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Isabelle Weidemann scored a silver in this event at the 2022 Olympics, where she collected a medal of each colour and was named the Canadian flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. 

At 30 years old, she remains a podium threat in long track's longest women's race after taking silver at a World Cup meet in the Netherlands in December and placing fifth in the Olympic 3,000m on Saturday.

Canada's Valérie Maltais, who took bronze in the 3,000m, is not in the 5,000. But 3,000m winner Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy and runner-up Ragne Wiklund are, and the latter will skate with Weidemann in the second-last pairing.

This could be a landmark day for the Ice Maples of the short track. 

Florence Brunelle, Courtney Sarault and two-time Olympic bronze-medallist Kim Boutin all have a shot at the podium in the women's 500 metres, but they'll have to get the better of Dutch world-record holder Xandra Velzeboer and the big home favourite, two-time Olympic champion Arianna Fontana.

At the same time (starting 2:15 p.m. ET), world champion Steven Dubois and world championship silver medallist Will Dandjinou will both be going for gold in the men's 1,000 metres. 

Before then, at 10:30 a.m. ET, Ottawa's Isabelle Weidemann — ranked second in long distances for the 2026 season — will race in the women's 5,000 metres.

Marie-Philip Poulin is sitting on the sidelines for the second time in the women's hockey preliminary round. 

Canada's captain was injured in Monday's game against Czechia. 

She was in the rafters for Canada's game against the U.S. (when they lost 5-0) and is sitting out against Finland today.

Her facial reactions during the Canada-U.S. Game told a story. (This is a plea to have a camera shot on the 34-year-old so we can watch with her.)

Canada’s checking line has added to the score. Saskatoon’s Emily Clark scored on a wraparound to put Canada up 4-0 over Finland on her Ottawa Charge teammate, Sanni Ahola.

That's three different lines that have contributed today for Canada, in a game that’s been played entirely at five-on-five so far.

This photo is too good not to share. 

Watts was 10 years old watching her now-teammate, Poulin, win gold in Vancouver 2010.

From sitting in the stands of the women's gold-medal game at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics to scoring her second goal for Team Canada at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics, Daryl Watts has come full circle.

I am at Santagiulia Arena, where NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation Luc Tardif and chairman of the National Hockey League Players' Association Marty Walsh are speaking ahead of the Canada-Czechia game.

They're being asked about the fact that there is no team from Russia playing.

"We want, as soon as possible, the Belarusian and Russian [teams] back," said Tardif.

Under IOC rules, Russian teams aren't able to compete at the games as part of sanctions imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Twenty athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports are competing as neutral athletes.

Just in: We’ve got the lines for the Canadian men’s hockey team’s first game today against Czechia. Here’s how they’ll be lining up when the puck drops at 10:40 a.m. ET:

Forwards:

Defencemen:

Jordan Binnington gets the start in net. Logan Thompson backs him up.

Obviously, it's an embarrassment of riches for Canada to be able to run McDavid, MacKinnon and Crosby down the middle on three separate lines.

Toronto Sceptre Daryl Watts had a beauty of a shot to add to Canada’s lead. It's Watts's second goal of the tournament.

Then, Kristin O'Neill (New York Sirens) added her second of the tournament to put Canada up 3-0. That’s two goals in this game for Canada’s fourth line.

Lots of great looks deep in Finland's zone for Canada in this period.

There may not have been a podium today for Johnson, but there was a silver lining — a silver engagement ring at the finish.

Johnson's partner Connor Watkins proposed at the base of the super-G run in Cortina d'Ampezzo this morning, according to NBC Sports.

He dropped to one knee and raised a ring with a blue gem at its centre as Johnson became emotional and said yes.

After coming out as bisexual on social media in 2022, Johnson is one of the only openly 2SLGBTQ+ skiers on the World Cup circuit. "[I] wanted to be open about who I am," she wrote at the time.

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