2026 Olympic Games: Canada's men's hockey team leads 7-2 against France in preliminary round finale

Macklin Celebrini scores a penalty crack end against jacques anatole francois thibault

Dutch speed skater Kok claims a 2nd medal of the games, this time gold

Switzerland clinch 2nd spot in Group A with OT win over Czechia

Mikaël Kingsbury wins dual moguls for Canada's 1st gold at Milano Cortina 2026

Canada's Valérie Grenier finishes 13th in Olympic giant slalom

Mikaël Kingsbury 'very proud' to capture gold, reflects on Olympic career

Mikaël Kingsbury collects Canada's 1st gold medal at Milano-Cortina Winter Games

Marie-Philip Poulin joins Hayley Wickenheiser as the women's all-time Olympic goal leader

Dutch short track skater captures 2nd gold, Canadians Dandjinou, Dubois miss podium

American Jordan Stolz captures 2nd speed skating gold medal, smashes Olympic record

Canada's captain Poulin 'glad to be back' after helping team advance to the semifinals

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

Canadian Laurent Dubreuil earns Olympic bronze medal at Milano Cortina 2026

Marc Kennedy offers some regret for fiery exchange, apologizes to Canadian curling fans

Canada falls to Great Britain for 2nd straight Olympic women's curling loss

What happened? Breaking down the Canada–Sweden men’s curling clash

Wake up Canada 😄, the king has done it! 

Mikaël Kingsbury snagged Canada's first gold of the Olympics in men's dual moguls — nine days into the Milano-Cortina Games.

The 33-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., is the only men's freestyle skier in history to win five Olympic medals (two golds and three silvers). It's probably his last time.

A not-so-fun fact: It's been 58 years since it last took Team Canada this long to win a gold at the Winter Games.

9 medals for 9 days of competition

Canada's medal count stands at nine: one 🥇, three 🥈 and five 🥉.

We're currently sitting in 15th place in the total medal standings, behind Great Britain. Norway, Italy and the U.S., respectively, are at the top.

Dad energy in dual moguls (forged by sleepless nights)

Back to Kingsbury. The victory ceremony for dual moguls turned into a sweet take-your-toddler-to-work moment, full of camaraderie between the three medallists.

The dads — Kingsbury, Ikuma Horishima of Japan and Matt Graham of Australia — celebrated with their youngsters atop the podium (complete with baby shades 😎, so cute!)

Canada at centre of curling-cheating controversy (fire up the replay)

Is Canada cheating? 🥌

That's the question spinning on the curling sheet about the Canadian men's and women's teams. They've both been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the rock after release.

The men have been accused twice of violating the rule by Sweden and Switzerland. The Canadian women were, too, in their game against Switzerland yesterday. 

World Curling says the infraction will result in the stone being removed from play. 

Great Britain's men's team had a rock removed today in their game against Germany for the same alleged violation that has burned the Canadians. 

Canada's undefeated men's hockey team wraps group stage

The men's hockey team is gunning for the No. 1 playoff seed in the final preliminary game against France right now. The undefeated Canadians have already won their group (that includes France, Switzerland and Czechia). Now they're fighting for seeding in the quarterfinals with the best matchup on the lineup. 

This is determined by a number of factors: Canada's position in their round-robin group, goal difference, number of points earned, higher number of goals scored and their world ranking. 

That's why the number of goals Canada drives into the back of the net against France is so important. The Canadians were quick to answer when France tied it up in the first period. They currently lead 6-1 at the end of the second. 

Quick hits:

Macklin Celebrini scores a penalty shot goal against France

Macklin Celebrini drew a penalty shot and made good on it, to put Canada up 5-1 in their match against France.

Another couple of quick tallies for Canada to put the team up 6-1 over France as we end the second period.

The first came on a penalty shot from Macklin Celebrini. It was called after Celebrini was taken down on a rush to the net. It's his third goal in as many Olympic games.

Then, captain Sidney Crosby set a new Canadian record with his goal a few seconds later.

He now holds the record for most points from Canadian male players at Olympic tournaments with NHLers (15 points). His point earlier in the game had tied Jarome Iginla for the record.

Canadian defenceman Cale Makar struck just 15 seconds into a Canadian power play to make it 4-1 for Canada over France in men's hockey.

Canada didn’t quite look cohesive on its last power play opportunity, so that’s good news.

Sidney Crosby had an assist on the goal, which brings him to 14 points at the Olympics. That ties him with Jarome Iginla for the Canadian men's all-time Olympic points record (for tournaments involving NHLers). 

One more point from the captain will set a new Canadian record.

