02/14/26 18:00
Time is running out for Canada’s women’s hockey team to clean up its game
- Grant Robertson
Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin celebrates with Sarah Fillier and Renata Fast during the quarterfinal match against Germany.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press
As they stepped off the ice Saturday, Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey players sounded more like they were lamenting a loss than celebrating a win.
They had just dusted Germany 5-1 in the quarter-final, but the game was less tidy than it looked on paper, head coach Troy Ryan said.
For veteran defender Renata Fast, the key words facing the team right now are “clean up.” As in, Canada’s playing some messy hockey in Milan, and it’s only got so much time left mop up its mistakes.
“We’re taking it day by day in this tournament,” Fast said after the win against Germany. “We still have some areas we still need to clean up.”
Asked to elaborate, Fast went on.
“It’s just our puck management a little bit, just being harder on our plays, and recognizing when we don’t have the advantage and we might need to just get a puck low versus try to make a play.”
The normally poised Canadians have been a bit out of sorts at these Olympics. Their tournament was turned upside down when captain Marie-Philip Poulin, widely considered the best player in women’s hockey, went down with an injury in their second game.
Any weaknesses in their veteran-heavy lineup were laid bare soon after, when they were dismantled 5-0 by a younger, faster, hungrier American team.
Heading into the semi-finals Monday and, presumably, a gold-medal rematch later against the Americans, Canada has limited time to get things right. It’s something the players and their coach were acutely aware of when they stepped off the ice Saturday.
02/14/26 17:45
8 Days, 0 golds: Canada’s Olympic program heads off a cliff
- Cathal Kelly
Canada's Laurent Dubreuil after competing in the speed skating men's 500m.DANIEL MUNOZ/AFP/Getty Images
On Saturday, Laurent Dubreuil won an Olympic bronze medal to pair with the silver he won in Beijing.
His Games is over, but instead of going home he’ll stay in Europe. That way he doesn’t have to pay out of pocket to fly back for the world championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands in about a week’s time.
Once at that event, he’ll stay with friends. “It’s cheaper than a hotel,” Debreuil said.
He was just minutes off the podium when he had this remarkable conversation.
You have to pay for everything on this trip?
“Yes.”
Would a Dutch speed skater ever find themselves in such a position?
“Nope.”
In the spring of 2024, Canadian Olympic Committee president David Shoemaker tried firing up the old klaxons about sports funding. “We’re on the brink of a crisis,” Shoemaker & Co. said in a release. COC representatives have said this sort of thing so often over the years that most people have stopped listening.
Three months after that warning, Canada had one of its best summer Olympics ever in Paris. Crisis averted. Except that Shoemaker hadn’t said anything about 2024.
What he’d said, to the Globe’s Simon Houpt, was that while the Paris Games would be fine, “there are certainly some winter sports that are in financial dire straits, and two years from now, unless something were to change, they’ve got real problems.” It’s now two years from then and guess what? Canada has some problems.
02/14/26 17:15
Hockey players glad to not wear microphones after Olympic curling spat goes live on TV
- Grant Robertson
Natalie Spooner is very glad hockey players aren't mic’d up during games.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press
Natalie Spooner is relieved hockey players aren’t wired up in Milan after a heated argument between Canadian and Swedish curlers was caught on microphone at the Olympics
“Very, very glad,” Spooner said when asked if she was happy she wasn’t mic’d up during Team Canada’s hockey games.
Spooner suggested it’s best that interactions between hockey players be left to the imaginations of viewers at home.
“It’s competition and people get heated,” she said.
Curlers wear microphones so that viewers can hear the interactions and strategizing of the teams. For years, it’s been part of the game.
Spooner said she’s fine leaving the microphones for the curlers, but also understood where the Canadians were coming from.
“It is crazy that they have to be mic’d during the game,” Spooner said.
“But at the same time, it’s competition and he wants to win – and it was how he felt in the moment."
02/14/26 16:40
William Dandjinou finishes fifth in men’s 1,500m short track
- Robyn Doolittle
As short track’s most dominant athlete, William Dandjinou came to Milan as a gold medal contender in all five of his events.WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images
Short track superstar William Dandjinou is still struggling to find his footing at these Milan Cortina Games, finishing off the podium in the men’s 1,500-metre after a tense race that saw multiple crashes.
