{"id":461133,"date":"2026-02-08T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/461133\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:30:08","slug":"day-2-what-to-watch-with-team-canada-at-milano-cortina-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/461133\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: What to watch with Team Canada at Milano Cortina 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 7, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sharing<\/p>\n

After Val\u00e9rie Maltais won Team Canada\u2019s first medal of Milano Cortina 2026<\/a> on Day 1, what does Day 2 hold?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the Team Canada athletes in action so you don\u2019t miss a moment.<\/p>\n

Alpine Skiing<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s downhill is on tap for 5:30 a.m. ET at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre. Val\u00e9rie Grenier<\/a> will be 21st out of the start gate, followed by Cassidy Gray<\/a> wearing bib No. 32. Grenier\u2019s only World Cup downhill podium came in Cortina two years ago.<\/p>\n

Biathlon<\/p>\n

The first biathlon event will take place at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena at 8:05 a.m. ET. Racing for Canada in the mixed relay will be Adam Runnalls<\/a>, Jasper Fleming<\/a>, Pascale Paradis<\/a>, and Nadia Moser<\/a>. It will be the first Olympic race for everyone but Runnalls.<\/p>\n

Cross-Country Skiing<\/p>\n

A day after the women, the men will race in the 20km skiathlon. Competing for Canada will be Antoine Cyr<\/a>, R\u00e9mi Drolet<\/a>, Max Hollmann<\/a>, and Xavier McKeever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Team Canada\u2019s Jasmine Drolet competes in the women\u2019s 10km + 10km skiathlon at the Tesero Cross Country stadium during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy on Thursday, February 05, 2026. Photo by Dave Holland\/COC *MANDATORY CREDIT*<\/p>\n

Curling<\/p>\n

After dropping their last three games, Jocelyn Peterman <\/a>and Brett Gallant<\/a> will take on Sweden at 8:35 a.m. ET looking to keep their playoff hopes alive. Then they\u2019ll be back at 1:05 p.m. ET to face South Korea.<\/p>\n

READ: Canada\u2019s struggles continue with third straight loss in mixed doubles curling<\/a><\/p>\n

Figure Skating<\/p>\n

Team Canada is in fourth place heading into the third and final day of the team event, two placement points back of the podium. Lia Pereira<\/a> and Trennt Michaud<\/a> will compete in the pairs free skate at 1:30 p.m. ET. Madeline Schizas<\/a> will be in the women\u2019s free skate at 2:45 p.m. ET and then Stephen Gogolev<\/a> closes it out in the men\u2019s free skate at 3:55 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

\"\"Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud of Team Canada take part in a training session at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games in Italy on Wednesday, February 04, 2026. Photo by Leah Hennel\/COC<\/p>\n

READ: Team Canada leaps into medal contention in team figure skating<\/a><\/p>\n

Snowboard<\/p>\n

The parallel giant slalom takes centre stage, starting at 3:00 a.m. ET with the qualification runs for women and men. Racing for Canada will be Kaylie Buck<\/a> and Aur\u00e9lie Moisan<\/a> in the women\u2019s event and Arnaud Gaudet<\/a> and Ben Heldman<\/a> in the men\u2019s event. They\u2019ll look to move on to the elimination brackets, starting with the \u215b finals at 7:00 a.m. ET. Later in the day will be the qualification round for women\u2019s big air at 1:30 p.m. ET. Laurie Blouin<\/a> and Juliette Pelchat<\/a> are expected to be competing for Canada.<\/p>\n

Speed Skating \u2013 Long Track<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s 5000m at 10:00 a.m. ET will feature Ted-Jan Bloemen<\/a> for Canada. The 2018 Olympic silver medallist will be in the final pairing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 7, 2026 After Val\u00e9rie Maltais won Team Canada\u2019s first medal of Milano Cortina 2026 on Day 1,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[188426,187790,188427,188428,188429,188430,188431,109038,188432,187791,109039,114464,43,188433,186766,188434,188435,188436,114465,188235,119634,188437,14471,46371,188438,44,188439,188440,188441,52948,188150,188394,13543,136186,41,39,42,40,114468,188442,188443],"class_list":["post-461133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-adam-runnalls","tag-alpine-skiing","tag-antoine-cyr","tag-arnaud-gaudet","tag-aurelie-moisan","tag-ben-heldman","tag-biathlon","tag-brett-gallant","tag-cassidy-gray","tag-cross-country-skiing","tag-curling","tag-figure-skating","tag-headlines","tag-jasper-fleming","tag-jocelyn-peterman","tag-juliette-pelchat","tag-kaylie-buck","tag-laurie-blouin","tag-lia-pereira","tag-long-track-speed-skating","tag-madeline-schizas","tag-max-hollmann","tag-milano-cortina-2026","tag-mixed-doubles","tag-nadia-moser","tag-news","tag-olympic-winter-games","tag-pascale-paradis","tag-remi-drolet","tag-snowboard","tag-speed-skating","tag-stephen-gogolev","tag-team-canada","tag-ted-jan-bloeman","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trennt-michaud","tag-valerie-grenier","tag-xavier-mckeever"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}