{"id":492145,"date":"2026-02-22T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492145\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:13:17","slug":"score-olympic-gold-hockey-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492145\/","title":{"rendered":"score, Olympic gold hockey updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Canada\u2019s last podium opportunity, the Canadian men\u2019s hockey team are playing the U.S. Sunday for a possible gold\u00a0\u2014 or at least a silver.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadians claimed 26 medals at\u00a0the last Winter Games in Beijing in 2022, but only four of those medals were gold and over half were bronze.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/olympics-and-paralympics\/the-paris-olympics-were-canadas-best-games-heres-who-won-the-record-breaking-haul-of\/article_27ad51f4-4db5-11ef-81ad-7775bc05f61c.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"The Paris Olympics were Canada&#x2019;s best Games. Here&#x2019;s who won the record-breaking haul of gold, silver and bronze medals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"The Paris Olympics were Canada&#x2019;s best Games. Here&#x2019;s who won the record-breaking haul of gold, silver and bronze medals\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1296\" height=\"864\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">With 27 medals won, Team Canada broke its record for most medals won in a single non-boycotted <\/p>\n<p>The most medals ever\u00a0won by\u00a0Canada in the Winter Olympics\u00a0\u2014 excluding boycotted Games\u00a0\u2014 came in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, when Canadian athletes won 29 medals, including 11 gold.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s record for most gold medals in a single Winter Olympics is 14, achieved on home soil at Vancouver 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are Canada\u2019s medallists in the 2026 Games so far:<\/p>\n<p>GOLD: 5<\/p>\n<p>Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert and Tyler Tardi\u00a0\u2014 Men\u2019s curling<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"curling2.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Gold medalists Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert of Team Canada celebrate victory with coach Paul Webster after the men\u2019s gold medal match against Britain.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Mattia Ozbot\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Canada beat Great Britain to win gold in men\u2019s curling on Day 15 of the Winter Games. It\u2019s the second Olympic medal for Canadian skip Brad Jacobs, who won gold at the 2014 Games in Sochi.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian team beat Great Britain with a final score of 9 to 6.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Dubois \u2014 Men\u2019s short-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Steven Dubois medal(2).JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1176\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Steven Dubois competes in the men\u2019s 500m short track speed skating quarter finals event during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Nathan Denette\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old skater from Quebec put on a formidable performance to bring Canada its fourth gold of the Games.<\/p>\n<p>It is the fifth Olympic medal of Dubois\u2019 career, and the first individual gold of his career \u2014 he won gold as a part of Canada\u2019s short-track speedskating relay team at the Beijing 2022 Games. It is his second medal of the 2026 Olympics; his first was a silver medal he helped secure in the mixed team relay (he raced during the semifinals).<\/p>\n<p>Ivanie Blondin, Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann\u00a0\u2014 Women\u2019s speedskating team pursuit<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Canada semifinal.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Isabelle Weidemann, yellow armband, followed by Valerie Maltais, red armband, and Ivanie Blondin, white armband, pictured in the semifinal of the women\u2019s team pursuit speedskating race. They won gold in the event on Feb 17.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ben Curtis\/AP<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian women claimed gold in speedskating team pursuit, successfully defending their title from the 2022 Beijing Games, when they set an Olympic record.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran skaters Ivanie Blondin, Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann beat the Netherlands by almost a full second, winning Canada\u2019s third gold of the Games. The Canadians finished nearly three seconds ahead of the Japanese team, who beat the U.S. in run for third place.<\/p>\n<p>They are the first team in 20 years to repeat in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Oldham\u00a0\u2014 Women\u2019s freeski big air<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"megan oldham\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Oldham narrowly missed the podium in the sport for which she currently holds the gold medal at Beijing 2022.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Lindsey Wasson\/AP file photo<\/p>\n<p>Oldham nabbed her second medal in Milan on Day 10 in the big air final. The 24-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., finished ahead of China\u2019s Eileen Gu and Italy\u2019s Flora Tabanelli, who claimed silver and bronze, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oldham entered these games as the fifth-ranked 2025 world champion in women\u2019s freeski big air. Her last Olympics were Beijing 2022, where she fell just short of the podium, claiming fourth in the category. At the same Olympics, she placed 13th for women\u2019s freeski slopestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mika\u00ebl Kingsbury \u2014 Men\u2019s dual moguls freestyle skiing<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"kingsbury feb. 15 flip.