2026 Olympic Games: Canada's Dandjinou fails to medal in men's 1,500-metre short-track

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Elsewhere on the oval, Canada squeaked into the final of the women's 3,000-metre relay thanks to a heroic final shift from Courtney Sarault, already a double medallist at these Games.

Trailing the Korean and Chinese teams after Danae Blais, Florence Brunelle and Kim Boutin led off for Canada, Sarault turned on the afterburners on the back straight to give the Canadians a second-place finish.

The final is scheduled for Wednesday at 11:51 a.m. ET 

Denmark just scored a sensational goal against the U.S. In their preliminary-round men's hockey game.

Nicholas B. Jensen launched a seemingly harmless shot from around the centre-line that sailed into the net past American goalie Jeremy Swayman. 

The arena erupted as the goal gave the Danes a 2-1 lead. The U.S. Has since taken a 3-2 lead.Watch the jaw-dropping moment here.

The third Canadian to go in the 1,500-metre short-track semifinals, Felix Roussel, won't be advancing to the final after receiving a yellow card — apparently because he bumped Latvia's Roberts Kruzbergs while trying to pass him. 

Canadians Megan Oldham and Naomi Urness are heading to the final of the women's freestyle skiing big air event on Monday. 

Oldham finished top in qualifying today with a score of 171.75 after landing beautiful double corks. China's Eileen Gu, who was born in the U.S., came second after taking a tumble in her second of three runs and Swiss Mathilde Gremaud was in third. 

Urness finished seventh with a score of 161.25.

Switzerland accuses Canada of 'double touching' the rock in Olympic men's curling

Another curling incident took place during Canada's round-robin curling match against Switzerland.

As the Canadian men's curling team was handed its first loss today, in came a second rule-breaking accusation. 

Swiss player Pablo Lachat-Couchepin was heard on the broadcast speaking to a coach, saying he told a referee he saw a Canadian player double-touch a rock — the same charge levelled against Team Canada yesterday by Swedish player Oskar Erikson, which prompted a heated exchange with Canadian vice Marc Kennedy. 

"I don't want to focus too much on it but he double touched and the referee saw it. I told him, he saw that, he didn't answer anything," Lachat-Couchepin can be heard saying. 

"I saw it, I saw it," he adds, saying it appeared on the broadcast. 

Short-track star William Dandjinou just cruised into the men's 1,500-metre finals, winning his semifinal with a time of 2:15.61. 

Fellow Canadian Steven Dubois advanced from the second semifinal, but he had to wait for referees to review the race after he was impeded and finished well off the pace.

The final is scheduled for at 4:42 p.m. ET.

Austria's Janine Flock captured a long sought-after gold in the women’s skeleton earlier today, while Germany put two athletes on the podium in Cortina d'Ampezzo. 

The 36-year-old veteran finally made the podium at her fourth Winter Games, with a total time of 3:49.02 after four heats over two days.

Germany's Susanne Kreher took silver in her Olympic debut with 3:49.32 and Jacqueline Pfeifer, also in her debut at the Winter Games, earned bronze with 3:49.46. 

Canada’s top sliders, Jane Channell and Hallie Clarke, were unable to make up ground after the early heats and ended in 18th and 19th places, respectively. It was Clarke's Olympic debut at age 21, but also Channell's swan song, with the 37-year-old from Vancouver saying Milano Cortina would be her last Winter Games.

Having covered several Olympics, I can verify one of the biggest questions is: Are there free condoms in the athletes' villages?

As mentioned earlier, at these Milano-Cortina Games, it appears the condoms have also become so highly coveted that there's a shortage. Reports suggest the supplies ran out after just three days.

The great condom shortage of 2026 has become such a hot topic that journalists asked the International Olympic Committee at this morning's regular news briefing if the prophylactics will be restocked in time to avert a Valentine's Day crisis.

IOC spokesperson Mark Adams didn't give an answer but pointed out the math — 10,000 condoms were available for 2,800 athletes, indicating "Valentine's Day is in full swing in the village."

Alpine skier Mialitiana Clerc of Madagascar, ostensibly at the briefing to talk about her Olympic experiences as recipient of an IOC scholarship, also ended up fielding questions about the popularity of the free condoms.

Competing in her second Olympics, Clerc said "I am not so shocked because I know that at the Winter Olympic Games there are a lot of people using condoms because I saw it in Beijing already."

She also said some athletes take the free condoms and give them as gifts to friends.

Spanish figure skater Olivia Smart recently posted on TikTok that she found some of the coveted condoms.

Will Dandjinou, Steven Dubois and Felix Roussel are up momentarily in the men's 1,500-metre short-track.

Dandjinou anchored Canada to a silver in the mixed relay on Tuesday before finishing a disappointing fourth in the men's 1,000 metres on Thursday, ending his bid for five medals in five events.

The back-to-back overall champion in the World Tour has a great opportunity to rebound in the 1,500 metres, where he's favoured for gold after capturing the world title last year and winning seven of the 10 competitions on the tour over the past two seasons.

Dubois is also looking to bounce back after crashing out in qualifying for the 1,000 metres as the reigning world champion. A silver in the 1,500 metres was part of his three-medal haul at Beijing 2022.

Roussel, who skated with Dandjinou in the mixed relay final, picked up a silver in the 1,500 metres at the final World Tour stop of the season in November in the Netherlands.

Racing begins with the quarterfinals at 2:15 p.m. ET. The semis are at 3:49 p.m. ET and the final at 4:42 p.m. ET.

Saturday's short-track slate also features the first round of qualifying for the women's 1,000 metres at 3:01 p.m. ET and the women's relay semifinals at 4:05 p.m. ET. Canada's Courtney Sarault is involved in both after earning a silver in the mixed relay and a solo bronze in the 500 metres on Thursday.

Canada's Megan Oldham just landed an effortless-looking switch double cork 900 in her first run — earning her a high score of 91.25 — in the big-air qualifications Run 1.

It looked as if she didn't even leave the ground after that one.

The 24-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., placed fourth in the 2022 Beijing finals and is looking to get on that podium this time around. 

Mont-Tremblant, Que.’s Naomi Urness, Elena Gaskell of Vernon, B.C., and Skye Clarke of Vancouver are all still to go.

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