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The lights went out at the Olympic curling venue before Canada’s Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman powered their way to a near-flawless 10-5 victory over Czechia on the opening day of mixed doubles competition Wednesday in Italy. Source link

Finland’s national women’s hockey team cancelled practice Wednesday due to a stomach illness affecting at least four players, a team spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press. Source link

Ongoing snowfall forced Milan-Cortina Olympic organizers to cancel the opening women’s downhill training session scheduled for Thursday.e. Source link

Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old American ski star, is optimistic she can compete in the Olympic women’s downhill on Sunday in Italy despite a ruptured ligament in her left knee. Source link

American skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle was fastest in the opening downhill training session of the Milano-Cortina Games on Wednesday but another racer had to be airlifted off the fearsome Stelvio slope. Source link

In some ways, the goals Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris set for the Milano-Cortina Olympics are the same ones he set in his three previous appearances at the Games. However, he listed one other element that no Olympian on the ground four years ago in China will ever take for granted again: “To enjoy it with […]

Canadian halfpipe snowboarder Elizabeth Hosking has lived the highs and lows of her sport. But with injuries behind her, Hosking ., is more than grateful to compete at the Milano-Cortina Games, her third Olympics. Source link

A year-long debate over whether to host the 2026 Winter Olympics dominated headlines in Calgary in 2018. The idea was abandoned after the public voted the idea down in a plebiscite. Now, residents are about to watch the Games they could have hosted kick off on the other side of the world in Italy. Source […]

As Canada’s most successful Olympic team with 42 Olympic and over 150 world championship medals through the years, the expectations are always high for the Canadian speed skating team. Italy holds a special place in the heart of Canadian speed skaters. Will there be the same kind of magic at Milano-Cortina 2026? Source link

Brian Orser knows Canada’s odds of bringing home a singles figure skating medal from the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics are slim. But he sees a promising future in singles skating for Canada. Source link