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Mika\u00ebl Kingsbury competed in the debut ofthe men\u2019s freestyle skiing dual moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, winning Canada\u2019s ninth medal \u2014 and the first gold \u2014 in these Games.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Gregory Bull\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Canada finally won its first gold medal on Day 9 of the 2026 Winter Games courtesy of Kingsbury. The champion had been a flag-bearer for the country at the Olympics\u2019 opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>In the Olympic debut of the men\u2019s dual mogul freestyle skiing event, the 33-year-old athlete from\u00a0Deux-Montagnes, Que., beat one of his greatest rivals, Ikuma Horishima of Japan, for the gold.<\/p>\n<p>SILVER: 6<\/p>\n<p>Ivanie Blondin\u00a0\u2014 Women\u2019s\u00a0long-track speedskating mass start<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"blondin.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Ivanie Blondin competing during the women\u2019s mass start speedskating finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. She finished second, winning Canada\u2019s sixth silver medal on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Darryl Dyck\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Ivanie Blondin won silver on Day 15 of the Winter Games in long-track speedskating mass start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the fourth Olympic medal of Blondin\u2019s career and her second in these Games after winning gold in the women\u2019s team pursuit event. Blondin finished on the podium behind Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s hockey team \u2014 Ice hockey finals<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"CDNWH(2).JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian women\u2019s performance in the ice hockey final was formidable, but not enough to defeat their American rivals who have reigned supreme over them the last eight times they met.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Petr David Josek\/AP<\/p>\n<p>It was a medal performance, but not the one Team Canada wanted. Champions from the last Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Canadians were not able to defend the title against the American team in an intense gold-medal match on Day 13.<\/p>\n<p>Canada started off strong, gaining a 1-0 lead courtesy of Kristin O\u2019Neill in the second period. But U.S. captain Hilary Knight forced overtime with a 1-1 tie and just 2:04 minutes left on the clock. Then, it was a three-on-three overtime match, where the first to score would take home the gold. Ultimately, it was America\u2019s Megan Keller who delivered the winning puck.<\/p>\n<p>It was the third time the Americans have beaten the Canadian women for gold in the eight Olympics featuring women\u2019s hockey. But Canadians watching from coast to coast still expressed their pride in women\u2019s team who played their best game of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Sarault\u00a0\u2014 Women\u2019s\u00a01000-metres short-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"SaraultFlag.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Sarault put herself in position to win five medals in Milan Cortina with two events remaining.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Francisco Seco\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Sarault took home the silver to win her third medal and Canada\u2019s 10th of the Milano Cortina Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old from Moncton, N.B. led part of the race, but was overtaken in the last few laps. She finished behind Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands and ahead of Gil-li Kim of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Sarault\u00a0also won a bronze medal in the 500 metres and a silver in the mixed relay race.<\/p>\n<p>She skated for Canada at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, but didn\u2019t win a medal there.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9liot Grondin \u2014 Men\u2019s snowboard cross<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"EliotGrondin.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s \u00c9liot Grondin (standing) crosses the finish line in the snowboard cross final to win the silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Lindsey Wasson\/AP<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que.,\u00a0claimed his third career Olympic medal and the sixth medal for Canada at these Games. Grondin sat. in second place for much of the final, and ultimately finished behind Austria\u2019s Alessandro Haemmerle. Jakob Dusek, also of Austria, took the bronze.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grondin was a medal favourite as the world champion and the top rider on the world tour for the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>He won the silver medal in this event at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, as well as a bronze in the team event.<\/p>\n<p>Mika\u00ebl Kingsbury \u2014 Men\u2019s freestyle mogul skiing<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Kingsbury.