Olympic update

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 7:46 AM CST Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 Last Modified: 11:19 AM CST Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

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Canada's speedskaters are gold medallists once again after triumphing in the women's team pursuit at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Valérie Maltais (mal-TEH'), Ivanie Blondin (EE'-vah-nee blahn-DEH') and Isabelle Weidemann (WYD'-ih-mun) defeated the Netherlands in the final to top the podium for the second straight Games and gave Canada its third gold medal in Milan.

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Canada’s speedskaters are gold medallists once again after triumphing in the women’s team pursuit at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Valérie Maltais (mal-TEH’), Ivanie Blondin (EE’-vah-nee blahn-DEH’) and Isabelle Weidemann (WYD’-ih-mun) defeated the Netherlands in the final to top the podium for the second straight Games and gave Canada its third gold medal in Milan.

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An alpine snow dump forced Olympic organizers to delay the women’s snowboard slopestyle final and men’s and women’s freestyle aerials qualification in Livigno. Laurie Blouin (bloo-EHN’) and Juliette Pelchat (pell-SHAT’) will have to wait until tomorrow for the slopestyle final after it was pushed back this morning. Blouin, the 2018 Olympic silver medallist, is chasing another podium, while Pelchat advanced in her Olympic debut.

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Nathan MacKinnon and Sam Bennett missed practice ahead of tomorrow’s men’s hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Olympics for what head coach Jon Cooper called “maintenance.” MacKinnon took a forearm to the jaw in Sunday’s 10-2 win over France. Defenceman Josh Morrissey returned to full participation, while veteran forward Brad Marchand is also available after missing two games.

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Rachel Homan (HOH’-mihn) defeated Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg 8-6 today in women’s curling round-robin play in Cortina. The Canadian rink of Tracy Fleury (FLUR’-ee), Emma Miskew (MISK’-yoo) and Sarah Wilkes (wilks) scored a deuce in the 10th end to hand Sweden its first loss of the competition. It was Canada’s third straight win, and they sit at 4-and-3 with two games remaining.

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