It’s Day 9 of competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics, where Canada has won its ninth medal with a gold in men’s dual moguls.
Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern.
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4:22 p.m.
Canadian figure skaters Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps have scored 66.04 in their pairs short program.
They’re ranked tenth with four pairs left to skate, and they’ve qualified for the free skate portion of the event.
The duo dropped out of the team event earlier in the Games after Stellato-Dudek sustained an injury while training.
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3:54 p.m.
Canadian freestyle skier Dylan Deschamps has qualified for the men’s big air finals.
Deschamps, of Quebec City, is ranked ninth after qualifying with a total score of 175.50.
The final takes place Tuesday.
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3:35 p.m.
Canada’s men’s curling team has defeated China 6-3.
That leaves the team with a 4-1 record, tied for second place with Great Britain and behind the undefeated Switzerland.
Canada is set to face Czechia (0-5) on Monday.
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3:21 p.m.
Canadian figure skaters Lia Pereira, of Milton, Ont., and Trennt Michaud, of Trenton, Ont., scored a personal-best 74.60 in the pairs short program and have qualified for the free skate.
They sit first with 10 pairs still to compete.
The top 16 advance.
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2:40 p.m.
Calgary’s Abigail Strate has finished 11th in women’s large hill ski jumping.
Strate, a bronze medallist in the mixed team event at the 2022 Beijing Games, came away with a combined score of 243.6 in the large hill event’s Olympic debut.
Nicole Maurer, also of Calgary, finished 20th.
Norway’s Anna Odine Strøm and Eirin Maria Kvandal claimed gold and silver, respectively, while Slovenia’s Nika Prevc won bronze.
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1:08 p.m.
Canada’s men’s hockey team ended its preliminary round at the Milan Cortina Olympics with a 10-2 win over France.
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Macklin Celebrini had two goals, including one on a penalty shot, and an assist for Canada.
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Canada finished on top of its group with a perfect record and with a plus-17 goal differential. The Canadians will find out their quarterfinal opponent after the United States plays Germany later today.
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12:10 p.m.
Sidney Crosby has scored to give Canada a 6-1 lead over France after two periods.
The goal was his 15th career Olympic point, moving him past Jarome Iginla as Canada’s all-time scoring leader.
Iginla’s final Olympic point was the assist on Crosby’s golden goal in the 2010 Vancouver final.
Cale Makar and Macklin Celebrini also scored in the second period.
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12:06 p.m.
Macklin Celebrini has scored on a penalty shot to give Canada a 5-1 lead over France late in the second period.
The 19-year-old forward has three goals in three games.
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11:55 a.m.
Canada’s Béatrice Lamarche has finished seventh in the women’s 500 metre long track skating event.
The 27-year-old from Quebec City finished the race in 37.53 seconds, which is 1.04 seconds off the winning time.
Dutch skaters Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam claimed the two top podium spots, while Japan’s Miho Takagi won the bronze medal.
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11:18 a.m.
Canada leads France 3-1 after the first period in their men’s hockey preliminary-round game.
Tom Wilson, Devon Toews and Mark Stone have scored for the Canadians.
Floran Douay has France’s lone goal.
Canada is out-shooting France 17-6 through 20 minutes.
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10:40 a.m.
Jordan Binnington is starting in goal as Canada’s men’s hockey team takes on France in its final preliminary-round game.
Canada is already assured of top spot in Group A and a place in the quarterfinals after convincing wins over Czechia and Switzerland.
The Canadians won gold the last time NHL players participated in the Games in 2014. The league’s stars are back for the Milan Cortina Games.
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10:30 a.m.
Two Canadians are through to the finals of the women’s snowboard slopestyle event.
Quebec City’s Laurie Blouin finished ninth in qualifying, while Whistler’s Juliette Pelchat grabbed the 12th and final spot.
The medals will be awarded on Tuesday.
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8:40 a.m.
Italian skier Federica Brignone is set to capture her second gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games with a victory in the women’s giant slalom.
Brignone leads the event with some lower-tier racers still to take the slopes.
Once official, it would be the seventh gold medal and 20th overall for host Italy.
Valérie Grenier is the top Canadian in 13th, while the Olympic struggles continue for American skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who is in 11th.
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8:03 a.m.
Canada won’t compete for a medal in the mixed snowboard cross event.
The team of Éliot Grondin and Audrey McManiman finished fourth in their quarterfinal and did not advance.
Grondin won a bronze medal in the event in Beijing 2022 with Meryeta O’Dine, who had to withdraw from Milan Cortina competition due to injury.
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7:10 a.m.
The Canadian men’s cross-country ski team has finished fifth in the 4 x 7.5-kilometre relay.
The team of Xavier McKeever, Antoine Cyr, Remi Drolet and Tom Stephen sat as high as third at times in the race.
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo anchored his team to victory, winning a Winter Games record ninth gold medal in cross-country skiing.
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7 a.m.
Canadian bobsledders are sitting 8th and 10th after two heats of the women’s monobob.
Barrhead, Alta.’s Melissa Lotholz is the highest-placed Canadian after posting the third-best time of the second heat.
Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah sits in the 10th spot heading into the final two heats.
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6:39 a.m.
Canadian Mark McMorris has qualified for the finals of the men’s snowboard slopestyle.
The 32-year-old from Regina has the third-best score in qualifying, after being sidelined from big air after a serious crash in training.
Ontario’s Cameron Spalding also qualified for the final with a fifth-best score, while Lac Beauport, Que.’s Eli Bouchard just missed qualifying after ending up 13th.
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6 a.m.
At last, Canada has its first gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games.
Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikaël Kingsbury was victorious at the men’s dual moguls competition. He defeated Japan’s Ikuma Horishima in the final round in the event’s Olympic debut.
The 33-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que. also won a silver medal in the individual moguls event at these Olympics.
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5:45 a.m.
Mikaël Kingsbury is about to race for gold.
Kingsbury has advanced to the final round of the men’s dual moguls competition at the Milan Cortina Games.
The Canadian freestyle skiing star defeated Takuya Shimakawa of Japan 33-2 in the semifinal round of the event. He will go head-to-head with Japan’s Ikuma Horishima in the final.
The medal, a gold or silver, will be Canada’s ninth overall of these Olympics.
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5:15 a.m.
Freestyle skiing star Mikaël Kingsbury is through to the quarterfinal in men’s dual moguls at the Milan Cortina Games.
The event is making its Olympic debut today. Unlike the individuals event, this competition sees skiers race each other down the mountain, with the one receiving a better score from judges advancing.
Kingsbury, 33, from Deux-Montagnes, Que. settled for silver medal in the individual event earlier in the week after losing a tiebreaker. Kingsbury has four career Olympic medals (one gold, three silver) and is the most decorated freestyle skier in history with 100 career World Cup wins.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 15, 2026.
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