Connor McDavid also earned an assist on the play, and he leads all players in scoring at this tournament (eight points).

Dutch speed skater Kok claims a 2nd medal of the games, this time gold

After a silver in the 1,000-metres, Femke Kok of Netherlands skated to Olympic record time capturing gold in the 500-metre race at Milano Cortina 2026.

And the gold goes to Femke Kok, making her and teammate Jutta Leerdam the first Dutch skaters to podium in the 500-metre race — and setting an Olympic record of 36.49 in the process. 

Leerdam gets silver with 37.15. She won gold in the 1,000-metre on Monday. 

Kok beat American star Erin Jackson, who became the first Black woman to capture an individual Winter Olympic gold when she won the race at Beijing 2022. 

Jackson had a slip up in the back stretch, ultimately landing her in fifth spot with 37.32. Jackson won the 2025 Crystal Globe for this discipline. 

Miho Takagi of Japan takes bronze with 37.27. 

Canadian star Béatrice Lamarche, in her first Olympic appearance at these Games, is knocked to seventh. 

Béatrice Lamarche skated beautifully in the women's long-track 500-metre race against Kristina Silaeva of Kazakhstan, winning that pairing with a time of 37.53 — but is now off the podium.

Dutch star Jutta Leerdam, who won gold in the 1,000-metre race Monday, got a time of 37.15, knocking Lamarche out of third spot and out of podium contention. Leerdam's teammate Femke Kok, also a star, will be going soon against American Erin Jackson, who won this event in 2022 to become the first Black woman to capture an individual Winter Olympic gold.

Canadian teammates Brooklyn MacDougall and Carolina Hiller-Donnelly also had some great skates, with MacDougall winning her pairing against Belgium's Fran Vanhoutte at 38.36. Hiller-Donnelly's time came in at 38.38.

A quick takeaway on the penalty kill turned into a breakaway for Canadian forward Mark Stone, who converted on the chance. It’s his second goal of the tournament.

Canada ends the first period against France up 3-1. Shots are 17-6 for the Canadians.

Canada's Béatrice Lamarche is a longshot for a medal here. She finished fifth in the 1,000 metres on Saturday and topped out at sixth in her nine 500-metre races on the World Cup tour this season.

Lamarche will skate in the ninth of 15 pairings. Dutch star Jutta Leerdam, the 1,000-metre winner who is engaged to the boxer/YouTuber Jake Paul, is in the 12th. The last pairing features overwhelming gold favourite Femke Kok of the Netherlands and American Erin Jackson, who won this event in 2022 to become the first Black woman to capture an individual Winter Olympic gold.

Also in the running today from Canada are Brooklyn McDougall in the fifth pairing and Carolina Hiller-Donnelly in seventh.

In women's action yesterday on the oval, Canada's Olympic-champion team pursuit trio of Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann clocked the fastest time in the quarterfinals to advance to the semis on Tuesday.

It's been a flurry of goals in the first few minutes of this Canada-France men's hockey game.

The scoring opened with Canadian forward Tom Wilson. It was his first goal of this tournament.

But France answered back 13 seconds later, off a turnover in Canada's zone. That's the first goal Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington allowed in this tournament.

Canada took back the lead less than 40 seconds after that, thanks to a shot from defenceman Devon Toews.

We're sitting at 2-1 Canada in the first 10 minutes of this game. 

The Associated Press

The curling controversy at Milano Cortina widened on Sunday. Increased surveillance of the matches resulted in the removal of a stone thrown by the British men's team for the same alleged violation that burned the Canadian men's and women's teams two days in a row.

In the ninth end of Britain's round-robin match against Germany, officials said Scottish curler Bobby Lammie double-touched a stone after releasing it down the ice. Britain won the match 9-4.

Switzerland clinch 2nd spot in Group A with OT win over Czechia

Dean Kukan scored at 1:49 of overtime, as Switzerland locked up second spot in Group A with a 4-3 win over Czechia.

As we near the end of the preliminary round, here's a quick primer on how the men's hockey tournament works.

There are 12 teams in the tournament, broken into three groups of four. Canada's group also includes France, Switzerland and Czechia. The groups are sorted according to the International Ice Hockey Federation's rankings.

The top four teams overall receive a bye to the quarterfinals. The rest will fight for the final quarterfinal spots through qualification games.

All the teams will be re-seeded in the quarterfinals based on a bunch of different factors, including their position in their round-robin group, goal difference, number of points earned, higher number of goals scored and their world ranking.

That's why the number of goals Canada scores today is important. Securing top seed overall ensures a better matchup in the quarterfinals.

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