Dandjinou started the race strong and spent the first several laps in first and second, but flew out wide after getting caught in a traffic jam.
The 24-year-old short track phenom came fifth with a time of 2:12.639. Dutch short track speed skater Jens van ‘t Wout was gold with 2:12.219, South Korea’s Hwang Dae-heon was silver and Latvia’s Roberts Kruzbergs was bronze.
Canada’s Steven Dubois was the first skater to go down and placed sixth.
As short track’s most dominant athlete, Dandjinou came to Milan as a gold medal contender in all five of his events.
He began the Olympics with a silver medal as part of the short-track team. But in the men’s 1,000-metre, a momentary misstep saw Dandjinou fall from first to fourth.
On Day 9 of the Games, Canada is still hunting for its first gold medal.
02/14/26 16:40
Women’s curling team drops an 8-7 decision to Switzerland
- Rachel Brady
Rachel Homan delivers the stone during the curling women's round robin between Canada and Switzerland.TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images
Rachel Homan’s Canadian rink dropped to 1-3 in the Olympic women’s curling bonspiel on Saturday, with an 8-7 loss to Switzerland in an extra end.
It’s been a tough go in round robin play so far in Cortina at the Winter Games for Homan’s team, top-ranked in the world.
Canada had a nice lead in Saturday’s game before conceding four to the Swiss in the seventh end.
Trailing by one in the 10th, Homan had a nice draw to score one and sent it to an extra end. But with the hammer, Swiss skip Alina Paetz then delivered a draw to the button to score the game-winning single.
The game got off to a weird start as Homan had her first stone removed for a double-touch violation called by hog line officials in the first end. Homan was incensed.
“I don’t understand the call. I’ll never understand it. We’ve never done that. It has nothing to do with us. That shouldn’t be in our game. There’s no infractions on the women’s side at all. It was absurd.”
“My hand did not move when I released it. I have no idea what she saw,” said Homan of the umpire. “If she saw something, then look at the video, like go watch it a thousand times, you’re going to see nothing.”
Team Homan second, Emma Miskew, appealed to an umpire, saying she was directly beside Homan ready to sweep the rock and Homan did not touch the granite.
A focus on double touching stones began at the Games on Friday in men’s action when Swedish third Oskar Eriksson accused Canadian third Marc Kennedy of it. In response, World Curling added umpires to monitor the hog lines. Curling does not have instant replay.
Canada’s men face China on Sunday as their round robin continues, while Canada’s women get a day off.
02/14/26 16:21
Short-track skaters Dandjinou and Dubois advance to men’s 1,500m final
- Robyn Doolittle
Canada's William Dandjinou, China's Liu Shaoang and Italy's Luca Spechenhauser compete in the short-track speed skating men's 1,500-metre semifinal.WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images
Short-track skater William Dandjinou and his teammate Steven Dubois have both advanced to the final in the men’s 1,500-metre.
Dandjinou, 24, will be looking to capture Canada’s first gold in the event – a race he won at the world championships in Beijing.
All three Canadians advanced to the semi-final round, but Félix Roussel crashed during his race and did not move forward.
The final is scheduled for 4:42 p.m. ET.
Saturday night also saw the women’s 3,000-metre relay semifinals. Canada has advanced to the medal round after a dramatic last lap come-from behind push.
02/14/26 16:00
Canadians qualify for women’s 1,000m short track quarterfinals
Canadian speed skaters Courtney Sarault, Kim Boutin and Florence Brunelle have qualified for the women’s 1,000-metre short track quarterfinals.
Sarault has already earned an individual medal in Milan with bronze in the women’s 500 on Thursday.
The quarterfinals take place Monday.
- The Canadian Press
02/14/26 15:35
Olympic athletes promised fresh stocks of condoms on Valentine’s Day after villages run short
There should be no further shortage of condoms in Italy until the Winter Games closing ceremony Feb. 22.Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press
On Valentine’s Day at the Milan Cortina Olympics, a renewed supply of free condoms for the athlete villages was promised by the organizers after going short during the week.