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1176\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Mikael Kingsbury will have one more chance to add to his Olympic medal collection when he goes for gold in the dual moguls, an event that\u2019s making its Winter Games debut.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Gregory Bull\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Kingsbury secured his third silver medal at an Olympics\u00a0with a formidable performance in the men\u2019s mogul skiing finals on Feb. 12. It was Kingsbury\u2019s\u00a0fourth Olympic medal overall, including a gold from Pyeongchang in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., had the top score of 83.71 with one pairing to go but Australia\u2019s Cooper Woods finished with the same mark. Woods won based on the tiebreaker, a higher turn score based on the judges\u2019 technical evaluation of how well an athlete turns through the moguls.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Sarault, Kim Boutin, Felix Roussel and William Dandjinou\u00a0\u2014 Mixed team relay short-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"William Dandjinou.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>William Dandjinou of Canada gets a push handoff from teammate Kim Boutin while competing in the team mixed relay short track speedskating at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Tuesday, Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Francisco Seco\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s\u00a0short-track speedskating team won the nation\u2019s first silver medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics. In a dramatic final, the mixed relay team who was in third for much of the race and at one point dropped to fourth eventually pulled ahead to finish in second.<\/p>\n<p>Italy took the gold and Belgium the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian team finished the 2000-metre relay race with a time of 2:39.26, only slightly behind Italy\u2019s time of 2:39.02.<\/p>\n<p>BRONZE: 9<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes and Rachel Brown\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Women\u2019s curling<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"homan.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Rachel Homan, middle, delivers the stone while Sarah Wilkes, left, and Emma Miskew sweep the ice during the bronze medal game.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Marco Bertorello\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada\u2019s women\u2019s curling team led by Rachel Homan won the bronze medal after beating the U.S. on Day 15 of the Winter Games. The Canadian women won the bronze medal game with a score of 10 to 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first Olympic medal for Homan, who made her return to the women\u2019s event after a sixth-place finish at the 2018 Games and a fifth-place finish in mixed doubles in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Mackay \u2014 Men\u2019s halfpipe skiing<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Brendan halfpipe.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Brendan Mackay reacts after competing in the freestyle skiing men\u2019s freeski halfpipe final run 3 during the Winter Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Jeff Pachoud\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>From the bottom of the field, Canada\u2019s Mackay vaulted himself onto the podium with a formidable halfpipe skiing performance on his final run.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old from Calgary posted Canada\u2019s 17th medal of these Games \u2014 and won himself his first-ever Olympics hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rie Maltais \u2014 Women\u2019s 1500-metre long-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Maltais surprise medal.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rie Maltais greeted fans after competing in the women\u2019s 1,500-meter speedskating race, where she secured Canada its 16th medal of these Games.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Luca Bruno\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Maltais came barrelling through at the\u00a01,500-metre speedskating event to take\u00a0the third step on the podium, despite not being ranked in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise performance on Day 14 added the 16th medal to Canada\u2019s stack, and the third Olympic medal of these Games to Maltais\u2019 own collection. It will join the gold she won in team pursuit, and the bronze in 3,000-metre speedskating that put Canada\u2019s first medal on the board at Milan Cortina.<\/p>\n<p>Dana\u00e9 Blais, Kim Boutin, Florence Brunelle and Courtney Sarault \u2014 Women\u2019s 3000-metre short-track speedskating relay<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Sarault relay team.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Team Canada react after winning bronze in final A of the short-track speedskating women\u2019s 3000-metre relay on day 12 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Canada picked up bronze hardware on Day 12 of the Games thanks to Blais, Boutin, Brunelle and Sarault.<\/p>\n<p>The team had led their pack of competitors for most of the 27 laps around the rink but slipped into third place with just a few laps left to go. The team was anchored by Sarault, who won her fourth medal at these Games and became the country\u2019s first woman to earn four short-track medals at a single Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea and Italy took the two positions above them.<\/p>\n<p>Laurent Dubreuil \u2014 Men\u2019s 500-metre short-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"LaurentDubreuil.