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A nervy start to this one. Tons of curl in the ice. The first team to read and handle it will win this semifinal.

Canada has the hammer in the second end down 1-0.

After a tragic loss in overtime against the U.S., five of Team Canada's women's hockey leaders say they are balancing pride with heartbreak.

Forward Laura Stacey praised captain Marie-Philip Poulin for playing through pain and leading the team back to the final after going down earlier in the tournament. 

"She’s our leader, our rock,” Stacey said. "We owe a lot to her. I think this country should be extremely proud. Someone who fought to the very end even when their body or everything wasn't 100 per cent perfect, that's true greatness."

Poulin also praised Stacey, calling her "the heart of this team, this whole tournament."

"She works so hard. She made some unbelievable plays," Poulin said. "We came up short, but honestly very proud of you — this whole crew, we can keep our head up. Obviously, it's a hard one, but really happy for this group."

"We battled, we fought, we clawed," said goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens, who made 31 saves. Though the Americans rallied late, Desbiens said there’s "nobody else I’d rather go through this with."

Sarah Fillier and Emma Maltais highlighted each other's impact in the tight three-on-three overtime, with Fillier saying Maltais "led the way for me" and calling her a player who makes the gritty plays that spark the bench. Maltais, in turn, described Fillier as a "generational player" who rises in big moments.

Canada vs. Sweden is underway. 

Team Homan is wearing red and throwing red rocks. Sweden has the hammer to start the semifinal in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 

"I need to take a minute to kind of absorb this, but I did my best," two-time Olympic medallist Marielle Thompson said at the finish in Livigno, Italy, after not qualifying for the women's ski cross semifinals.

Thompson, who came out on top of her 1/8 final heat, was in the back of the pack throughout her entire run in her quarterfinal heat. She was slow out of the start gate and wasn't able to make up the time.  

"The start wasn't great, but ski cross is a fickle beast, and I couldn't quite get in there," she said.

She was up against Daniela Maier of Germany, who went on to win gold.

"This was really hard, but I'm really proud of myself. The result's not great, but we're here, and I have so many people cheering me on," she said.

Thompson had to battle back from injury. She tore her LCL during a World Cup race in February 2025. She returned to the World Cup circuit in January and had two third-place finishes ahead of the Olympics.

We are 30 minutes away from another curling semifinal. 

Canada is taking on Sweden in women's curling, with the winner going to the gold medal game.

The match starts at 8:05 a.m. ET.

Canada’s Émile Nadeau advanced with the third-best score in Qualification 2 of men's aerials and is ranked ninth overall entering Final 1, which is underway.

Canada's Lewis Irving was fourth and the lone Canadian to advance out of Q1.

Victor Primeau improved on his Q1 score, but it wasn’t enough as he finished 14th overall. Miha Fontaine failed to improve on his Q1 score and missed the cut as well. Fontaine finished 15th with his Q1 score of 99.56.

Germany's Daniela Maier took gold in the women's ski cross final, sharing the podium with Fanny Smith of Switzerland, who won silver, and Sweden's Sandra Naeslund, who took bronze. France's Marielle Berger Sabbatel finished a close fourth.

Hannah Schmidt and Brittany Phelan are also now out of ski cross after the heat they competed in together in the quarterfinal. 

Despite a strong start in second behind two-time Olympic bronze medallist and reigning world champion Fanny Smith of Switzerland, Schmidt ended the race third, with Phelan last. 

Not only will there be no Canadian in the ski cross final, but their absence will mark the first time we haven't seen a Canadian on the women's ski cross podium since the sport's debut at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Marielle Thompson raced in the first heat of the quarterfinal but got edged out over the top rollers and finished last in her heat behind Sweden's Linnea Mobaerg. Daniela Maier of Germany and France's Marielle Berger Sabbatel were first and second, respectively.

All three Canadian women competing in ski cross are heading to the quarterfinals. Both Marielle Thompson and Hannah Schmidt won their heats in the 1/8 final, and Brittany Phelan came second in hers. 

The quarterfinals in Livigno, Italy, start at 6:35 a.m. ET.

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