“We can confirm that condom supplies in the Olympic Villages were temporarily depleted due to higher-than-anticipated demand,” the Italian organizing committee said in a statement Saturday. “Additional supplies are being delivered and will be distributed across all villages between today and Monday.”
Providing condoms for athletes has been a gift from organizers – and a constant fascination to the world – for decades.
While 300,000 condoms were provided for more than 10,500 athletes at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, the original stock was much lower for these Winter Games.
Condoms are traditionally popular for Olympic athletes to take home from as “a kind of gift” to friends, Alpine skier Mialitiana Clerc said Saturday.
“I’m not so shocked. I saw it in Beijing already,” said Clerc, who also competed for Madagascar four years ago at the Winter Games in China. “There were some boxes with a lot of condoms at the entrance of every building where we were staying at the village.”
“I already know that a lot of people are using some condoms or just taking them to give to their friends outside of the Olympics because it’s a kind of gift for them,” Clerc said.
There should be no further shortage in Italy until the Winter Games closing ceremony Feb. 22.
“They will be continuously replenished until the end of the games to ensure continued availability,” the local organizing committee said.
- The Associated Press
02/14/26 15:05
Canadians finish 18th and 19th in women’s skeleton
Jane Channell finished 18th in women’s skeleton.Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images
Canadians Jane Channell and Hallie Clarke have finished 18th and 19th respectively in women’s skeleton.
Austria’s Janine Flock topped the podium with a time of three minutes 49.02 second, followed by Germany’s Susanne Kreher and Jacqueline Pfeifer.
Channell finished with a time of 3.94 seconds behind Flock, and Clarke came in at 4.0 seconds behind.
- The Canadian Press
02/14/26 14:40
Dandjinou advances to semifinals in men’s 1,500m short track
- Robyn Doolittle
William Dandjinou will be looking to capture Canada’s first gold in the men’s 1,500-metre.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Short track skater William Dandjinou has advanced out of the quarterfinals in the men’s 1,500-metre.
Dandjinou finished just behind Italy’s Luca Spechenhauser. Dandjinou, 24, will be looking to capture Canada’s first gold in the event. He won this event at the World Championships in Beijing.
The semifinals will be held in a little over an hour and the final is scheduled for 4:42 pm EST.
Dandjinou’s teammates Félix Roussel and Steven Dubois, have also advanced to the semifinals.
02/14/26 14:10
Canada’s men’s curling team says Sweden had plans to catch opponents out for infractions
- Rachel Brady
Canada's Ben Hebert, Marc Kennedy and Brett Gallant. Sweden accused two curlers on the Canadian men’s team of second-touching stones after the hog line, which is not allowed.Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters
The Canadian men’s curling team said its Swedish opponent had a premeditated plan to catch it out at the Winter Olympics for hog line infractions.
“They have come up with a plan here at the Olympics, as far as I know, to catch teams in the act at the hog line and it was planned, right from the word go yesterday,” said Canadian third Marc Kennedy on Saturday. “From the words that were being said by their coaches and the way they were running to the officials, it was evident that something was going on, and they were trying to catch us in an act.”
Kennedy wonders if the Swedish players believed Canada was committing infractions with double touches on the rock, why they would not have just had a private conversation about it.
Curling Canada CEO Nolan Thiessen described himself as “surprised” that someone had filmed a video at the centre of a simmering curling conflict between Canada and Sweden.
02/14/26 13:20
Poulin makes history in return as Canada beats Germany 5-1 to advance to semis
- Grant Robertson
Marie-Philip Poulin celebrates scoring the fifth goal. She scored late in the third period on a feed from Sarah Fillier, giving her 18 career goals at the Olympics.David W Cerny/Reuters
Marie-Philip Poulin returned to the ice at the Olympics on Saturday with all eyes on her injured right leg as Canada faced Germany in the quarter-finals.
While she took some time to find her stride, Canada’s captain made history in a 5-1 win over Germany. Poulin scored late in the third period on a feed from Sarah Fillier, giving her 18 career goals at the Olympics, tying her with Hayley Wickenheiser for the most in history.
Canada advanced to Monday’s semi-final with the win. But the focus of the game was less on the scoreboard than it was on Canada’s captain.
The game was a litmus test for Poulin, who missed the last two games with an apparent injured right knee. If Canada is to have any hope of challenging the high-powered Americans for the gold medal, they will need Poulin at her absolute best.
