standing in the competition.
Madeline Schizas of Oakville, Ont., will later compete in the women’s free program.
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1:05 p.m.
Canada’s mixed doubles curling team has begun its match against South Korea as it looks to bounce back into the win column after a fourth straight loss.
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant of Chestermere, Alta., were defeated by Sweden earlier today at 7-6, dropping them to 3-4.
The Canadians are looking to win their two remaining games and hope other results fall in their favour to claim a spot in the semifinals.
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11:45 a.m.
Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen has finished 13th in the men’s 5,000 metres.
The 39-year-old from Calgary won an Olympic silver medal at the distance in 2018 as well as a gold medal in the 10,000 metre event.
Norway’s Sander Eitrem won the race in an Olympic record time of six minutes 03.95, ahead of Czechia’s Metodej Jilek in silver position and Italy’s Riccardo Lorello in bronze.
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10:25 a.m.
The Canadian mixed doubles curling team’s playoff chances have grown slimmer after a 7-6 loss to Sweden.
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman have now dropped four straight games and fallen to 3-4 in round-robin play.
The Canadians, who play South Korea later today, need to win their two remaining games and hope other results fall in their favour in order to advance.
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10 a.m.
Sidney Crosby has been named the captain of the men’s hockey team at the Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
The veteran Pittsburgh Penguins star will hit the ice with his teammates today for their first official practice ahead of their tournament opener Feb. 12 against Czechia.
Colorado Avalanche defenceman Cale Makar and Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will serve as alternate captains.
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9:20 a.m.
There was a heartbreaking finish today for Canadian snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet, who missed the men’s parallel giant slalom semifinal by three-hundredths of a second.
Gaudet, from Montcalm, Que., lost his quarterfinal matchup to eventual bronze-medal-winning Bulgarian Tervel Zamfirov, in an event won by Austria’s Benjamin Karl. South Korea’s Kim Sang-kyum won the silver medal.
On the women’s side, Kaylie Buck of Oakville, Ont., and Aurelie Moisan of Baie d’Urfé, Que., made it to the first knockout stage but failed to advance to the quarterfinals.
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7:50 a.m.
Canada’s Xavier McKeever has finished 13th in the men’s 10km +10km skiathlon at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
The 22-year-old cross-country skier from Canmore, Alta., made his debut at the FIS World Cup in March 2022 and the senior FIS World Championships in 2023 when he was 19. He was part of back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the men’s relay in 2023 and 2025.
Gatineau, Que. athlete Antoine Cyr finished 25th, while Max Hollmann of Thunder Bay, Ont. was 27th and Remi Drolet of Rossland, B.C. crossed the line in 42nd.
7:20 a.m.
Canadian Valérie Grenier has been disqualified from the women’s downhill.
Grenier originally finished her run sitting 17th, with about half the field to ski behind her.
Fellow Canadian Cassidy Gray crossed the line in a time of one minute 41.99, putting her in 26th with a handful of skiers left to race.
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6:40 a.m.
Canadian Valérie Grenier has completed the women’s downhill course in a time of 1 minute 38.42.
The first of two Canadians in the field was sitting 17th after her run, about midway through the field.
Her run comes after a lengthy pause in the race after American ski star Lindsey Vonn crashed badly while racing on an injured left knee and was taken off the course in a helicopter.
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6:00 a.m.
It’s Day 2 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, with Canadians in action across several sports.
First up is the women’s downhill, where Canadians Valérie Grenier and Cassidy Gray will be competing against a stacked field.
The snowboarders will tackle the parallel giant slalom and the women’s big air qualifier events, while Canada’s figure skating team is sitting fourth heading into today’s final event.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 8, 2026.
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