2026 Olympic Games Day 10: Canadians compete in pairs free skate final

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I'm Briar Stewart in Milan at the figure skating rink. In their warm-up skate, Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps practised a throw and she fell on the ice and slid backwards into the padded boards. She got up and continued to practice her jumps.

According to our colleagues, the fall happened on a throw triple Salchow, which is a major element of their program.

The pairs free skate final is about to get underway at the Milano Ice Skating Arena with the Canadian team of Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps competing third.

Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps are in 14th place after a fall in yesterday's short program. It's been a tumultuous few weeks for the pair, who were close to withdrawing from the Olympics altogether because of a head injury the 42-year-old Stellato-Dudek sustained in training.

Canada's top team of Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud are coming off a spectacular short program that has them sitting in podium-friendly third place. The reigning Canadian champions were considered a longshot for a medal coming into the Games. However, if they can pull off a performance similar to Sunday’s, they could turn out to be the big surprise of the night. They skate 14th out of the 16 finalists.

World number one German pair of Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin have almost a five-point lead on second-place Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia.

The athletes are at the top of the hill, ready to drop. But the women's freeski big air final is still delayed due to blizzard-like conditions.

Officials are now saying the competition won't start before 3 p.m. ET.

Workers are blowing snow off the run-in to the jump as we await further updates about the competition.

Americans advance to Olympic women's hockey final with shutout win over Sweden

The United States advanced to a fifth-straight Olympic women's hockey final, with a 5-0 semifinal win over Sweden at Milano Cortina 2026.

The U.S. Has earned a spot in the women's hockey gold-medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 in the first semifinal.

The Americans got goals from five different players, and a shutout from Aerin Frankel, who made 23 saves.

It's the latest win in a dominant tournament for the team. They've outscored their opponents by an astounding 21-1 over six games.

It's a semifinal loss for Sweden, but still an overall victory for the team this Winter Games. Sweden hasn't been on the podium in women's hockey since 2006 and will now play for a bronze medal.

Young stars like 19-year-old forward Hilda Svensson, who plays at Ohio State University, and 21-year-old goaltender Ebba Svensson Träff will be part of this program for years to come.

This just in: the women's freeski big air final in Livigno, Italy, has been delayed due to heavy falling snow and wind. 

Officials will provide another update about the competition in around 10 minutes.

Megan Oldham will be trying to get a second Olympic medal in the big air final shortly.  

Coming off her bronze in the slopestyle event on Monday, the 24-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., was the surprise winner of Saturday's qualifying round, outscoring defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu of China and slopestyle gold medallist Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland. 

Most of Oldham's success has come in the slopestyle, but she did earn a bronze in the big air at the 2023 world championships.

Canadian Naomi Urness was seventh in qualifying. The 21-year-old leads the World Cup big air standings after rattling off three consecutive medals earlier this season, including her first career gold in December in Colorado.

The winner moves on to the gold-medal game on Thursday against the powerhouse American team, which has defeated Sweden 5-0. Canada has been in every single gold-medal game since women's hockey was added to the Olympic program in 1998.

Canada outshot and outscored the Swiss team to open this tournament, winning 4-0.

Captain Marie-Philip Poulin is one goal away from setting a new Olympic record for most all-time goals. She's currently tied with retired Canadian forward (and Hockey Hall of Famer) Hayley Wickenheiser with 18 goals.

Counting down to the pairs free skate tonight. This venue has provided immense drama.

Canada's Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud are on the ice practicing one last time. 

They are currently third place after the short program of their lives at the Olympics. They skate at 4:28 p.m. ET.

"It feels amazing knowing that we are so far from home and getting real support and love from the fans and also our competitors," said 21-year-old athlete Junior Harris, adding that Jamaica’s presence on the winter sports stage shouldn’t come as a surprise. 

"We’re an island of talented people. Anything pertaining to sport, you will see Jamaica."

Harris is also a competitive sprinter and recently became a part of his country's bobsleigh team.

In fact, according to pilot Shane Pitter, Harris saw snow for the first time just days ago. 

"The atmosphere is like, it's crazy. The people are shouting our names, 'Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica!' and that kind of boosts us to do better in the upcoming heats," Pitter said.

It's been nearly 40 years since the Jamaican bobsleigh team's first Winter Olympics inspired the film Cool Runnings. 

In December, Jamaican bobsleigh athletes made history again by capturing the country's first ever gold medal at an international bobsleigh competition. 

Pitter, Harris and teammates Andrae Dacres and Tyquendo Tracey won gold at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s North American Cup in Whistler, B.C.

And now they're in Italy, chasing another gold.

Canada's Brad Jacobs crushes Czechia

Brad Jacobs and his Canadian rink hammered Czechia 8-2, to improve their record to 5-1 at the Milano Cortina 2026 men's curling tournament.

Team Jacobs easily dispatched last-place Czechia 8-2, with Canada improving to 5-1 and second overall in the men's standings.

The teams shook hands after eight ends.

The game was never close as Canada stole points in the second, third and fourth ends. Then scored three with the hammer in the sixth to blow it wide open.

Canada subbed in alternate Tyler Tardi in the seventh end for lead Ben Hebert, allowing Tardi to make his Olympic debut.

Next up for Canada is a Day 11 matchup with Great Britain at 1:05 p.m. ET tomorrow.

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