Early on, Poulin seemed to be favouring the leg, labouring slightly on sharp turns and quick transitions in the neutral zone.
But as the game wore on, playing on a loaded top line with Fillier and Daryl Watts, Poulin seemed to gain speed.
Read the full story on Canada’s win over Germany.
02/14/26 12:35
Switzerland’s Kevin Fiala out of Olympics after leg injury suffered against Canada
Switzerland's Kevin Fiala went down when he collided with Tom Wilson with just under three minutes left in Canada’s 5-1 victory.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Switzerland forward Kevin Fiala is out for the rest of the Milan Cortina Olympics after undergoing surgery on his injured left leg.
Fiala was taken off the ice on a stretcher late in Switzerland’s game against Canada on Friday. The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation on Saturday called it a lower leg injury that was ending his time at the Games, and a spokesperson confirmed that Fiala had surgery.
Neither Switzerland nor the Los Angeles Kings would confirm exactly what the operation was or that it is likely to end his season in the NHL, as well.
“Very obviously sad, and it sucks for him and for us,” Kings teammate Adrian Kempe said after Sweden’s game against Slovakia. “It’s really tough for him personally and for us as a team. You know how much he means to our team back home in L.A . It’s just very unfortunate for him that it comes in a tournament like this that we’ve been looking forward to playing in for so long. I feel for him.”
The 29-year-old winger went down when he collided with Tom Wilson with just under three minutes left in Canada’s 5-1 victory.
- The Associated Press
02/14/26 12:20
Canada up 3-0 against Germany after second period in women’s hockey quarterfinal
- Paul Attfield
Natalie Spooner shoots during the quarterfinal game between Canada and Germany on Saturday.Sun Fei/The Associated Press
Sarah Fillier scored the only goal of the second period as Team Canada’s women stretched their lead to 3-0 over Germany in the Olympic quarterfinal in Milan on Saturday.
In a dominant middle stanza, where Canada outshot its European opponent 17-3 over the 20 minutes, Renata Fast and Daryl Watts managed to get the puck to Fillier on the power play, and the 25-year-old winger beat German netminder Sandra Abstreiter from a sharp angle.
Brianne Jenner and Claire Thompson had given Canada a 2-0 lead after the first period.
Canada’s dominance on the ice meant another quiet period for Emerance Maschmeyer in net. Making her third appearance of these Olympics, and her second start, the 31-year-old has yet to give up a goal, having made 12 saves through 68 minutes of action coming into Saturday’s game.
02/14/26 11:44
Dubreuil takes bronze in men’s 500m speed skating
- Cathal Kelly
Laurent Dubreuil in action during the men's 500-metre speed-skating event in Milan.Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Canada’s Laurent Dubreuil has won a bronze medal in the men’s 500-metre speed-skating sprint on Saturday. It completes Dubreuil’s comeback from Beijing 2022, when he missed a podium finish in the same event by 2/100ths of a second.
For about ten minutes in Milan, Dubreuil held an Olympic record. He was overtaken by Saturday’s eventual winner, American Jordan Stolz.
Canada now has eight medals in the Milan Games. Half of them have come in the two speed skating disciplines.
There could be more tonight in short track, with Quebec’s William Dandjinou looking for Canada’s first gold of these Games in the men’s 1,500-metre. That event will begin at 2:15 p.m. ET. The final is scheduled to start at 4:42 p.m ET.
02/14/26 11:23
Women’s hockey team up 2-0 after first period against Germany
- Paul Attfield
Claire Thompson celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the first period during the women's quarterfinals match against Germany.Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Team Canada’s women had a 2-0 lead after the first period of their Olympic quarterfinal against Germany in Milan on Saturday.
Buoyed by the return of captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who had missed the past two games with a knee injury, Canada jumped into an early lead when Brianne Jenner took a pass from Emma Maltais and beat Sandra Abstreiter in the German goal less than two minutes into the game. Sophie Jacques registered the other assist on the goal.
Canada’s dominance over the opening 20 minutes – it held a 10-3 edge in shots – was underlined just before the intermission when Claire Thompson cashed in Canada’s second off an assist from Kristin O’Neill.