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Dubreuil got on the podium in the 500-metre race on Feb. 14 after missing out by a few hundreths of a second in the same event in the previous Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Luca Bruno AP<\/p>\n<p>Dubreuil set an Olympic-record time of 34.26 in this 500-metre race, but was then surpassed twice. The sport\u2019s young superstars, American Jordan Stolz and Jenning de. Boo of the Netherlands, took the gold and silver medals, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Dubreuil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/olympics-and-paralympics\/canadian-olympic-speedskater-laurent-dubreuil-will-be-the-oldest-guy-in-the-field-in-milan\/article_7c8465dd-23d1-4a12-8370-e382ddcc7314.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">believed he could win a medal<\/a> at these Olympics despite being the oldest man in the field at the event and despite failing to crack the podium on the World Cup circuit this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old from L\u00e9vis, Que.,\u00a0finished 0.03 seconds off the podium in the 500-metre event at the 2022 Games in Beijing before winning silver in the 1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Sarault\u00a0\u2014Women\u2019s 500 m short-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"CourtneySarault.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Courtney Sarault celebrates during the 500-metre semi-finals en route to earning the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sarault snuck past Selma Poutsma of the Netherlands in the final stretch of the 500-metre speed-skating event to get on the podium. Sarault,\u00a0the top-ranked woman in short track, won Canada\u2019s fourth bronze medal and seventh medal overall at these Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>She finished with a time of 42.427 seconds, as Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands (41.609 seconds) won gold and Italian skater Arianna Fontana took the silver.<\/p>\n<p>This was Sarault\u2019s second medal of the Milano Cortina Games following the silver she nabbed as part of Canada\u2019s contingent in the mixed team relay.<\/p>\n<p>Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier\u00a0\u2014 Figure skating free dance<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"paul and piper\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>This is the pair\u2019s first Olympic medal in their over 15-year partnership.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Natacha Pisarenko AP<\/p>\n<p>Canadian ice dance team Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have won their first Olympic medal, a bronze, and Canada\u2019s fourth medal of these Winter Games. This is Canada\u2019s first ice dance medal since Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir brought home gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have danced together for over 15 years, and previously competed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. Gilles and Poirier came into this Olympics with a record-breaking sixth consecutive gold medal at Skate Canada International.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Oldham \u2014 Women\u2019s freeski slopestyle<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"megan oldham\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>At her second Olympics, Oldham has won her first Olympic medal.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Darren Calabrese\/The Canadian Press file photo<\/p>\n<p>Oldham brought home Canada\u2019s second Olympic medal and second bronze of these games with a best score of 76.46. This is her second Olympics and first Olympic medal, having previously come in fourth at Beijing 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Newmarket native is a four-time world champion, and entered these Olympics with a bronze from the 2025 Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rie Maltais \u2014 Women\u2019s 3000 m long-track speedskating<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"maltais.JPG\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1764\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Valerie Maltais celebrates with her bronze medal in the women\u2019s 3000m speed skating competition during the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Nathan Denette\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>Maltais earned\u00a0Canada\u2019s first medal of these Games and the third Olympic medal of her career on Day 1 of the Games. She finished\u00a0with a time of\u00a03:56.93, behind gold medal winner Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy and silver medallist Ragne Wiklund of Norway.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old from\u00a0La Baie, Que., entered the Games ranked fourth in the world. She\u2019s competing in her fifth Olympics. Maltais is the only Canadian and third international to win Olympic medals in both short-track and long-track speedskating.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her gold medal in the long-track team pursuit at Beijing 2022, she claimed silver in the short-track 3,000-metre women\u2019s relay at Sochi 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Canada\u2019s last podium opportunity, the Canadian men\u2019s hockey team are playing the U.S. Sunday for a possible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-492145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492145","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=492145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}