02/14/26 10:55
Canadian men’s curling team suffers first round-robin defeat
Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller defeated Canada’s Brad Jacobs 9-5 on Saturday afternoon at the Winter Olympics.
It was the first loss of round-robin play for the Calgary-based team of Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert.
It was Canada’s first game since World Curling issued a verbal warning to team officials about inappropriate behaviour.
– The Canadian Press
02/14/26 10:45
Women’s hockey quarterfinal against Germany begins
- Globe staff
Brianne Jenner of Canada scores past Sandra Abstreiter of Germany in the Olympic quarterfinal match Saturday.David W Cerny/Reuters
Canada’s women’s hockey team kicked off its quarterfinal match against Germany Saturday with captain Marie-Philip Poulin back in the lineup.
Poulin missed Canada’s last two round-robin games after an injury sustained during the team’s match with Czechia on Monday.
Canada started strong with a goal early in the first period.
02/14/26 09:32
Marie-Philip Poulin to play quarterfinal against Germany
Marie-Philip Poulin gathers with teammates before a preliminary round match of women's ice hockey against Czechia on Feb. 9.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press
Captain Marie-Philip Poulin is back in the lineup for Canada’s women’s hockey quarterfinal against Germany.
Poulin missed Canada’s last two round-robin games with an injury.
She was hurt after taking an awkward hit into the boards during Canada’s 5-1 preliminary round victory over Czechia on Monday.
– The Canadian Press
02/14/26 09:02
Free condoms for Olympic athletes in short supply
Competitors make their way through the athletes village in Cortina d'Ampezzo.Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
Athletes at the Winter Games seem to have embraced Valentine’s week with their trademark Olympic intensity, racing through their free condom supply to leave dispensers empty before the big day itself.
Some 10,000 prophylactics were distributed across the city and mountain accommodation sites by organizers, continuing a longstanding Olympic practice aimed at promoting safe relationships among mostly young, healthy and energetic competitors living in close quarters.
By Saturday the stock had run out, however, with just over a week of the sporting bonanza still to go, adding Milan to a long list of Games where demand has comfortably outstripped supply, a now almost-routine Olympic sub-plot.
“Clearly this shows Valentine’s Day is in full swing at the village,” International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams told a press conference on Saturday. “Ten thousand have been used – 2,800 athletes – you can go figure, as they say.”
“It is rule 62 of the Olympic Charter that we have to have a condoms story. Faster, higher, stronger, together,” Adams joked.
While athletes are provided with free condoms at every Games, the rush in Milan has left even the athletes themselves stunned.
“I just saw that this morning. I was, like, shocked as everyone else,” Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo said.
Mialitiana Clerc, an alpine skier representing Madagascar, said there was nothing left in her accommodation.
“There were a lot of boxes at the entrance of every building where we were staying and every day, everything had gone from the box,” said Clerc. “I already know that a lot of people are using condoms, or giving them to their friends outside of the Olympics because it’s a kind of gift for them.”
– Reuters
02/14/26 08:54
Valentine’s Day at the Winter Olympics
Laura Stacey and Marie-Philip Poulin of Team Canada celebrate after defeating Switzerland on day one of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The married couple are playing Germany on Saturday in the quarterfinals.Sarah Stier/Getty Images
At the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, winning medals isn’t the only thing making hearts swell. From the ice rinks to the snowy hills, love is in the frozen air.
Valentine’s Day is the finals for the women’s skeleton event. That means that Kim Meylemans of Belgium and Nicole Rocha Silveira of Brazil – an international couple who play for their separate national teams – will be too busy for a romantic dinner. They told The Associated Press they didn’t even bring gifts to exchange.
But since they are together all the time, “It’s always a bit of a Valentine’s Day,” Meylemans said. “It is part of our sport every day, our love.”
Canadian hockey forward Laura Stacey and her wife, team captain Marie-Philip Poulin, have a different kind of date: playing Germany’s team in the quarterfinals in Milan.
“We have a game, we have a big game, so spending it together. We’re pretty lucky,” Stacey said. “Most people don’t get to do what they love, chasing their dreams together, and we do. So I think on February 14th, I think it’s important for us to just appreciate that and not take it for granted.”
– The Associated Press
Read more about what Valentine’s Day looks like for athletes and attendees at the Games.
02/14/26 08:30
South African latecomer Matt Smith hopes to inspire others
Three years ago, Matt Smith had never strapped on a pair of cross-country skis. On Friday, the South African lined up alongside the world’s best at the Winter Olympics, driven by a belief that it is never too late to do something you love and a desire to put the sport on the map back home.
The 35-year-old only took up the sport after moving to Norway three years ago, navigating unfamiliar snow and skis during long hours of training. Now competing on the biggest stage, Smith hopes his unlikely journey can inspire others in a country with little Winter Olympic tradition.
“It sounds crazy when you say it out loud, but three years ago I couldn’t ski at all,” Smith told Reuters. “If my story shows anything, it’s that you don’t have to start young to take something seriously if you really care about it.”
Smith finished 108th in the men’s 10-kilometre freestyle, but the result mattered less than the moment. Beaming with confidence and humour, he said that simply reaching the start line felt like a victory, and that his ambitions extend beyond his own racing.
“The art of being an athlete today is also being an educator and an entertainer,” he said.
“I take that responsibility seriously. If I can help people understand the sport and get excited about it, then I’ve done something worthwhile.”
– Reuters
02/14/26 07:38
Cross-country skiers finish eighth in women’s 4x7.5km relay
Canada's Liliane Gagnon competes during the women's 4x7.5-kilometre cross-country relay on Saturday.Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Canada’s cross-country ski team has finished eighth in the women’s 4x7.5-kilometre relay.
The team of Alison Mackie, Jasmine Drolet, Liliane Gagnon and Sonjaa Schmidt combined to produce the top-10 finish.
The Norwegian team won the gold medal, followed by Sweden in silver and Finland in bronze.
– The Canadian Press
02/14/26 07:15
Opinion: Malinin’s epic choke could be the start of a great Olympic story
- Cathal Kelly
Ilia Malinin reacts after competing during the men's free skate program in Milan on Friday. The U.S. skater broke a 14-competition winning streak, coming in eighth.Francisco Seco/The Associated Press
Ilia Malinin came to Italy to make the quad look easy. He couldn’t even make it look hard. He missed some jumps and bailed on others. The crowd had been so primed to witness greatness that they cheered his successful landings right as he was in the middle of blowing them.
Just getting to the end of his program was a kind of victory. Lesser competitors might have given up. Malinin finished eightth.
The good news for Malinin is that the possibilities of his complete sporting career are suddenly much richer.
There’s something tedious about someone who is the unquestioned best at something. After a while, they render whatever they do inert. Usain Bolt did that to sprinting. Why bother watching if you know to an absolute certainty how it’s going to turn out?
Malinin was headed for Bolt status – which is not a bad thing. It would have made him a lot more money.
Now he’s something very different. Now he’s the hero on a quest.
02/14/26 06:22
Australia takes gold in women’s dual moguls
- Eric Reguly
Maia Schwinghammer of Canada in action during the women's dual moguls finals.Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
The dual moguls competition made its Olympic debut Saturday and it wasn’t kind to the Canadian women. None of the four in the competition – Maia Schwinghammer, Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert, Jessica Linton and Ashley Koehler – made it far in a highly competitive field that began with 32 competitors.
Among them, Quebec’s Koehler, 22, had the best run. She lost to American Elizabeth Lemley, who had won Olympic gold in the single moguls earlier in the week, in the 1/8 final. Lemley went on to win bronze. Jakara Anthony of Australia won gold to become the first ever Olympic dual moguls champion. Jaelin Kauf of the U.S. took silver.
The conditions were tough. It snowed during the event, hurting visibility; there were several crashes.
While the dual moguls looks like a drag race, with two athletes competing head-to-head on a parallel course, only 20 per cent of the score goes to speed. Another 20 per cent goes to air (height and distance, known as amplitude) and 60 per cent to turning skills. Each duel consists of one run. The competitors make two jumps that are judged on their degree of difficulty.
With the Canadian women medal-less in the two moguls competitions, all eyes are on the Canadian men, who compete in the dual moguls on Sunday.
It will be the last Olympic event for Quebec’s Mikaël Kingsbury, who won silver in the single moguls on Thursday, taking his Olympic freestyle medal haul to four, one of them gold, over four Games. He has also won a record 100 World Cups.
Julien Viel and Elliot Vaillancourt are the other two Canadians in the event.
02/14/26 06:09
Women’s curling team drops to Great Britain
Tracy Fleury and Sarah Wilkes during their match against Great Britain Saturday.Issei Kato/Reuters
Canada’s Rachel Homan dropped a 7-6 decision to Great Britain’s Sophie Jackson on Saturday morning at the Winter Olympics.
It was the second straight round-robin loss for Homan and teammates Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes.
Canada gave up a three-point end in the third. Homan missed a double-takeout and British fourth Rebecca Morrison made a double-tap.
– The Canadian Press
02/14/26 05:00
Today’s Olympic schedule and event start times
- Globe staff
It’s another packed day in Italy with Canada’s women’s hockey team playing their first knockout game and several other Olympians taking shots at this country’s first gold medal of the Winter Games.
Kristin O'Neill scores during a preliminary round match against Finland in Milan on Thursday.Hassan Ammar/The Associated Press
On the ice, medal-favourite William Dandjinou is racing for another chance at the short track podium in the men’s 1500m after coming fourth in the 1000m. Four Canadians are also racing for the men’s 500m speed skating podium.
Maïa Schwinghammer has another run at a moguls medal as she teams up with Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert in the women’s dual event, and Team Canada is also racing in the cross-country women’s 4x7.5km relay final.
Here are the events to watch for, and you can find the full schedule here.
- 4:57 a.m. ET - Women’s dual moguls 1/16 finals (Maïa Schwinghammer and Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert among Canadians competing)
- 8:05 a.m. ET - Men’s curling (Canada vs. Switzerland)
- 10 a.m. ET - Speed skating women’s team pursuit quarterfinal (Canada competing)
- 10:40 a.m. ET - Canada vs. Germany women’s hockey quarterfinal
- 1:05 p.m. ET - Women’s curling (Canada vs. Switzerland)
- 2:15 p.m. ET - Short track men’s 1500m quarterfinals (William Dandjinou among Canadians competing)
- 3:49 p.m. ET - Short track men’s 1500m semifinals
- 3:15 p.m. ET - Short track women’s 1000m heats (Courtney Sarault, Kim Boutin and Florence Brunelle)
- 4 p.m. ET – Short track women’s 3000m relay semifinal (Canada competing)
Medal events:
- 5:46 a.m. ET - Women’s dual moguls
- 6 a.m. ET - Cross-country women’s 4x7.5km relay (Canada competing)
- 7:30 a.m. Men’s giant slalom
- 8:45 a.m. ET - Biathlon women’s 7.5km sprint (Nadia Moser and Shilo Rousseau among Canadians competing)
- 11:00 a.m. ET - Speed skating men’s 500m (Laurent Dubreuil among Canadians competing)
- 1:35 p.m. ET - Skeleton women’s singles
- 1:57 p.m. ET - Ski jumping men’s large hill
- 4:35 p.m. ET - Short track men’s 1500m
02/14/26 05:00
Where to watch the Olympics in Canada
- Globe staff
CBC is Canada’s official Olympic broadcaster. The 2026 Winter Games will be available to watch on CBC through your TV provider, or to stream for free on the CBC Gem app or at CBCGem.ca.
You can also follow The Globe and Mail’s live coverage of all the latest news and analysis of the Games, on our website or mobile app.
02/14/26 05:00
Your guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Globe staff
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have begun and are poised to be historic in more ways than one, as Team Canada and the world’s best athletes converge in northern Italy.
From hockey to figure skating and the debut of ski mountaineering, the competition will be nothing short of thrilling. But at the most geographically widespread edition of the Winter Games ever, international tensions – particularly toward the United States – will also be on full display.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Games.
02/14/26 05:00
Ask us your Olympics questions
- Globe staff
From how Canada is doing so far to what the energy is like in Italy, tell the The Globe’s Olympics team what you want to know about the Games. We’ll do our best to answer them.
Ask us your Olympics questions
What do you want to know about the 2026 Winter Games and Team Canada so far? Send us your questions, and The Globe's journalists on the ground in Italy will try to answer them.